Defog your photos in Photoshop

[kimberkatt]

Hi! I don't know if any of you know about this, but I just saw it on someone's blog a few days ago, and I think it's pretty cool!! For the life of me, I cannot remember whose blog it was (random browsing), but I thank them very, very much for the tip! It's a very simple way to "defog" your photos and make them pop!

In Photoshop:
Go to Filters>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask and enter these values:
Amount=20
Radius=60
Threshold=0

I have PSE5, and my Unsharp Mask function is under the Enhance menu, in case anyone needs help in finding it!

Here are two examples: (photos are of my daughter, Trinity)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k62/kimberkatt/TRIN2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k62/kimberkatt/TRIN100.jpg

It's not a dramatic change, but it brightens up the colors and makes your photo look more crisp! Hope someone finds this useful, because I sure did! :)

[patchas]

This is great. Thanks so much for the tip.

[Randje]

Great tip. The difference is subtle but it really enhances thi pictures. Thank you for the illustrated tip.

[Shanners]

Thanks, that looks great.

[cass]

Wonderful, thanks for passing on the tip. Its the little things like this that can help us greatly.

[Jiskefet]

Great tip!
Sometimes, when I have to magnify a photo because the subject is very distant, I also use filters>sharpen> sharpen. sometimes it looks horrible, but some pictures come out razor sharp and crystal clear this way.

[artsygranny]

Awesome tip! Thank you so much for sharing it!

[ljd2007]

Great tip thanks for sharing it :)

[darlingina]

I'll have to try that! ;)

http://www.cilmsnagsandtags.com/tags/4101.jpeg (http://www.cilmsnagsandtags.com)

[crlin]

Great tip! Hope it works in PSE 3!! Thank you!!

[Beaches]

Love this lesson for starting my Photo Design with the fog gone! My settings, are a little different; but, not enough to mention here, because they are so close to yours!
Great tip everyone who uses Digital Camera should all do!
Thanks again
Hugs,
Sandi

[danzinst]

This is a great tip. Thanks for sharing. I need all the help I can get.

[Lynn]

Oh, wow, that is really neat. Thanks for this - I know it will come in handy!