Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One

Click OK to accept your changes. To get a sense of the way in

which the Median effect smooths over and lightens the pores and

other harsh, dark edges, click the icon in front of Median in

the Layers panel to turn it off and on. Or check out Figure 7-31,

which shows the two versions of the image side-by-side.

Without the Median effectWith the Median effect

Now I want you to add another pass of sharpening to achieve a

heightened contrast effect. I could apply the Smart Sharpen command

again, but if I did, I’d get another Smart Sharpen entry in the Layers

panel, and telling one Smart Sharpen from another could prove

confusing. So better to apply a different filter, one just as suited to

enhancing the contrast of an image: High Pass.

9. Apply the third filter, High Pass. Choose Filter→Other→High
   Pass. In the High Pass dialog box, enter a Radius value of 75
   pixels and click OK. As shown in Figure 7-32 on the facing
   page, the image looks unnaturally gray; we’ll solve that prob-
   lem shortly.

Figure 7-31.

242 Lesson 7: Sharpening and Smart Objects