Insanely Powerful Tip to SHARPEN TEXTURE and DETAIL in Photoshop – High Pass Sharpening Explained

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 1:25 High Pass Explanation Example (Frequency Separation)
  3. 6:16 High Pass to Sharpen Texture and Detail
  4. 10:36 High Pass Skin Smoothing (Bonus Tip)
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In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to sharpen texture and detail with the High Pass Filter.

We will take the time to explain what high pass actually is and how it works. Then you will learn to use it to selectively apply sharpening to your photos.

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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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3 Comments

  1. Please do a frequency separation tutorial! I would like to retouch images for beauty!

  2. Jesús, I open almost every tutorial you show and use most of them. I always which I could have them in a step by step written form also, so that I may use them as needed. As you well know, if you do not use a particular sequence for some time you forget it, and you need to go back to YouTube to see and listen the tutorial once again. I have used Photoshop as a hobby since Photoshop 2 and now I am up to date with Photoshop CC. Would much appreciate if you could include a step by step written tutorial after each of the tutorials you publish in YouTube.

  3. Another great video Jesús!!

    I view a number of photoshop tutorials by a number of people and you are my favorite instructor.

    You are clear, concise and speak at a perfect pace.

  4. Jesus, I have used your tutorials for a long time. The fact that you explain more than the tutorial calls for is outstanding. As a scientist a do appreciate your call for all details of the tutorial. Thanks for these great teaching tools
    Ed Cabrera

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