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Just about every image that passes through Photoshop is sharpened at some point.
[Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Sr. Product Manager-Photoshop] Most images are sharpened
globally.
The entire image is sharpened either in Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen.
If you want to sharpen just a selected area of the image, however,
what you need to do is duplicate a layer, sharpen the whole thing,
and then erase all of the areas that you don't want to be sharpened--
sort of counterintuitive.
Wouldn't it be great if you had a tool that allowed you to just brush the area
that you want sharpened?
Well, for a long time now, Photoshop has had a tool like that.
It's a very old tool. It's called the Sharpen tool.
And as you notice, it introduces a lot of artifacts.
Well, one of the new features in Photoshop CS5 is that I can use the Sharpen tool,
and it just works.
There's a new feature called Protect Detail. It's on by default.
What it allows me to do is brush-based, pressure-sensitive sharpening
without adding any artifacts at all.
It's a great Hidden Gem in Photoshop CS5, and it's fantastic for all sorts of users
and all sorts of work flows.
