How to SHARPEN Blurry Photos in Photoshop in SECONDS

[@willsimpsonphoto]

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[@villekansanen9053]

This is great, thank you! I realized that if you do the gaussian blur after you've grouped the layers, you have much more control over how the sharpening looks on the finished image. You can even convert the "Vivid" layer to a smart object, so it's totally non-destructive.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

yep!

[@maryvailmbapublicist]

very well done Will!!!! You are now my go to guy for Photoshop tutorials

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Wooot! Love to hear it 😄

[@dennisclark8766]

Thanks for sharing. Great video. Tried it and it worked great.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

great!

[@BabyRubyIsReal]

I'm super glad you explained the part where you sharpened the effect a little too much! Haha, I got a excited too early! Thanks so much for the tutorial, it helped a lot!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

ahhaha i totally get it. I get over excited all the time when i figure out a new edit.

[@thierrylagrin2859]

Fantastic! Great tutorial and easy to follow... Thanks for sharing Will.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

you're very welcome!

[@hambone4402]

Found you by just browsing Photoshop tutorials. You got a new subscriber. Thanks for making them.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Love it! Glad to have you!

[@JosepBel-c2l]

Absolutely amazing, man !!! Thx a lot for this really wonderful help to improve photos !!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

you're very welcome !

[@nittygritty7504]

I did this on a moon shot instead of doing an unsharp mask or high pass filter. I like it. It is a subtle but effective change.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Thats awesome! Did you download the action i supplied and use it?

[@MsFelixKatz]

Excellent. Straightforward, friendly, easy peasy lemon squeazy! Thank you for the action link 👍

[@willsimpsonphoto]

You’re welcome :)

[@thepurpleufo]

Hello...thanks for this most excellent and easy-to-follow tutorial.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

you're very welcome!

[@eskimogold3430]

Thank you so much. This helped me immensely. Tried different tutorials but it always didn't look natural. With yours it worked!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

That’s awesome!

[@mariammosashvili4150]

I love this video, I am so glad it lead me to your channel!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

wooooot! Love that! welcome!

[@Sofia-lo8uy]

Very easy to follow, straight to the point, loved it 👍

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Love to hear it :)

[@sofiahenriquez4678]

Awesome video, Thanks! Should this step be done as a last step? If I start by sharpening my image which layer should I do my retouching on?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

generally i do my entire edit first and then add the sharpening as the finishing touch.

[@deniseortiz8567]

great video thank you! can you invert colors on ipad photoshop? I can’t find how to do this anywhere?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@deniseortiz8567 I don’t really edit on iPad so not sure

[@BiancaHaeckDesigns]

Where was this during my graphic design degree!!! This was AMAZING! Thank you!!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

hahah! youre welcome

[@MattRevs]

Very cool trick! And a very nice tutorial to go with it! Thank you for the help!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

thanks :)

[@sukhvirb7684]

precise and to the point tutorial….cmd cmd done wow…very helpful thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

no problem :)

[@JaysCashVault]

I love this video thank you! Is there a way to do this for just part of a photo? I have a group photo where most of the people are in focus and just one person is out of focus ruining the photo

[@sukhvirb7684]

@@JaysCashVault watch at the end how he showed the masking at end where you can do selected part

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@JaysCashVault shown near end of video how to mask it out.

[@weeklyfascination]

It worked. And it worked on an image that had blurry Japanese text. Thank you!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

That’s awesome! Good to hear!

[@sweetayu]

Wtf - why did I not know this all these years?! super helpful!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

lolol, theres so much in photoshop its hard to know everything, or even close to half lol

[@vy4648]

It is all I need, no more BS. Right to the point. 👍

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Totally! 💪

[@ashg.3434]

Thank you, this helps so much. New sub 🤩

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@ashg.3434 wooooot! Love it!

[@CarlaDeBouchet]

A very nice tip! Thank you. 🙏

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@CarlaDeBouchet of course :)

[@greg.smith.x1]

Another great tutorial!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@greg.smith.x1 thanks man!

[@thebantufilms]

Great trick. Thank you. But what is the difference between this and the Hight pass filter?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Similar techniques for similar results. There’s so many different ways to do similar things in photoshop

[@DannahBanana]

Thank you! but I'm not clear, how is this different (in terms of results) from using the high pass filter?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

It’s similar but it’s just another method for sharpening. There’s multiple ways to do many things in photoshop. This is just another method. 😄

[@MikeDMedia816]

Wow great video and easy to understand!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@MikeDMedia816 thanks :)

[@Kaziriasatalve.]

you literally saved my career. I work for an international organization as a photographer where I took a quick shot of the head of my organization with the chief of the government of my country in a high profile event, accidentally i took this photo completely out of focus (which i believe was a lens malfunction) , now your tutorial literally retrieved the unusable photo! sigh! Thanks a lot, keep up the good work!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@Kaziriasatalve. sweet!

[@MaryLGordon]

@Will Simpson, I love your style of teaching and also your heart to help us. I used photoshop back in the day, but now it's currently way over my head, but with your help, it need not be. I have a photo of a man (2 shots from the side) and 1 b&w from the front. I want a color front view of him. I reached out to tech support and they sent me the following instructions. I'm sure I could eventually figure out how to do all these steps, but what videos do you have that would spur me on? By the way, the b&w is blurry also. very poor picture. Their help: "The new/updated versions of Photoshop application doesn't have the 3D feature in it anymore and the option to try add the face to a 3D object to get the desired result/workflow you are looking. I'd recommend you to use the B&W image that has the frontal view, apply a colorization filter to it and extract the face and place it onto the destination image. Add a layer mask and with the foreground set to black color, check the flow, opacity settings and remove the unwanted parts of the image for a seamless integration."

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@MaryLGordon unfortunately I’m unfamiliar with that. Photoshop is a huge program and offers a lot. But I use very select tools and would need the images to work with it. You might be able to find someone on Fivver or Upwork that could do it for you fairly cheap though.

[@MMcP-n2f]

Much better whay to sharpen, thank you. Question on the Action tab. I do not see the "exploring photography vivid light sharpening" Do I need to download anything?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Did you download and Install the action? The link is in description of video.

[@autokrohne]

Is this the same effect as Unsharp Mask in the filters?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

similar but not quite

[@LouisaAnni]

Can this be applied after frequency separation

[@willsimpsonphoto]

yes, but might be overkill

[@ahunt4303]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m newly learning and currently editing photos from my cousins wedding. Do you take on jobs for edits? I’m extremely interested and would love to have you edit these, as I’m struggling with brining back the sharpness and light from the night photos.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Not really but rather than pay me, what if I do an editing tutorial for KZbin on one of the photos that way you can duplicate what I do on the others? Shoot me an email: [e-mail]

[@ahunt4303]

@@willsimpsonphoto thank you for your reply here, sorry that I didn't see it sooner. I would love this! Thank you so much! I will email you a few and you can pick which one you'd like. Thank you for being so awesome and for sharing your time! :)

[@brytonentertainment]

Hey Buddy, thank you so very much this tutorial and the download. Unfortunately, I didn't get Vivid Light Sharpening rather just Sharpen? Did I download the wrong file?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

It’s the same thing I just made the name more simple.

[@omaryarts7796]

Really Helpful Thank you Will.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

awesome! You're welcome !

[@974nominal]

You mention a past high pass video in this one, but I can’t find it when I search. Could you point me to that video? I’d love to see both methods of sharpening.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

i dont think i have a video on high pass, but its a similar technique, you can search it on youtube and find tones of similar ones.

[@kizzylloyd152]

could i ask a question please im learning how to photoshop and anything i can use is a bonus so to learn i have to watch things over an over while studying the process but why is it you shown the blur at the beginning of the part 5.01min but before you said the process after speaking about downloading it it was already unblurred so i did not see any action happen when you clicked the button please help me with more information as i really do want to learn thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

you wont necessarily see the difference from viewing the photo as a whole. that's why i zoom in to show you whats occurring. The blur layer is can be adjusted to increase or decrease the amount of sharpening you want to apply.

[@rainbowfamiliessg]

😍😍😍 thanks!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

anytime

[@graycilucio1146]

This makes so much more sense the way you explain it ❤️🤌🏽 thank you tons I was trying to do it how I use to and took me so long this is so easy and quick !!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@graycilucio1146 love to hear it!

[@ttjackson372]

ok so i followed every step and as soon as i select overlay after grouping im left with a white canvass. my image doesn't seem to show just disappear

[@willsimpsonphoto]

not sure. havent ever had that issue.

[@johnblackburn1929]

Going to have a go now

[@willsimpsonphoto]

You got this!

[@avprod1]

Awesome!! I had trouble with the action, tho. It stopped at the line Select layer "sharpen copy" after the Gaussian Blur.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Did you make sure that the layer you started the action with was named: sharpen

[@DrumaticPro]

​@@willsimpsonphoto Thanks for the tutorial and sorry in advanced for this long-winded comment... I was also having an issue with playing the action. It didn't look the same as yours and I don't see the Gaussian Blur drop down sub layer (for altering the blur after the fact). So, I did it again, making sure the action layer is named "sharpen" and the results did change slightly-and I'm curious about this because in the above video your layer is not named "sharpen" but it still works-anyway... With the layer named "sharpen" and playing your action it looks the same except there are no sub layers (i.e., Gaussian Blur). Additionally, when I attempt to record this action, following step-by-step, and then play it I get the error "The command "Select" is not currently available.

[@annineberg8912]

@@DrumaticPro I have the same exact issue with this action as you are describing right here.

[@DrumaticPro]

@@annineberg8912 looks like I never got a response, unfortunately :/

[@guilladogui8259]

how to send it back to lightroom? can i do this and still have the raw image?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@guilladogui8259 it will create a TIFF file and put back into Lightroom. If you go from Lightroom to ps, you just save it and it should go back to Lightroom automatically.

[@miamited69]

can this action be used in Corel paint shop pro? Thank you.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I dont believe so but Im not familiar with that program

[@JROCKNROLL_]

I didn't receive the Download the Sharpening Action tool? I subscribed succesfully but no follow up email.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@JROCKNROLL_ make sure to check spam/junk and social folders.

[@JROCKNROLL_]

@@willsimpsonphoto I checked, but really nothing at all. I received the Confirm Your Subscription, I confirmed but after that no follow up mail.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@JROCKNROLL_ super weird, usually thats because it gets jammed up in the spam folders, ill double check but if you want, go to my website, go to presets and downloads and you can get it for free there and itll send to you. thewillsimpson.com/collections/presets

[@rainbowfamiliessg]

Thank you so much

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@rainbowfamiliessg anytime :)

[@simoharjane7823]

Love this

[@willsimpsonphoto]

nice!

[@chipbabb8797]

Clicking the sharpening action link above takes you to a general web page that does not say anything about the Sharpening Action...?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

when you click the link, it takes you to a page to put your email and name in. When you do that, you receive an email to opt in which once done, you will receive the sharpening action.

[@babzchannel5099]

Thank you 😊 😁

[@willsimpsonphoto]

No problem :)

[@MH7_256]

This is great!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

yeah!

[@hlkn333]

Challenge facing the Photoshop newbie: I face with an issue when running the script It pops up with an error The Command "Select" is not currently available with two button Continue or Stop. The issue may have something to do with the brushes to be loaded and used by the script. Thanks in advanced for any guidance...

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Check this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laSrkmOPma2krJosi=6dRnKHkYDmj2OEmp

[@thuamsamte3772]

I can' t have Vivid light sharping in description.. please can you send private

[@willsimpsonphoto]

ill check

[@lubalub8172]

I downloaded the Sharpening Action, but unable to press Play on it (the Play button is disabled) Any suggestions? Thank you

[@willsimpsonphoto]

make sure you're selecting the actual action and not the folder its in. the folder is named: Will Simpson - Sharpen. If you expand it, you will see "Sharpen" click that and make sure the photo layer is selected, not a mask or adjustment layer. You should be good to go.

[@GeekTranslation]

thank you for this

[@willsimpsonphoto]

you got it :)

[@christoperlapite2996]

Mine doesn't turn grey when I select vivid light. It has different colors.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

did you make sure to invert the layer before using "vivid light" blending mode? - "control + i" on mac

[@richardthomasgiven739]

I clicked the link for the actions, but my system says thesite can't be reached....

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Just checked. Worked fine on my end.

[@richardthomasgiven739]

I just tried from my phone, and it worked. Must be something with my desktop.

[@williampotter5460]

Bravo!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

thanks :)

[@lagi1185]

yes my man

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Wooot!

[@kailler_]

Why when I do this, the colors in the photo gets washed?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

thats really weird... im not sure.... I have never had that occur, do you do it on a new layer of everything below combined created at the top?

[@nittygritty7504]

Thanks for the video. I am curious if the reason that blur sharpens this photo is bc you inverted the photo itself? So it’s kinda like Opposite Day, whatever you do, has the opposite effect?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Because of the inversion and the blending mode of Vivid light I believe the combination gives your that effect. Not really sure the true reason behind it but we will go with it! I do like this method over the high pass sharpening method.

[@CloverCrash]

This tutorial just saved my ass, thank you thank you thank you!!!

[@willsimpsonphoto]

love to hear it!

[@aryanphoto188]

Thank sir

[@willsimpsonphoto]

no problem

[@thuamsamte3772]

How to add Exploring vivid light in shaping Action

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Huh?

[@thuamsamte3772]

@@willsimpsonphoto sir I can't fine that Vuvid Light Sharping tool the one which I have downloaded doesn't contains

[@tsureable]

Sadly it says it (action download) can be downloaded safely.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

thats because of your pop-up blocker. The link is just an auto download, and a lot of times those are blocked.

[@jibrivictorian9364]

"CRTL Command I" doesnt seem to be working for me

[@willsimpsonphoto]

To invert the mask? You can always right click on the mask and press invert.

[@anastasiaclark3833]

It’s not working for me

[@MysteriousBeingOfLight]

Nice video !

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Thank you! Such an easy technique!

[@darshilpatel6027]

I send blur photo can you remove blur from photo

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Check out the app Pixelup

[@ikbo]

why not use high pass filter rather than "invert, gaussian blur"?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

You can. There’s multiple ways to do everything in photoshop. This is just another way 🤷‍♂️

[@ikbo]

@@willsimpsonphoto which one do you prefer and which one gives you better results?

[@willsimpsonphoto]

@@ikbo im pretty happy with this method, its the method I use 99% of the time but I also have an auto action that does it instantly.

[@darshilpatel6027]

Can you remove blur from my photo

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Check out the app Pixelup. You can’t fully handle blur but it might help make it usable

[@angelicahernandez9950]

did this step by step and it just ended up looking the same :/

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Maybe your photo is already super sharp then lol

[@PaulaMilovac-r2l]

Am I the only one who cant get it to work? Nothing is happening when I'm clicking control/command + i/f

[@willsimpsonphoto]

I havent heard of anyone else having this issue. Are you making sure you have the photo layer itself selected when you are doing the command?

[@nikkihoskinphotography3846]

We don’t care why you missed an episode.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

But now you know! 😅

[@Justin-sd9lz]

Photo pea

[@willsimpsonphoto]

huh?

[@Kinadnuf]

Tried everything. It just doesn't work; action is very different from what's shown in examples. Tried manual way, seems to make a bit of difference if I increase G Blur substantially. If this doesn't work I'll give up! Thanks anyway.

[@willsimpsonphoto]

well thats no good. In order to use the action, you have to have a layer thats an actual photo, not adjustment later. rename that layer: sharpen (no caps). then apply the action to that layer. This should do it. The "read me" that comes with the action explains the use. Let me know if this works

[@willsimpsonphoto]

Check out this video. Should help resolve issue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/farXqa2nja-oi8U