WWF Raw: The Essentials of Camera Raw - The Adobe Photoshop CC - page 40

Step Three:
Of course, there are subjects where you don't want to emphasize texture (like women and
children), and in those cases, I don't apply any positive Clarity. However, you can also
use the Clarity control in reverse—to soften skin. This is called adding negative Clarity,
meaning you can apply less than 0 (zero) to reduce the midtone contrast, which gives you
a softening effect, but you don't want to apply it to the entire image, so you'd use the Ad-
justment Brush to apply it (more on the Adjustment Brush in Chapter 3 ) . Here's an original
image without any negative Clarity applied.