Excellent! But why desaturate the image first? Applying the High Pass filter seems to turn the image monochrome anyway. I’ve then always used Soft Light, but the Linear Light mode plus Fill is a great tip, thank you!
It will still leave a color cast as High Pass on a color layer will transfer the color over. Experiment with it. You'll see that if you use a High Pass without setting the blend mode first, the most prominent colors will shine through and those colors will also come through with Linear Light. It is not recommended with this technique because it could leave behind "unexplained" color anomalies.
You can use vivid light also but then you have color detail aswell... but desaturate is more or less the same as only "luminosity" In earlier days of analoge times you made a copy of a continuous tone bl/w negativefilm on a high contrast halftone/ film... develop for a short time of period in a normal developer(d76) combine the two and made a print from it. The print than was/looked sharper.
High pass can be tricky. I have done some experimenting with it. For example I have tried to use it by not duplicating the layer, but changing the blend mode of the smart filter to one of the contrast ones. Most of the time there was no difference. But when there was one it was fairly obvious. Similarly I found no difference when I desaturated the layer, but I was applying it to a very localized area, where I was manipulating the saturation. That points out why, in general, I like to use Blake's explanations. He tends to not only tell us what to do but he explains why it works. I am an experimenter and understanding the underlying process makes that much simpler to do.
9:40 In my opinion, the impression of sharpness of an image is created precisely by the contrast between sharp and blurred areas. Accordingly, you are right when you say sharpness should never be a global property of an image. Sharpness can guide the viewer through the image just like contrast or exposure (vignette)
Dammit, after watching this, I now have a need to re-edit every single one of my images that I used global sharpening and clarity on. Soooo… I’ll be back in 5 years. This is another great and useful video you’ve made. Thanks!
G'day mate. It never ceases to amaze me the power of PS and always learning new ways to do stuff. This is one of the best I've seen for a while. Thanks.
I was teached this thing many years ago, more then 10; I've always done it with Soft Light blend, and without desaturating first. But I rarely use it anymore, I tend not to go out of Lightroom to simplify my workflow, as I'm a portrait photographer and very rarely need layers and selections. And since LrC got the masks, PS gets opened less then once a month. But that single time I need to open PS then yes, I'll sharpen with the high pass filter.
:) Consider Linear Light. The math is more appropriate. Soft Light is like a distant cousin to Overlay (a softer version of Overlay really). Overlay is the combination of Multiply and Screen, which will give you worse color casts IMO, so definitely desaturate it. But Linear Light is a combo of Linear Dodge and Linear Burn which is more suitable for what you are trying to do, heighten the darks and lights in the micro contrast. Many people use Overlay or Soft Light for this technique, but Linear Light gives more predictable, scalable, and superior results, IMO
Thank you for another excellent video, and exemplary explained technique - I have created an action to run it for me, and added to my workflow for pretty much every shot I imagine!
Well done! I tried this technique on a few of my photos and it gives wonderful results. I’m mainly a portrait/fashion shooter and it lifts my images to new levels. So, yes, of course I purchased the panel today.
Thanks Blake, I like the way you explained the approach. I use a similar one with high pass, but overlay as blend mode, 100% fill and no blend if. Looks quite the same as linear mode with some 50% fill and some blend if. However you cannot push it further in the same layer. Change blend mode or copy layer.... What is also important , when you apply the effect in your workflow - as you copy a layer. For my portrait work, I use use it very early.
You will get different results from overlay and linear light because of how they interact with the layers below. They are similar, but linear light produces more detail and is more versatile. I used to use overlay, I haven't since I discovered linear light 😁
Very different contrast blend mode. It's actually more suited for what it's doing. It's more predictable and makes the tones better with the linear light algorithm. Overlay isn't bad, but there are better options 😁 give it a shot.
Of course your Lesson/tutorial/feed is amazing. In earlier days of analoge finishing or printing/pressworld, this was the best way to sharpen with the so called High Pass filter.
I totally agree about sharpening locally rather than globally (I do the same with noise reduction). I've used High Pass sharpening before but always with the Overlay blend mode, I'll be interested to see how the Linear Light mode goes in comparison. Thanks for the video.
For sure! I used to use Overlay at about 3-5 pixel radius, now I use Linear Light between 1 and 3, but it also depends on the effect I'm going for. Linear Light works a little "tighter" on the micro contrast. Overlay and Linear Light are contrast blend modes so they will work on both the lights and darks at the same time depending on the information under them, but Linear Light works a little faster and produces sharper results. Either is acceptable, but LL will be heavie3r handed and produce a higher sharpen giving the appearance of heightened texture.
I already used local adjustment for sharpening in photoshop... But now, I have a better understanding of fill Vs Opacity, and that's really good and very useful explainations. Thanks :)
Great video! Speaking of great - is that a new panel (V, on your panel bar) you are cooking up? I have and love every one of your panels. So, please ...just say yes!! 😊😊😊😊
@@RameshGovindarajan 😁 not yet, I have to get another version of it from my developer, develop 4 modules of education (approx 6 hours) and build the manual, and develop the online launch sequence. It's gonna be a while, lol 😉 I don't rush these things so we'll see.
Very interesting technique. I like the way it can be precisely applied and controlled. Used it on a close up of some rocks and ferns and the results were impressive. I can see where applying this to certain photos to print would be very useful.
I never saw this coming - love this; I can see how it impacts noise. Thank you. I was wondering if you've ever done a video on "white balance" for lightroom/photoshop. Thank again Blake.
Thank you! I haven't, yet, but that's a huge can of worms, I HATE everything about white balance haha, I have my reasons and they go deep. It's more a course than a simple video IMO
@@f64Academy I'm in the magazine publishing business and have a lot of luck with just plain "curves - press Alt on Windows - hit "auto" and adjust opacity and looks great unless my own development looks better and that's it. I don't like all the color tools out there. Thanks Blake, for your feedback.
Yet another excellent video and one that makes me want to revisit some images where the other methods didn't quite cut it. The best bit is the fact that you fully explain the hows and whys behind the process. Thank you!
I've been using High Pass and Linear Light mode in Affinity Photo, after experimenting with sharpness settings. Used this for a while. I find 0.2 pixels is enough though. Then I duplicate and do a high pass with Overlay at 1 Pixel if more is required. Great explanation! 👍
Excellent technique! Thanks for sharing that Blake. Would it be an idea to convert the duplicate layer to a smart object, so the High Pass filter could be used as a (non-destructive) Smart Filter? Would we benefit by having even more control on the (perceived) sharpening?
Possibly, that's an option, but it's not technically destroying the lower layers so the only benefit you'd really get from that is the ability to edit the high pass amount.
I made this, well my buddy Tonee made it for me, and I teach it and sell it in my store 😁 link to it is on the description of the video. It's the greatest thing since sliced bread, that's what my Dad would say anyway 🤣
I don't use the clarity or texture levels in Lightroom for this, I do use them but at only at a max of +13 or less for a little pop, but the Clarity, Dehaze and Texture levels are now available in Lightroom brushes, gradients and selections plus for each one you can adjust the overall level like the fill level does. You can brush one eye, add another brush to the second eye and adjust clarity, texture dehaze and level for both at the same time, or you can do them separately or use the people or object selection to target and adjust specific areas. I have always done it via the Linear Light with the black mask, but I noticed that Lightroom might do a similar job with it's new selection tools and masks
I say go for it. AI for mundane tasks like that is a great use of the technology. I really don't like AI making artistic decisions for me, but I don't mind it for simple workflow tasks, it's brilliant.
Very helpful video. Many thanks for sharing. May I ask why it's not possible for me to save this video in my Fav playlist...not getting an option to save?
Hmm, I have no idea. That would be a TH-cam issue and I am not familiar with how to fix it. There is nothing (that I know of) in the settings of the video that would keep you from doing that.
the XP Pen Star G640, it comes with the pen and the tablet to work it. I'm not using a tablet like an iPad or Samsung Galaxy. The tablet is the thing that you write on with the pen and that is all connected to my PC via USB.
The way it calculates with the blend mode. Every blend mode uses a different algorithm to calculate how the selected layer will affect the layers below. Overlay is only controlled by opacity so what you get is what you get. Linear light, you can change the algorithm of how the selected layer affects the lower layers using fill. For me, it comes down to control and results.
@f64Academy thanks so much for such a detailed response. I'll have to try it your way. Thanks again for all your videos, I've learned a lot from you over the years.
Hi Blake, Another great video as usual. I created an action to further automate this. Is it fair to say that you don't use a Smart Object on the High Pass filter because you don't need to change the number of pixels there, but instead, just modify using fill and blend-if? Before applying this technique, do you set the default sharpening in ACR to "zero" or do you keep the default and just use the mask slider in ACR to apply selectively?
Pretty much, that number is really controlled with fill, so even seeing it high you can adjust with Fill. In AcR yeah, minimal sharpening. All raw images need some sharpening, so id still do a little sharpening there even if I used this technique because this is more for texture and detail than sharing per say
You've called out part of my editing process, I used to ramp Clarity & Texture up to 30-50 when I first started editing, but more recently I found myself actually reducing them to below 0. I do have a question for you though please if you have time. Can I adopt your change into my Lightroom edit flow - so I do everything I need in Lightroom (except Clarity & Texture), and then right click > Edit in Photoshop for this final change, without losing any other edits when I navigate back to Lightroom?
Thank for also saying how to accomplish this in camera raw (with area and luminosity masks). I usually don't even want to enter photoshop, instead I export from camera raw.
Oh no! Lots of missed opportunities! The masks in ACR and Lightroom pale in comparison to Photoshop. I'd recommend at least giving it a try 😉 there is a lot more opportunity in PS for manipulating the effect and IMO superior results.
Excellent - as usual. Blake correctly says that he takes difficult concepts in PS and makes them simple to understand. And, I would add, as his idol, Patrick Mahomes, would say, "that's what I do!" Yes, Blake, that is most certainly what you do.
Interesting. So many ways to achieve similar results. I have done it slightly different. However, what work space are you in that you have a BlendIF panel? I literally checked every workspace- i generally edit in the photography work space and I can not find that panel for anything...
I've always used the overlay blend mode instead on a smart object layer to be able to go back to the filter and modify the settings if need be. Not sure What the difference is with this blending mode....
Great video! Very well explained. I use a similar technique as one of my global sharpening options, also using the high pass filter to target edges. Instead of linear, I use soft light as the blend mode. Using Soft light achieves a more subtle look and I use opacity to control the strength. I’ve not considered trying fill to adjust the strength and combined with ‘blend if’, it is a technique I’ll experiment with. Thanks again for the tips!
I'll admit it, I'm not a huge Lightroom fan. I only use it for photo enhancement of making an image larger. The closest I come to is use ACR, and even then, there is much I can do in there that I can do in Photoshop and most often would prefer to use Photoshop instead. So, thank you for showing me another way to work around ACR, not that i stop using ACR, but it's good to have Ps equivilent solutions that give us better control.
Blake, this is another awesome technique to add to the bag o' tricks. I'm never really sure when to use something like this (or texture/clarity) vs. whole-image sharpening (perhaps with a midtones mask to reduce halos).
Yep mid tones or painting on the mask works. When and what to use, man anytime I want detail extracted, I'm gonna use this. I rarely reach for texture or clarity because of how they add so much contrast.
@@rlfisher not really. I mean raw images should get some sharpening, but I don't obsess about it at the raw level like I used to. Minor raw sharpening is all you really need if you are going to do this, which is something I do in all of my images to draw the focus to specific areas. I do use a mask on my raw sharpening though to protect the shadows from getting too noisy at the raw level using the mask slider, usually between 25-50% masking.
I don't know if you said it on purpose. But the broccoli and brusselsprout are originally the same plant. The one bred for more tiny buds and one for fewer but bigger buds.
Why not just use clarity and texture masking to get it where you want it? You can just paint where you want the sharpening in Lightroom and you're done. That said, I think this is a great walkthrough--just curious what makes it better or worse than doing it that way? I know at the end you said the sliders don't reach far enough, can you expand on that a little more? Are you saying that the sliders just don't create as much depth as doing high pass?
They use a different algorithm for details. Here's an analogy. Why drive a Jeep when you can drive a Land Rover or an FJ Cruiser or a Bronco? They are all different and some may like one more than the other. It comes down to personal preference, but Texture and Clarity are not the same as this technique. All different vehicles, but they get you from point A to point B none the less. You do what works best for you and the image at hand.
Not really. It doesn't do this if that's what you are asking. You can use the masking slider with the option key to see what will be masked, but you can't get this level of micro contrast sharpening in Lr or ACR.
Where should this be applied in the workflow? I have heard both ends of the sharpening argument. Do the sharpening first before anything else. Then at the end of the workflow so you are not sharpening your mistakes then adding to your work.
Wherever it feels good to you 😁 I've done it at almost every point of my PS workflow and it's fine! However, I generally do it towards the end as I wrap everything up.
Hi, I have purchased "The Unrivaled Blend If" and just started studying. The panel plug-in was launched in PS 2023 but is Not applicable in PS(Beta). The question is " Will you continuously update it for the PS future version?"
Yes. But... I can't support beta. Beta is beta for a reason, it's instability 😉 Adobe never should have made that public because it causes more headaches than anything.
Good summary Blake. I especially agree with the application of sharpening strategically. Lightroom does allow you to mask out areas in the Detail slider, but not like using HiPass. So if you're a LR user and you send a TIFF copy out to PS to apply your procedure, then I think you'd recommend, that if you're going to send the final file to a commercial printer, its best to send a copy of the TIFF directly from PS, rather than using LR's export process to get that final file out. Thank you.
Very true! v LR you can mask areas, but what areas, lol. That slider has a mind of its own, I jest, but I would imagine its targeted the luminance or brightness in the image, but I don't like that we don't know EXACTLY what that mask is targeting. As for the Workflow to print, I will go with ya on that, lol, I don't use Lightroom so most of that sounded like a foreign language - being playful :) lol
Thank you! I appreciate it! It is similar, but for different reasons. Frequency separation is for separating the Highs from the lows, the details from the mass of colors and tones so you can work on them separately. This is similar, but it does not rely on the separation of the elements. I wouldn't recommend this for times when you need that separation.
I have a small question...for this sample portrait the light incoming is pretty much straight up and not the typical 45 degree sides flash positioning..in those cases the eyes will not be lightened up that much so if I use this technique in that case without bringing some brightness inside eye with curve adjustment Will this still. Be as good as the sample as u shown
I think so. I mean its definitely a case by case basis, so you'd need to experiment. I can't say absolutely yes without seeing the image. But if you experiment with it on an image you have like that, that would be the best way to judge if its viable for that image.
Looks a great technique but why first desaturate the duplicate layer when the application of the high pass filter automatically converts it to 50% grey? EDIT. Just noticed somebody else has asked the same question.
The answer is in my response :) Great question, but High Pass isn't truly 50% grey until you desaturate it. You will get funky color halos if you don't. Run an experiment, that's the best thing I can tell you. Make a High Pass without changing the blend mode, zoom into the areas where the color is in the high pass layer, then press linear light. The color halos are worse than the luminosity halos.
Good video! Selective sharpening is underrated, most people apply it on the entire image, even the sky, and then they resize the image to 1/4 the size to post on social media and the image ends up looking crispy. Even 'image reduce: bicubic smooth' has a slight sharpening effect. One could also do selective saturation and contrast, and maybe add a slight vignette.
agreed! Too much sharpening is BAD and global sharpening, even worse :) Everything I do in PS is selective with either blend modes, blend if, or mask, or some combination of all of them.
@@f64Academy thanks for your quick response. Turns out I had assigned that shortcut to another function. I went into keyboard shortcuts and assigned c-s-u to image/adjustments/desaturate. It's working now.
Great video and thanks for sharing. Question. Photoshop did away with their Camera Shake Reduction feature. What do you recommend to get a similar effect on photos that have camera shake 😢? I’ve tried some techniques from YT and all they do is introduce too much grain and noise to the pic. TIA.
I would consider going darker in a different way using a dark curve with masking or burning etc. IMO clarity to the 9s is a technical flaw often used as an artistic expression, but the high contrast "crunch" it leaves behind is not very attractive. It's definitely an image by image basis.
Excellent! But why desaturate the image first? Applying the High Pass filter seems to turn the image monochrome anyway. I’ve then always used Soft Light, but the Linear Light mode plus Fill is a great tip, thank you!
It will still leave a color cast as High Pass on a color layer will transfer the color over. Experiment with it. You'll see that if you use a High Pass without setting the blend mode first, the most prominent colors will shine through and those colors will also come through with Linear Light. It is not recommended with this technique because it could leave behind "unexplained" color anomalies.
Thanks for the explanation. I’ve created an action that applies the High Pass sharpening following your steps. I’m sure I’ll find it very useful.
You can use vivid light also but then you have color detail aswell... but desaturate is more or less the same as only "luminosity" In earlier days of analoge times you made a copy of a continuous tone bl/w negativefilm on a high contrast halftone/ film... develop for a short time of period in a normal developer(d76) combine the two and made a print from it. The print than was/looked sharper.
High pass can be tricky. I have done some experimenting with it. For example I have tried to use it by not duplicating the layer, but changing the blend mode of the smart filter to one of the contrast ones. Most of the time there was no difference. But when there was one it was fairly obvious. Similarly I found no difference when I desaturated the layer, but I was applying it to a very localized area, where I was manipulating the saturation. That points out why, in general, I like to use Blake's explanations. He tends to not only tell us what to do but he explains why it works. I am an experimenter and understanding the underlying process makes that much simpler to do.
The detail it creates is insane! I just tried it on one of my Colorado mountain goat images - the fur and horns are now so detailed. Wow! Thank you!
😁 perfect use for it!
9:40 In my opinion, the impression of sharpness of an image is created precisely by the contrast between sharp and blurred areas. Accordingly, you are right when you say sharpness should never be a global property of an image. Sharpness can guide the viewer through the image just like contrast or exposure (vignette)
...and the cherry on top? The Blend If Panel!! A fantastic panel and DEFINITELY a must for for your workflow! Take care, my brother!!!
Yes! I love that panel 😁
Dammit, after watching this, I now have a need to re-edit every single one of my images that I used global sharpening and clarity on. Soooo… I’ll be back in 5 years.
This is another great and useful video you’ve made. Thanks!
All good! Leave them as they are and learn as you go 😁 if I did that every time I taught myself something new I'd never have new stuff 🤣🤣🤣
G'day mate. It never ceases to amaze me the power of PS and always learning new ways to do stuff. This is one of the best I've seen for a while. Thanks.
Awesome! Thank you so much!
I have started using this method and it's amazing. I will not go back to the old way.
Yes!!!!!
I was teached this thing many years ago, more then 10; I've always done it with Soft Light blend, and without desaturating first. But I rarely use it anymore, I tend not to go out of Lightroom to simplify my workflow, as I'm a portrait photographer and very rarely need layers and selections. And since LrC got the masks, PS gets opened less then once a month. But that single time I need to open PS then yes, I'll sharpen with the high pass filter.
:) Consider Linear Light. The math is more appropriate. Soft Light is like a distant cousin to Overlay (a softer version of Overlay really). Overlay is the combination of Multiply and Screen, which will give you worse color casts IMO, so definitely desaturate it. But Linear Light is a combo of Linear Dodge and Linear Burn which is more suitable for what you are trying to do, heighten the darks and lights in the micro contrast. Many people use Overlay or Soft Light for this technique, but Linear Light gives more predictable, scalable, and superior results, IMO
Softlight without desaturating changes both the color and luminosity. When you desaturate, it will only affect luminosity
Again an important and great video! Thank you, because that ist the interaction I have been waiting for.
Wonderful!
Thank you for another excellent video, and exemplary explained technique - I have created an action to run it for me, and added to my workflow for pretty much every shot I imagine!
Awesome! I encourage that, good on you for doing it 😁
Did this on a barn window image and love the detail without the crunch! Thanks for this Blake...
The detail without the crunch, I like that 🤣
Well done! I tried this technique on a few of my photos and it gives wonderful results. I’m mainly a portrait/fashion shooter and it lifts my images to new levels. So, yes, of course I purchased the panel today.
I love it! Thanks so much for your support 😁
Simply great this technique! Thanks for sharing, Mr. Rudis!
Best regards from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
Many thanks!
Thanks Blake, I like the way you explained the approach. I use a similar one with high pass, but overlay as blend mode, 100% fill and no blend if. Looks quite the same as linear mode with some 50% fill and some blend if. However you cannot push it further in the same layer. Change blend mode or copy layer....
What is also important , when you apply the effect in your workflow - as you copy a layer. For my portrait work, I use use it very early.
You will get different results from overlay and linear light because of how they interact with the layers below. They are similar, but linear light produces more detail and is more versatile. I used to use overlay, I haven't since I discovered linear light 😁
I've always used Overlay when using High Pass, but have never seen it done this way though. Will give it a try and as you say go heavy and work back.
Very different contrast blend mode. It's actually more suited for what it's doing. It's more predictable and makes the tones better with the linear light algorithm. Overlay isn't bad, but there are better options 😁 give it a shot.
I sure will
@@f64Academy
Very instructive video with excellent tips. It always pays to have a variety of options available. I will certainly give this a try. Keep it going …
Glad it was helpful! I'll keep going if you do :)
Of course your Lesson/tutorial/feed is amazing. In earlier days of analoge finishing or printing/pressworld, this was the best way to sharpen with the so called High Pass filter.
Awesome! Bringing it up from the depths 🤣
So helpful! Thank you for this video.
My pleasure!
Thank you so much Blake! Awesome tutorial as always! Very informative! Good luck and again very much appreciated!
😁 glad you liked it.
Outstanding video! I appreciate the information on how and why this method works so well.
I totally agree about sharpening locally rather than globally (I do the same with noise reduction). I've used High Pass sharpening before but always with the Overlay blend mode, I'll be interested to see how the Linear Light mode goes in comparison. Thanks for the video.
For sure! I used to use Overlay at about 3-5 pixel radius, now I use Linear Light between 1 and 3, but it also depends on the effect I'm going for. Linear Light works a little "tighter" on the micro contrast. Overlay and Linear Light are contrast blend modes so they will work on both the lights and darks at the same time depending on the information under them, but Linear Light works a little faster and produces sharper results. Either is acceptable, but LL will be heavie3r handed and produce a higher sharpen giving the appearance of heightened texture.
I already used local adjustment for sharpening in photoshop... But now, I have a better understanding of fill Vs Opacity, and that's really good and very useful explainations.
Thanks :)
Great video! Speaking of great - is that a new panel (V, on your panel bar) you are cooking up? I have and love every one of your panels. So, please ...just say yes!! 😊😊😊😊
It certainly is 😁 it's a doozy too!
@@f64Academy Blake, any estimate of release date? I'm beyond excited. 😊😊
@@RameshGovindarajan 😁 not yet, I have to get another version of it from my developer, develop 4 modules of education (approx 6 hours) and build the manual, and develop the online launch sequence. It's gonna be a while, lol 😉 I don't rush these things so we'll see.
Another reason to use photoshop to the upmost potential... thank you for sharing this wonderful sharpening and detail enhancement techniques...
I agree 💯! Photoshop is so powerful!
Awesome tutorial! Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting technique. I like the way it can be precisely applied and controlled. Used it on a close up of some rocks and ferns and the results were impressive. I can see where applying this to certain photos to print would be very useful.
Rock on!!
Great training Blake - thank you! Makes me want to revisit images I edited decades ago :)
😁 I love it! Put it to use!
I never saw this coming - love this; I can see how it impacts noise. Thank you. I was wondering if you've ever done a video on "white balance" for lightroom/photoshop. Thank again Blake.
Thank you! I haven't, yet, but that's a huge can of worms, I HATE everything about white balance haha, I have my reasons and they go deep. It's more a course than a simple video IMO
@@f64Academy I'm in the magazine publishing business and have a lot of luck with just plain "curves - press Alt on Windows - hit "auto" and adjust opacity and looks great unless my own development looks better and that's it. I don't like all the color tools out there. Thanks Blake, for your feedback.
Yet another excellent video and one that makes me want to revisit some images where the other methods didn't quite cut it. The best bit is the fact that you fully explain the hows and whys behind the process. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a brilliant tip, now I want to redo every landscape shot I ever took! Thanks for a great vid
I've been using High Pass and Linear Light mode in Affinity Photo, after experimenting with sharpness settings. Used this for a while.
I find 0.2 pixels is enough though. Then I duplicate and do a high pass with Overlay at 1 Pixel if more is required.
Great explanation! 👍
For output sharpening, yes I agree with you 😁 but for extracting detail, a higher pixel value can really help.
Omg thank you so much for the lesson sir i learn a lot from this !!!! Love from 🇲🇾 ❤
Awesome! Glad you liked it 😁
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Thanks 😁
Brilliant technique. Thank you!
Glad you liked it 😁
I agree with you...and I'm inclined to go with Texture instead of Clarity!
They definitely have their place, but for deep textural details, this is the winner for sure!
This was extremely helpful, thank you very much for the tutorial!
Excellent technique! Thanks for sharing that Blake. Would it be an idea to convert the duplicate layer to a smart object, so the High Pass filter could be used as a (non-destructive) Smart Filter? Would we benefit by having even more control on the (perceived) sharpening?
Possibly, that's an option, but it's not technically destroying the lower layers so the only benefit you'd really get from that is the ability to edit the high pass amount.
Very smart and helpful information
I'm glad you liked it 😁
Great video and explanation . Thank you
Certainly, the pleasure is all mine 😁
Great video and LOVE the t-shirt!
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Great tip, love your channel. 😊
Thanks, I appreciate that 😁
What happened at 5:39? A blend if panel? Did you make this, or is it already there?
I made this, well my buddy Tonee made it for me, and I teach it and sell it in my store 😁 link to it is on the description of the video. It's the greatest thing since sliced bread, that's what my Dad would say anyway 🤣
Love this! I'm been using it a LOT. Thank you.
Great vídeo. Thanks a lot for your work.
Glad you liked it!
I don't use the clarity or texture levels in Lightroom for this, I do use them but at only at a max of +13 or less for a little pop, but the Clarity, Dehaze and Texture levels are now available in Lightroom brushes, gradients and selections plus for each one you can adjust the overall level like the fill level does. You can brush one eye, add another brush to the second eye and adjust clarity, texture dehaze and level for both at the same time, or you can do them separately or use the people or object selection to target and adjust specific areas. I have always done it via the Linear Light with the black mask, but I noticed that Lightroom might do a similar job with it's new selection tools and masks
That’s my go to approach as well.
It’s so much faster to keep everything in LR with the new filters that LR provides.
Great video though!
Fantastic👍🏻 Your videos are very very good😊👍🏻
Oh, thank you very much 😁 I appreciate you!
Nice video thankyou for sharing.
Where do you stand in terms of ai and leveraging content aware sharpening and noise reduction?
I say go for it. AI for mundane tasks like that is a great use of the technology. I really don't like AI making artistic decisions for me, but I don't mind it for simple workflow tasks, it's brilliant.
Another excellent and useful toolset, explained perfectly as always!
Thank you :) I appreciate you!
Very helpful video. Many thanks for sharing. May I ask why it's not possible for me to save this video in my Fav playlist...not getting an option to save?
Hmm, I have no idea. That would be a TH-cam issue and I am not familiar with how to fix it. There is nothing (that I know of) in the settings of the video that would keep you from doing that.
@@f64Academy thanks for the feedback.
Yeah, this technique was really popular in the 90's... Good to see it's making a comeback!
It needed to because nobody is using it anymore with all these flashy tools that don't get the job done 🤣
impressive and well explain by the way how shold i buy pannel like you and
what kind of tablet u use with x pen?
the XP Pen Star G640, it comes with the pen and the tablet to work it. I'm not using a tablet like an iPad or Samsung Galaxy. The tablet is the thing that you write on with the pen and that is all connected to my PC via USB.
wow I've been looking for this for years thank you
😁 my pleasure! Be sure to subscribe and stick around for a while!
Great video! I've been doing something similar with overlay blend mode and the high pass filter.
What is the difference?
The way it calculates with the blend mode. Every blend mode uses a different algorithm to calculate how the selected layer will affect the layers below. Overlay is only controlled by opacity so what you get is what you get. Linear light, you can change the algorithm of how the selected layer affects the lower layers using fill. For me, it comes down to control and results.
@f64Academy thanks so much for such a detailed response. I'll have to try it your way. Thanks again for all your videos, I've learned a lot from you over the years.
Insanely impressive!!! Thanks 🙂
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great stuff. I wonder if this is similar to Kuyper's Clarity button. It also uses High Pass. It would be nice to have an action for this. Thanks!
Not sure, im not familiar with it. But you can always record an action for it 😁
Hi Blake,
Another great video as usual. I created an action to further automate this. Is it fair to say that you don't use a Smart Object on the High Pass filter because you don't need to change the number of pixels there, but instead, just modify using fill and blend-if? Before applying this technique, do you set the default sharpening in ACR to "zero" or do you keep the default and just use the mask slider in ACR to apply selectively?
Pretty much, that number is really controlled with fill, so even seeing it high you can adjust with Fill.
In AcR yeah, minimal sharpening. All raw images need some sharpening, so id still do a little sharpening there even if I used this technique because this is more for texture and detail than sharing per say
Thank you ever much you have change the way I edit my photos Thank !!
You've called out part of my editing process, I used to ramp Clarity & Texture up to 30-50 when I first started editing, but more recently I found myself actually reducing them to below 0. I do have a question for you though please if you have time. Can I adopt your change into my Lightroom edit flow - so I do everything I need in Lightroom (except Clarity & Texture), and then right click > Edit in Photoshop for this final change, without losing any other edits when I navigate back to Lightroom?
That I don't know. I don't use Lightroom so I'm not familiar with the hand off back and forth to PS. You could always experiment though.
So thankful for this tip.
😁
Thank for also saying how to accomplish this in camera raw (with area and luminosity masks). I usually don't even want to enter photoshop, instead I export from camera raw.
Oh no! Lots of missed opportunities! The masks in ACR and Lightroom pale in comparison to Photoshop. I'd recommend at least giving it a try 😉 there is a lot more opportunity in PS for manipulating the effect and IMO superior results.
@@f64Academy I'm sure it's great. I'm a beginner still and I don't know what I need from photoshop yet. I get lost with too many options 🥴
Excellent - as usual. Blake correctly says that he takes difficult concepts in PS and makes them simple to understand. And, I would add, as his idol, Patrick Mahomes, would say, "that's what I do!" Yes, Blake, that is most certainly what you do.
QB1 🔥 he's an inspiration! Especially to this city. I want to be like him when I grow up 😁
I like your T shirt, Blake. May I ask what that goat logo is about? Thanks.
Patrick Mahomes number 15 QB for the Chiefs. He's the GOAT! 😂
Greatest of all time 😬
@@f64Academy Thanks Blake. Not a football fan, hence my ignorance. 😊
@@photonsonpixels no worries 😁 I get it. I'm in Kansas City and I'm a Chiefs fan, it's fitting 😁
Awesome info thank you
Sweet! So glad you found it helpful.
Excellent job, Professor “C”
Thank you 😁
Interesting. So many ways to achieve similar results. I have done it slightly different. However, what work space are you in that you have a BlendIF panel? I literally checked every workspace- i generally edit in the photography work space and I can not find that panel for anything...
This is a panel I built with a buddy of mine and sell on my website. The link is on the description of the video.
Wow. This is brilliant 👏
Glad you liked it.
Great one, thanks!
Certainly 😁
I've always used the overlay blend mode instead on a smart object layer to be able to go back to the filter and modify the settings if need be. Not sure What the difference is with this blending mode....
you are genius!I will try it
I think you'll like it!
Great tips. I will try it next time.
Realy fantastic men, as always... !!! TX a lot
😁 my pleasure! Thank you for watching 😁
Great video! Very well explained. I use a similar technique as one of my global sharpening options, also using the high pass filter to target edges. Instead of linear, I use soft light as the blend mode. Using Soft light achieves a more subtle look and I use opacity to control the strength. I’ve not considered trying fill to adjust the strength and combined with ‘blend if’, it is a technique I’ll experiment with. Thanks again for the tips!
I'll admit it, I'm not a huge Lightroom fan. I only use it for photo enhancement of making an image larger. The closest I come to is use ACR, and even then, there is much I can do in there that I can do in Photoshop and most often would prefer to use Photoshop instead. So, thank you for showing me another way to work around ACR, not that i stop using ACR, but it's good to have Ps equivilent solutions that give us better control.
Very nice video. Thank you.
Blake, this is another awesome technique to add to the bag o' tricks.
I'm never really sure when to use something like this (or texture/clarity) vs. whole-image sharpening (perhaps with a midtones mask to reduce halos).
Yep mid tones or painting on the mask works. When and what to use, man anytime I want detail extracted, I'm gonna use this. I rarely reach for texture or clarity because of how they add so much contrast.
@@f64Academy Have you abandoned overall sharpening tools?
@@rlfisher not really. I mean raw images should get some sharpening, but I don't obsess about it at the raw level like I used to. Minor raw sharpening is all you really need if you are going to do this, which is something I do in all of my images to draw the focus to specific areas.
I do use a mask on my raw sharpening though to protect the shadows from getting too noisy at the raw level using the mask slider, usually between 25-50% masking.
I am gonna try this ASAP 🙏
good on ya ;)
I don't know if you said it on purpose. But the broccoli and brusselsprout are originally the same plant. The one bred for more tiny buds and one for fewer but bigger buds.
Yep 😁 it was a joke in a way in the video. But yes, they are in the same plant family. Pretty cool! Although, I like sprouts better 😁
I like the end result of your technique, but you clearly have a lot more time to edit pictures than I do.
When you know the process, it takes 15 seconds or less.
@@f64Academy hmmmm, ok.....I'll rethink it. Thanks for the update!
Damned this is awesome, I've been aching to know how to do this for ages. Subbed and hit the Like button.
Woohoo! Stick around, I do all kinds of crazy stuff in Photoshop 😁
@@f64Academy Will do, I'm in for the long haul.
Big time home run....Thank-you....
My pleasure.
Why not just use clarity and texture masking to get it where you want it? You can just paint where you want the sharpening in Lightroom and you're done. That said, I think this is a great walkthrough--just curious what makes it better or worse than doing it that way? I know at the end you said the sliders don't reach far enough, can you expand on that a little more? Are you saying that the sliders just don't create as much depth as doing high pass?
They use a different algorithm for details. Here's an analogy. Why drive a Jeep when you can drive a Land Rover or an FJ Cruiser or a Bronco? They are all different and some may like one more than the other. It comes down to personal preference, but Texture and Clarity are not the same as this technique. All different vehicles, but they get you from point A to point B none the less. You do what works best for you and the image at hand.
hi sir im big fan of tutorial .can you make video on dodge and burn method ...with color grading of picture sir
I already have! Take a look through the videos on my channel 😉
@@f64Academy can you connect with you sir on whatsup sir your billriant teacher
@@niteshsatpute666 thank you, but no. I don't connect with people on Whatsapp
Don’t I achieve a similar result when I use the option key when making slider adjustments in Lightroom develop module?
Not really. It doesn't do this if that's what you are asking. You can use the masking slider with the option key to see what will be masked, but you can't get this level of micro contrast sharpening in Lr or ACR.
Where should this be applied in the workflow? I have heard both ends of the sharpening argument. Do the sharpening first before anything else. Then at the end of the workflow so you are not sharpening your mistakes then adding to your work.
Wherever it feels good to you 😁 I've done it at almost every point of my PS workflow and it's fine! However, I generally do it towards the end as I wrap everything up.
Thank you for this video
Absolutely!
Hi, I have purchased "The Unrivaled Blend If" and just started studying. The panel plug-in was launched in PS 2023 but is Not applicable in PS(Beta). The question is " Will you continuously update it for the PS future version?"
Yes. But... I can't support beta. Beta is beta for a reason, it's instability 😉 Adobe never should have made that public because it causes more headaches than anything.
Good summary Blake. I especially agree with the application of sharpening strategically. Lightroom does allow you to mask out areas in the Detail slider, but not like using HiPass. So if you're a LR user and you send a TIFF copy out to PS to apply your procedure, then I think you'd recommend, that if you're going to send the final file to a commercial printer, its best to send a copy of the TIFF directly from PS, rather than using LR's export process to get that final file out. Thank you.
Very true! v LR you can mask areas, but what areas, lol. That slider has a mind of its own, I jest, but I would imagine its targeted the luminance or brightness in the image, but I don't like that we don't know EXACTLY what that mask is targeting. As for the Workflow to print, I will go with ya on that, lol, I don't use Lightroom so most of that sounded like a foreign language - being playful :) lol
Thank you very much.
No problem!
1000% better than clarity and texture. Thx.
Glad you agree 😁
Excellent! Frequency Separation with a mask is almost the same
Thank you! I appreciate it! It is similar, but for different reasons. Frequency separation is for separating the Highs from the lows, the details from the mass of colors and tones so you can work on them separately. This is similar, but it does not rely on the separation of the elements. I wouldn't recommend this for times when you need that separation.
@@f64Academy I'll get back to this post later on tonight and thank you so much for indicating the difference!
I have a small question...for this sample portrait the light incoming is pretty much straight up and not the typical 45 degree sides flash positioning..in those cases the eyes will not be lightened up that much so if I use this technique in that case without bringing some brightness inside eye with curve adjustment Will this still. Be as good as the sample as u shown
I think so. I mean its definitely a case by case basis, so you'd need to experiment. I can't say absolutely yes without seeing the image. But if you experiment with it on an image you have like that, that would be the best way to judge if its viable for that image.
Looks a great technique but why first desaturate the duplicate layer when the application of the high pass filter automatically converts it to 50% grey? EDIT. Just noticed somebody else has asked the same question.
The answer is in my response :) Great question, but High Pass isn't truly 50% grey until you desaturate it. You will get funky color halos if you don't. Run an experiment, that's the best thing I can tell you. Make a High Pass without changing the blend mode, zoom into the areas where the color is in the high pass layer, then press linear light. The color halos are worse than the luminosity halos.
@@f64Academy Many thanks. I continue to learn!
NIce, would this work the same way in Affinity photo?
Not sure. I don't use it. Give it a shot and see 😁
@f64Academy it worked. It served a little more involved but it worked.
Good video!
Selective sharpening is underrated, most people apply it on the entire image, even the sky, and then they resize the image to 1/4 the size to post on social media and the image ends up looking crispy. Even 'image reduce: bicubic smooth' has a slight sharpening effect.
One could also do selective saturation and contrast, and maybe add a slight vignette.
agreed! Too much sharpening is BAD and global sharpening, even worse :) Everything I do in PS is selective with either blend modes, blend if, or mask, or some combination of all of them.
I love the PSA Analogies! thanks
control-shift-u doesn't work on my version of PS (2023 Beta). It does nothing. Is there another way to desaturate that layer?
Try 24.6, I don't provide any support for PS Beta
@@f64Academy thanks for your quick response. Turns out I had assigned that shortcut to another function. I went into keyboard shortcuts and assigned c-s-u to image/adjustments/desaturate. It's working now.
Great video and thanks for sharing. Question. Photoshop did away with their Camera Shake Reduction feature. What do you recommend to get a similar effect on photos that have camera shake 😢? I’ve tried some techniques from YT and all they do is introduce too much grain and noise to the pic. TIA.
Not that I know of, sorry!
I still like the look of clarity and texture as I like darker photos. It’s just down to personal style.
I would consider going darker in a different way using a dark curve with masking or burning etc. IMO clarity to the 9s is a technical flaw often used as an artistic expression, but the high contrast "crunch" it leaves behind is not very attractive. It's definitely an image by image basis.
@@f64Academy "Autistic" expression. LOL. I just love funny typos. Or was it a typo? Wink wink, nod nod
@@ldouglass6 lol auto correct at it's finest!
Th x Blake from South Africa
You are welcome :) From Kansas City!
O M G ! Blake, every video is a beautiful gem. Absolutely great. Thanks a lot
My pleasure! If you think these are good, phew, f64elite.com is where I REALLY go all out ;)
@@f64Academy Perfect, thank you!