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Sharpen

Crisp up edges and fine detail, with a threshold that keeps flat areas from picking up noise.

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ADJUST
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Free — no signup
Controls with options
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Three ways to sharpen

Unsharp is the classic method: subtract a blurred copy from the image and add the difference back, scaled. It is the one to reach for when edges need a clean, familiar lift.

Clarity works on the midtones. It adds local contrast where the picture is mid-grey, so texture and surfaces read more strongly without the halo that a hard edge sharpen can leave.

High Pass isolates the fine detail as its own layer and blends it back over the image. It is the most controllable, because you can see exactly what is being added.

Keeping flat areas clean

Sharpening amplifies anything that changes from pixel to pixel, including noise. The threshold stops the effect acting on smooth regions, so a sky stays a sky while the edges of a face come up.

Every option, from the app

Generated from the registry the app publishes, so this list is whatever the current build actually ships — not a copy of it.

Mode
UnsharpClarityHigh Pass
  • BlurA soft, even blur at any radius, with no blockiness as the radius grows.
  • Depth of FieldA per-pixel circle of confusion computed from the depth inferred out of your flat image, gathered through a configurable aperture — polygonal, catadioptric or anamorphic bokeh.
  • LevelsSet the black point, the white point and the midtone gamma by hand.

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