I just ran across a tutorial on sharpening and noise reduction in Lightroom. I have had decent results with the sharpening and noise reduction tools in LR. But, I never really knew when I was over or under using them.

Many of you experienced users probably knew this, but all you have to do is hold down the "Alt" key while you use the sliders to sharpen, mask, do details, and/or do noise reduction. By holding the alt key down, the image turns to a black and white outline and you can see which pixel areas are being affected. It' amazing what I have been able to get out of photos using this-and how it can keep you from over-using the tools.

Most informative - Thank you for sharing.

I didn't discover it on my own. I found it here: http://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-sharpen-images-in-lightroom

The author is Nasim Mansurov. I have Scott Kelby's book on LR, but Mr. Mansurov's explanation is much more detailed. I have no connection to him or his website, but I plan to return there to learn more.

(I have LR 5, not sure what other versions have this tool.)

Greg

I just ran across a tutorial on sharpening and noise reduction in Lightroom. I have had decent results with the sharpening and noise reduction tools in LR. But, I never really knew when I was over or under using them.

Many of you experienced users probably knew this, but all you have to do is hold down the "Alt" key while you use the sliders to sharpen, mask, do details, and/or do noise reduction. By holding the alt key down, the image turns to a black and white outline and you can see which pixel areas are being affected. It' amazing what I have been able to get out of photos using this-and how it can keep you from over-using the tools.

I didn't discover it on my own. I found it here: http://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-sharpen-images-in-lightroom

The author is Nasim Mansurov. I have Scott Kelby's book on LR, but Mr. Mansurov's explanation is much more detailed. I have no connection to him or his website, but I plan to return there to learn more.

(I have LR 5, not sure what other versions have this tool.)

Greg

I just ran across a tutorial on sharpening and noise reduction in Lightroom. I have had decent results with the sharpening and noise reduction tools in LR. But, I never really knew when I was over or under using them.

Many of you experienced users probably knew this, but all you have to do is hold down the "Alt" key while you use the sliders to sharpen, mask, do details, and/or do noise reduction. By holding the alt key down, the image turns to a black and white outline and you can see which pixel areas are being affected. It' amazing what I have been able to get out of photos using this-and how it can keep you from over-using the tools.

I didn't discover it on my own. I found it here: http://photographylife.com/how-to-properly-sharpen-images-in-lightroom

The author is Nasim Mansurov. I have Scott Kelby's book on LR, but Mr. Mansurov's explanation is much more detailed. I have no connection to him or his website, but I plan to return there to learn more.

(I have LR 5, not sure what other versions have this tool.)

Greg