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How to Clear Up Blurred Pictures

Every now then you are going to take a picture that is just not as sharp as it should be. With the advent of digital photography and photo editing programs like Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.net you can clear up slightly blurred pictures so they look nice and sharp. There are limits to this editing technique. It will not fix a picture that is completely out of focus nor will it fix pictures where there is motion blur or blur resulting from camera shake.

Things You'll Need

Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.net

Instructions

- 1
  Turn your home computer on and open up Adobe Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.net. Adobe Photoshop is a program you buy. GIMP and Paint.net are free programs that are based on Photoshop. The wording is slightly different from program to program, but the steps are the same in each.
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  Click "File" and select "Open" from the drop down menu. Use your computer cursor and navigate to the folder containing the picture you want to edit. Highlight the picture and click "OK" to open the picture in the program.
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  Click "Enhance" in the navigation bar and select "Unsharp Mask" from the drop down menu. A dialog box will open with a small preview window. Click and hold the adjustment tabs to change the "Percentage" "Pixels" and "Threshold" until the image in the small window appears sharp. Click "Ok" and the program will add the adjustments to the picture.
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  Click "File" and select "Save as" give your edited picture a new name or title and save it to your computer.

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