Creative sharpening

The localized sharpening technique described here is sometimes referred to as ‘creative sharpening’, as opposed to ‘capture sharpening’. Capture sharpening occurs at the beginning of a workflow (often in a raw editor) and ‘output sharpening’ which should be done at the very end, after the image has been resized with a specific output in mind – like print or on screen. Other good tools for creative sharpening include the Sharpen tool and Camera Raw’s Adjustment Brush.