The Best Way to Sharpen Portraits in Photoshop!

[@photonsonpixels]

Great tutorial, Deke, as usual. Thank you!

[@dekeNow]

My pleasure!

[@eoslove2022]

This is worth a try so I will write an action incorporating a Smart Filter and be happy. Thanx, Deke!

[@dekeNow]

Great idea!

[@Uatarreu]

wow, very in depth!! you're the man!

[@alanm.6096]

Just excellent Deke. Thanks for providing the summary slide of steps. In this example, her left eye is still a tad soft. What would be your 'next step' if you wanted to do that eye a bit more. Thanks again.

[@dekeNow]

Good news! As for that eye, I’d isolate it. (Soft mask is fine. Otherwise, you’ll over-sharpen the rest of the image.) And then repeat the steps, though possibly w/out Reduce Noise. Alternatively, you can try Smart Sharpen to give it a little extra “pop.”

[@jmgcg]

Fantastic. Just for curiosity and because I really like this kind of geek stuff. Why 1/5 of the total of Mpx?

[@dekeNow]

I’m starting with the premise that, these days, a typical “high-res” image is 24MP. Such an image typically requires a Radius of 3.0 to 6,0px, depending on such variables as detail (vs) noise. 24/5 (or x0.2 aka 20%) gets you 4.8px, which is a safe average. That way, wherever you go from there-downsampling for screen, inkjet output, prepress-you have a image that looks tactile, but not brittle.

[@jmgcg]

@@dekeNow Thank you for the explanation

[@MSaTTarKhan]

When illustrator tuts coming

[@dekeNow]

Next week!