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Real focus happens inside the camera's lens element. The sharpening features in Photoshop CS3 exaggerate the contrast along edges in a photograph to transform a well-focused image into an outstanding image. In Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images, Deke McClelland teaches a host of sharpening and noise reduction techniques, including using filters such as Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, High Pass, and Reduce Noise. The training teaches the essentials of sharpening, including what it does, why it's important, and how the filters function. Plus, the training covers Deke's recommended best practices, including the four distinct varieties of sharpening, which can be used independently or in combination with each other. Photoshop CS3 Sharpening Images is about how to transform images from looking good to looking their absolute best. Exercise files accompany the course. 
Topics include: 

•Understanding the effects of sharpening

•In-depth examinations of Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, 
Emboss, and High Pass

•Smoothing an image with the Surface Blur, Despeckle, and Reduce Noise features

•Working with smart objects and smart filters

•Creating edge masks and non-edge masks

•Sharpening for digital-image capture using Camera Raw

•Gauging and exploiting luminance frequency

•Exploring creative applications of sharpening

•Sharpening a multilayer composition

•Sharpening eyes, hair, and out-of-focus backgrounds


•Reducing noise in a high-frequency image

•Determining ideal settings for commercial and inkjet output

•Sharpening very large-format images

•Sharpening an image for the web or screen output