Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Three:
To bring the sharpening into the image, go to the top of the Layers panel and change the
duplicate layer's blend mode from Normal to one of these three modes: (1) for medium
sharpening, choose Soft Light; (2) for heavy sharpening, choose Overlay; or (3) for just in-
sane sharpening, choose Hard Light (as shown here). If the sharpening seems like it's too
much, you can lower the opacity of this duplicate layer. Think of this as the control for the
amount of sharpening, so try lowering the Opacity amount (at the top of the Layers panel)
to 75% (for 75% of the sharpening), or 50% if that's still too much (as shown in the next
step).
