Sharpening and Smoothing Actions—Photoshop

Sometimes photos should look smooth, and sometimes they should look sharp—and photos of people need to look both sharp and smooth! The skin should look smooth but the details of the face, especially the eyes, should be sharp, because sharpness will draw the eye.

In this section of the classroom we’ll be exploring ways to use actions to accomplish the perfect amount of smooth and sharp for our photos.

The photos I use in the videos are listed next to each lesson below and can be found in the download folder called Images-04-Sharp-Smooth in the class downloads.