It's a sad fact but undeniably life: Whether you scan, shoot, or capture, the process of digitizing images introduces softness, and to get great-looking results, you will need to sharpen the majority of digital images. softness introduced during digitizing results from the very nature of the process of digitalization. But another sad fact of digital photography is that most of the sharpened image bad - not good enough, too much, or using the wrong methods - creating chunky details and harsh edges. The author, Bruce Fraser here to teach the reader everything they need to know about sharpening including when to use it, why it is needed, how to use the camera feature, how to recognize an image needs sharpening, how much is used, what's bad sharpening and how to fix over sharpening .