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scotth51774914
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July 4, 2016
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Lightroom Mobile - no sharpening?

  • July 4, 2016
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Hi,

Does anyone know how to achieve sharpening using Lightroom Mobile for iOS? It seems like quite a basic editing tool is missing? It's odd that it's available on Photoshop Express but not Lightroom Mobile.

The only options seem to be using the Detailed preset, which appears to be the same as clarity, and by adding noise, but these only allow you to select low, medium or high which is very limited.

Scott

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Correct answer Maxicando

Hi Scott,

what you can do is pull up a radial local correction with no edge smoothness over your entire photo. There you have access to Sharpness and even Noise and Moirè.

It doesn't provide the whole feature set like masking, but it's a start.

Max

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MaxicandoCorrect answer
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August 23, 2016

Hi Scott,

what you can do is pull up a radial local correction with no edge smoothness over your entire photo. There you have access to Sharpness and even Noise and Moirè.

It doesn't provide the whole feature set like masking, but it's a start.

Max

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scotth51774914Author
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August 24, 2016

I've also learned this workaround but it shouldn't be that difficult to apply uniform sharpening. Hopefully Adobe has realised this and is working on an update.

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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August 30, 2016

The problem is, that you are not working at the full image resolution. You cannot appreciate the sharpening to its correct value.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
JP Hess
JP Hess
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July 4, 2016

It probably isn't a good idea to try to do sharpening on Lightroom Mobile because you aren't looking at the full-sized image. Those types of critical adjustments should probably be done on the main computer with the original images. Sharpening properly in Lightroom requires being able to view the image at 1:1 magnification.

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scotth51774914Author
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July 4, 2016

I know LR Mobile pulls smart previews from the Cloud, but what if the file originated from your iOS device? I can import full resolution JPEGs from my camera to my iPad Pro using the Lighting to SD Card Reader, make edits, then save the edited file at original resolution back to the Camera Roll, which is useful if you are away from the PC.

Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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July 4, 2016

low-med-high is probably the only kind of sharpening you need. To be able to put sharpening in 100 steps does not mean, that I use those 100 steps.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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