There are different ways in which you can sharpen your images and I have carried out some of these in an earlier exercise on this course.
From my Photoshop course I have learnt that the best way to sharpen your images - the non-destructive way - is to use layer masks. This means that your original image is not affected by the sharpening. It is paramount that you protect your images as much as possible in the processing stage.
Whilst you can use the eraser tool to remove sharpened areas from your image the best way to do this is by using the Smart sharpen tool and layer masks. You can then use a paintbrush to paint over the face or areas that you don't want to sharpen. This ensure that the image below is protected.
This method is particularly useful when sharpening portraits where you don't want the face to be over-sharpened.
Prior to attending this course I wasn't aware of the damage my processing may be doing to the image below. Perhaps this is a reason why I should move away from using Lightroom for most of my processing.
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