Sharpening in Lightroom 4

An introduction to the sharpening tools in Lightroom 4 and Adobe Camera RAW, which accompanies the article at L&M …
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20 responses to “Sharpening in Lightroom 4”

1. terry batley says:

   11/04/2015 at 7:20 am

   The best Sharpening tutorial ever,thank you.Terry

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2. Elisabeth Lindstrom says:

   11/04/2015 at 7:58 am

   Thank you for a no-nonsense but informative tutorial! 

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3. Steve Graham says:

   11/04/2015 at 8:32 am

   Another great video tutorial by +Matthew Gore

   This one explains what sharpness is as it relates to the raw image and how
   to achieve a good balance using Lightroom 4’s Sharpening controls. These
   controls are the same in newer LR editions.

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4. Steve Graham says:

   11/04/2015 at 9:21 am

   I posted this link in the Sharpness category but it also fits into the Post
   Processing category, so this is an intentional repost…

   Another great video tutorial by +Matthew Gore

   This one explains what sharpness is as it relates to the raw image and how
   to achieve a good balance using Lightroom 4’s Sharpening controls. These
   controls are the same in newer LR editions.

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5. RobberZhi says:

   11/04/2015 at 9:57 am

   really informative and efficient.

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6. Nuno Oliveira says:

   11/04/2015 at 10:41 am

   nice, tks!

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7. CorgiPorgi says:

   11/04/2015 at 10:43 am

   Best sharpening tutorial for Lightroom. Thank you for being direct, precise
   and displaying excellent examples. Other people love to rant on for 3mins
   before they actually teach you something! If you’re one of these people and
   reading this, please take note from Matthew! This is how you conduct a
   comprehensive and succinct tutorial! Well done mate and thank you! 

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8. Ed Man says:

   11/04/2015 at 11:38 am

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9. CorgiPorgi says:

   11/04/2015 at 12:08 pm

   Matthew, how do I adjust blurriness or depth of field in Lightroom for a
   Bokeh effect? I shot something interesting but would like to accentuate the
   subject more in a portraiture manner – Hence blurring the background more.
   Also please make a video on using grad filters and radial filters. Albeit
   using Lee filters might be better for producing “bang on” pics, they can be
   very expensive to a novice like me. Cheers! 

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10. Paolo Piccoli says:

    11/04/2015 at 1:00 pm

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11. Matthew Gore says:

    11/04/2015 at 1:29 pm

    Thanks guys 🙂 Let me know if there are other features you’d like to see
    explained (or just used).

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12. Joel Schäfer says:

    11/04/2015 at 2:03 pm

    Excellent discussion on an overlooked and confusing topic. Thanks. I had
    the same question that you answered for Toon de Wit. Why do you switch to
    Photoshop when sharpening for prints?

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13. nico27004 says:

    11/04/2015 at 2:14 pm

    Do you ever use output sharpening? And when should I use it?

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14. LightSoundImagination says:

    11/04/2015 at 2:27 pm

    @ f/8 and he wants fake sharpness…Not exactly my idea of fun

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15. Peregar4ik says:

    11/04/2015 at 2:56 pm

    Thank you, never thought of that)

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16. Pat Meazell says:

    11/04/2015 at 3:37 pm

    Amazing! I did not know that!

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17. Xed W says:

    11/04/2015 at 4:00 pm

    Unbelievably helpful!

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18. Sascha Kleiber says:

    11/04/2015 at 4:17 pm

    To be honest, I can’t really see any sharpening in the second picture, even
    though I watched the video in HD….

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19. MrJimmyLegan says:

    11/04/2015 at 4:54 pm

    This was a great help, i use to just smash the sharpening sliders right to
    the end before this video!

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20. Daniel Verna says:

    11/04/2015 at 5:46 pm

    As someone new to LR, this was very informative’ Thankyou

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