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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 145950" data-attributes="member: 9240">AS Dave mentioned, sharpening deals with altering pixel boundaries.&nbsp; The problem is, as you sharpen significantly you can really put noise into places you didn't intend on sharpening.&nbsp; The truth is, what you want sharpened are usually the boundaries between color and pattern areas.There's a mask slider in Lightroom that will limit the areas to which the sharpening is applied.&nbsp; You can see precisely what areas they are by holding down the Options (Alt) key as you slide to the right.&nbsp; Areas sharpened will be shown in white.&nbsp; Generally I find that when I sharpen in Lightroom I'll bring the mask to somewhere between 65 &amp; 85 depending on the photo.&nbsp; I will set radius to 1.3-1.5 as well for images over 20MP's.&nbsp; For less than that I usually go with 1.2-1.3.&nbsp; From there, play with the sharpening amount until is suits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 145950, member: 9240"] AS Dave mentioned, sharpening deals with altering pixel boundaries. The problem is, as you sharpen significantly you can really put noise into places you didn't intend on sharpening. The truth is, what you want sharpened are usually the boundaries between color and pattern areas. There's a mask slider in Lightroom that will limit the areas to which the sharpening is applied. You can see precisely what areas they are by holding down the Options (Alt) key as you slide to the right. Areas sharpened will be shown in white. Generally I find that when I sharpen in Lightroom I'll bring the mask to somewhere between 65 & 85 depending on the photo. I will set radius to 1.3-1.5 as well for images over 20MP's. For less than that I usually go with 1.2-1.3. From there, play with the sharpening amount until is suits. [/QUOTE]

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