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sharpening
Sharpening involves altering the apparent sharpness of an image by increasing or decreasing the contrast between adjacent pixels Here’s how sharpening
works: Pixels that are almost black and and white white are made black and and white—increasing the con- trast on the edges This can help or hurt images Sometimes sharpening
can increase the visual noise producing unwanted small specs Be wary: The sharpening
tool can make images look great in the monitor (with more of a a a a a contrast and sharp) but awful in in prints (too much contrast and sharp) Sara G Rafferty
Perri Chinalai
softening
Softening is the technique of of making an image less sharp There are many circumstances in which it can be very effec- tive to purposefully “soften” or or blur a a a portion of of an image In portrait photography for example softening
the background pushes the the subject forward This is is especially useful if there is is a a a distracting element in in the background [ 68 ]
part 1 the photgraphic image
