Special Effects - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 218

2. Create a copy of this new layer by pressing Command/Ctrl+J. Name this layer
sharpness ( Figure 4.11 ).
Figure 4.11
3. Turn off the sharpness layer by clicking the eye icon to the left of the layer. Click
the painterly layer, and go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters and then to Filter >
Noise > Reduce Noise.
4. With the Reduce Noise properties open, set Strength to 10, set all other sliders to 0
( Figure 4.12 ) , and click OK.