Adjust sharpening in Camera Raw
The Sharpening Amount control in the Detail tab adjusts edge definition. The adjustment is a variation of Unsharp Mask, which locates pixels that differ from surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify. When opening a camera raw image file, the Camera Raw plug‑in calculates the threshold to use based on camera model, ISO, and exposure compensation.
Use the Apply Sharpening To preference in the Camera Raw preferences to specify whether sharpening is applied to all images or just to previews.
- Increase the Amount value to increase sharpening. A value
of zero turns off sharpening. In general, set Amount to a lower
value for cleaner images.
If you don’t plan to edit the image extensively
in Photoshop, use the Camera Raw sharpening feature. If you do plan
to edit the image extensively in Photoshop, turn off Camera Raw
sharpening. Then use the sharpening filters in Photoshop as the
last step after all other editing and resizing is complete.