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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 363901" data-attributes="member: 31330">I've been toying quite a bit until I found the method that works for me. Now I'm no expert of sharpening so there might be better methods but until I stumble upon those, I stick with this.I was thinking about drawing when playing around in PS and wondered what would happen if I'd take some of that to sharpening. Basically when using the High Pass filter, I use it as if I'm drawing an image. The first is the rough sketch, the second is fine-tuning that sketch while the third is inking or putting an emphasis on details.I create three copies of my background in PS, disable the top two and then put a high-pass on the first. That one is generally wide in pixels (often around 40) but I tried to avoid the halo effect. Once applied, I use soft light overlay and lower opacity to <40%. The next I use a high pass at half the pixels of the previous (20 if the other was 40) and apply it as a vivid light with opacity <40%. The third again halves the previous (10) and I apply as hard light and again blend in <40.Exactly how much opacity I use depends on the specific image and can go from 40 down to even 10%. It's testing what works best but I always use hard on top of vivid on top of soft light. If I only use two high pass, it's still always hard on top.After that I often use one of these presets:<a href="http://presetsgalore.com/free-download-sharpening-presets/" target="_blank">Free Download - Sharpening Lightroom Presets</a>But I still adjust them to my liking and most important, clean up the noise. Then last I export with some sharpening.It works for me.Pre-sharpen:[ATTACH]116893[/ATTACH]Post-sharpen:[ATTACH]116894[/ATTACH]To add: if I want parts softer or if there are spots I need to erase, I already work at that by using the eraser on the high-pass layers.</blockquote>

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