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Image Adjustments > Reduce Noise and Sharpen Image > Smart Sharpen and

Contrast

Smart Sharpen and Contrast

Choose the Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen command to open the Smart Sharpen and Contrast dialog as

shown below.

This filter includes many components and creates multiple adjustment layers. It has the option to merge them

together. Or you can keep them as separated adjustment layers. The merged layer uses less resource.

However, if you keep them separated, you can individually adjust them for different media.

Shadow Recovery inverts the black and white copy of the image as a mask on a brightening black and white

adjustment layer. This adjustment layer is then set to "overlay" blend with the original image to brighten the

shadow area.

Smart Sharpen uses the values in the original image to create the adjustment layer and then sharpen the

adjustment layer with the amount specified (see the left image below). The adjustment layer mask is created

by using find edges, auto level, and blur filters (see the right image below). The adjustment layer is then

blended with the original image with Value blend.