Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
There are two types of sharpening you can do in Lightroom: The first is
called capture sharpening (covered here), which is sharpening that would
normally happen in your camera if you're shooting JPEG. If you shoot RAW,
the sharping in your camera is turned off, so we apply it in Lightroom instead
(by default, all RAW photos have sharpening applied in Lightroom, but
if you want more sharpening, or if you want to control which type of
sharpening is applied, and how, then you definitely want to read this).
Your Photos
Step One:
In previous versions of Lightroom, you
had to view your image at a 1:1 (100%)
view to be able to see the effects of
sharpening, but in Lightroom 3, not only
can you view it at other magnifications,
but they've also improved the sharpen-
ing technology itself, so you can apply
more sharpening without damaging
your image. To sharpen your image, go
to the Detail panel in the Develop module.
There's a preview window in this panel
that lets you zoom in tight on one area
of the image, while you see the normal-
size image in the main Preview area (if
you don't see the preview window, click
on the left-facing triangle to the right of
Sharpening at the top of the panel).
Step Two:
To zoom in on an area in the preview
window, just click your cursor on the spot
you want to zoom in on. Once you've
zoomed in, you can navigate around by
clicking-and-dragging inside the preview
window. Although I use just the default
1:1 zoom, if you want to zoom in even
tighter, you can Right-click inside the pre-
view window, and choose a
2:1
view from
the pop-up menu (shown here). Also, if
you click the little icon in the upper-left
corner of the panel (shown circled here
in red), you can move your cursor over
your main image in the center Preview
area, and that area will appear zoomed in
the preview window (to keep the preview
on that area, just click on the area in the
main image). To turn this off, click that
icon again.
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