User guide
Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 323
Brush the Denition adjustment on an image
You use the Denition Quick Brush adjustment to add clarity and reduce haze in a specic area
of an image, without adding too much contrast.
Before Definition adjustment After Definition adjustment
(added definition to the flower in the foreground)
Note: You can also apply a Denition adjustment by brushing the Enhance adjustment on an
image. However, brushing the Enhance adjustment on an image applies the Contrast, Denition,
Saturation, Vibrancy, and Tint parameter settings. You use the Quick Brush equivalents when you
need to apply each of these adjustments in dierent ways to dierent parts of the photo. For
more information about the Enhance adjustment, see Adjust contrast, clarity, and saturation on
page 273.
Selectively adjust clarity in an image
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Denition from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
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In the tool strip, choose Denition from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .
The Denition Brush HUD appears, and the Denition adjustment controls appear in the
Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Denition Brush HUD.
For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments on page 231 and Work with brush
strokes on page 232.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image where you want to add denition.
Modify the Denition adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Denition adjustment applied to it.
2 In the Denition area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector
HUD, adjust the following settings:
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To specify the area over which the Denition adjustment is applied: Use the Radius
parameter controls.
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To specify the strength of the Denition adjustment: Use the Intensity parameter controls.
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