Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
As you click-and-drag the Masking slider
to the right, parts of your photo will start
to turn black, and those black areas are
now not getting sharpened, which is our
goal. At first, you'll see little speckles
of black area, but the farther you drag
that slider, the more non-edge areas will
become black—as seen here, where I've
dragged the Masking slider over to 82,
which pretty much has the skin areas in
all black (so they're not being sharpened),
but the detail edge areas, like the eyes, lips,
hair, nostrils, and outline, are being fully
sharpened (which are the areas still appear-
ing in white). So, in reality, those soft skin
areas are being automatically masked away
for you, which is really pretty darn slick if
you ask me.
Step Eight:
When you release the Option (PC: Alt) key,
you see the effects of the sharpening, and
here you can see the detail areas are nice
and crisp, but it's as if her skin was never
sharpened. Now, just a reminder: I only use
this Masking slider when the subject is
supposed to be of a softer nature, where
we don't want to exaggerate texture. Okay,
on the next page, we're going to switch
back to the old brick building photo and
finish up our sharpening there.
