How To Sharpen Footage in Premiere Pro CC

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Getting it right in camera is important, and should always be the goal, but sometimes you're stuck with footage that would benefit the video, but it's slightly out of focus. If re-shooting isn't an option, in this video editing tutorial, Alli will teach you how to use the Unsharpen Mask in Premiere Pro CC to bring back as much detail as possible for slightly out of focus areas in your footage like the eyes of your subject. The result won't be perfect, but it will be better than simply applying the regular 'Sharpen' effect to your footage. Enjoy!

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[PeterandYen]

In the past I've usually gone with the sharpen effect, but this method is such a better way to do it properly. Thanks for the lessons especially with Adobe Premiere guys they are super helpful. So many effects and things that you can choose its nice to finally get a detailed explanation. If you have a chance please go through the audio items too, they confuse me so many options.

[osadareal]

I am a Sri Lankan viewer ... I am 11 years old ... I learn editing through YouTube videos ... Actually this channel is a channel with a lot of useful videos ... I am very appreciative of sharing what you know with others Doing ... Blessings of the Buddha ...

[zz]

Excellent, straight forward and well produced. Thank you!

[emmaprestondegreestuff]

Alli, I am a year 2 uni student and on this one TV Show I am making, we made a focus error with our main safety wide. It left our camera a fraction out of focus. This tutorial has been amazing and very easy to understand. Thank you so much

[majorasamtheo-door]

OH MY GOODNESS, I have been working on remastering an old show and this helped so much, THANK

[AlliandWill]

Getting it right in camera is important, and should always be the goal, but sometimes you're stuck with needing to use slightly out of focus footage because it would benefit the video. If re-shooting isn't an option, try this! In this video editing tutorial, Alli will teach you how to use the Unsharpen Mask in Premiere Pro CC to bring back as much detail as possible for slightly out of focus areas in your footage like the eyes of your subject. The result won't be perfect, but it will be better than simply applying the regular 'Sharpen' effect to your footage. Enjoy!

[MikeAzul]

Thank you so much for this tutorial and great visual examples <3

[HyunRalphJeong]

Useful tip as always! To "sharpen, " you have to "unsharpen." haha

[jcsdarnell]

Very good. You might want to use the Threshold's slider, press the dropdown arrow next to it. Then you can, I think, use the slider for a number higher than 0 and lower than 1 to add some of the blur but lessen the blur on the eyes. (My apologies if someone has already mentioned this technique in comments.)

[MrTerryRay]

Thanks Alli. This is a great explanation of how and why to use the unsharp mask. You answered every question I had. Now the name of this tool makes sense.

[reylobarchiefangirl]

thank you for posting this vid! i have been trying SO long to figure out how to sharpen this well!

[TwoHungryDiners]

This is very useful guys! Especially if you don’t have option to re shoot, this effect is a life saver. A bit interesting on the name though.. “unsharpen mask” to sharpen 😆
Thanks for sharing with us 👍🏻

[MattCookOregon]

Solid! I hope I remember this next time I edit.

[thailandwild]

Excellent tutorial.... exactly what I needed to salvage some poor footage. Thanks.

[RitchieRosson]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much from London.

[MattsMegabites]

This is really useful. especially when Brent films me. It'll be out of focus most times.

[danaeg]

Thank you for sharing !! This really worked!! So nice finding solutions without installing extra app and plug ins

[KimchiAndBeansVideos]

Oohhh! This is so useful. That sharpen tool doesn't work well, we agree there. I like how this is very specific to the area that you need. :-)

[bikotheanimator]

Excellent. This will help. What projects have you worked on? Are you on imdb or vimeo? I did the Summer internship at Pixar in 2019, so I am always curious to see and meet amazing people and see their work in film and animation.

[SimonAbrams]

Really well explained; made total sense to this old Photoshop guy that's finally dipping a toe into the video world. Thanks for that!