Understanding Sharpening in Camera Raw and Lightroom

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann



Tsingy. Madagascar, November, 2007

Canon 1Ds MKIII with 100-400mm f/5.6 L IS

Digital image sharpening is often the least understood aspect of image processing, yet it is as well among the most important. The reason for this is that every image has different sharpening requirements, and each use, whether a 16X20" exhibition print or for use on the web, requires different amount of shapening applied at different times in the image processing process. No wonder so many people simply shoot in-camera JPGs and say the hell with it.

There are automated solutions. Among the best of these is Photokit Sharpener from Pixel Genious. I’ve been using this Photoshop plug-in for years and can hardly imagine working without it.

Avatar photo

Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.

You May Also Enjoy...

Sprider-RC

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann

Please use your browser'sBACKbutton to return to the page that brought you here.


Maple Leaf

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann

Please use your browser'sBACKbutton to return to the page that brought you here.