Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 326)

Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 326
Brush the Sharpen adjustment on an image
You use the Sharpen Quick Brush adjustment to fine-tune details in a specific area of an image.
Before Sharpen adjustment After Sharpen adjustment
Selectively sharpen an image
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Sharpen from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
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In the tool strip, choose Sharpen from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .
The Sharpen Brush HUD appears, and the Sharpen adjustment controls appear in the
Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Sharpen Brush HUD.
For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments on page 231 and Work with brush
strokes on page 232.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image that you want to sharpen.
Modify the Sharpen adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Sharpen adjustment applied to it.
2 In the Sharpen area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD,
use the Amount parameter controls to modify the strength of the adjustment.
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