In this Photoshop tutorial on digital photo editing, we're going to learn how to easily sharpen an image using Photoshop's High Pass filter.

While debates continue over which of Photoshop's two main sharpening filters is better, "Unsharp Mask" or the new (as of CS2) "Smart Sharpen", one method of sharpening images remains not only highly effective but also much easier to use than either of those sharpening filters, and that's by using Photoshop's High Pass filter.