Photoshop Unsharp Mask

Updated: 07/31/2022 by Computer Hope
Adobe Photoshop

Unsharp Mask or Photoshop Unsharp Mask darkens and lightens along edges to create sharper focus. Its parameters are amount, radius, and threshold.

Unsharp Mask works on 8 Bit, 16 Bit, 32 Bit, RGB (red, green, and blue), grayscale, CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and key), and Multichannel images, and Smart Objects. This filter launches another window with options.

Unsharp Mask is part of Adobe Photoshop's Extended Filters.

Unsharp Mask filter example in Adobe Photoshop.

Photoshop terms, Sharpen, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen More, Smart Sharpen