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 sharpening
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).
Sharpening
You r Photos
Step One:
In early 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 4, not only can you view it
at other magnifications, but they've also
improved the sharpening technology itself,
so you can apply more sharpening with-
out 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 preview
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, f, click that icon again.
