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Stop Sharpening Everything: The Selective Sharpening Technique That Actually Works in Lightroom
Every few months I’ll open a photo I was excited about in the field and feel that quiet disappointment when it just looks… soft. Not out-of-focus soft, but lacking that punch I saw with my own eyes when I pressed the shutter. For years I did what most photographers do: cranked the Sharpening slider in the Detail panel, dragged the Masking slider while holding Option, called it a day. The photo got sharper, technically.