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If you want general tips for improving photo quality

Here are some Samples:

1. Fix common issues

  • Increase sharpness
    Removes blur and gives more detail.

  • Reduce noise/grain
    Especially helpful for low-light photos.

  • Adjust exposure
    Brighten dark areas or tone down highlights.

  • Balance colors
    Correct weird tints from indoor lighting.

2. Improve clarity and detail

  • Use texture/clarity sliders (in apps like Lightroom, Snapseed).

  • Add light contrast to make subjects stand out.

3. Enhance with AI tools

Many apps offer one-tap improvements:

  • Remini

  • Adobe Lightroom AI

  • Google Photos “Enhance”

Here’s a clear, step-by-step guide to enhancing photo quality using Adobe Photoshop. You can follow all of these steps, or just use the ones you need—Photoshop is powerful, but the basics make a huge difference.

1. Start With Automatic Enhancement (Fastest Method)

Camera Raw Filter (Best Overall)

  1. Open your photo in Photoshop.

  2. Go to Filter ? Camera Raw Filter.

  3. In the right panel, adjust:

    • Exposure – fix brightness

    • Contrast – adds depth

    • Highlights/Shadows – recover lost detail

    • Texture – adds natural detail

    • Clarity – enhances midtones

    • Noise Reduction – reduces grain

  4. Click OK.

This alone often improves a photo dramatically.

2. Sharpen the Image (for clarity)

Smart Sharpen (best control)

  1. Filter ? Sharpen ? Smart Sharpen

  2. Adjust:

    • Amount: 100–200% depending on photo

    • Radius: 0.8–2.0 pixels

    • Reduce Noise: 0–30%

  3. Set Remove: Lens Blur for more natural sharpening.

High Pass Sharpening (pro method)

  1. Duplicate your layer (Ctrl/Cmd+J)

  2. Filter ? Other ? High Pass (set radius to 1–3)

  3. Change layer Blend Mode ? Overlay

  4. Adjust opacity if too strong.

3. Reduce Noise (graininess)

  1. Go to Filter ? Noise ? Reduce Noise

  2. Useful settings:

    • Strength: 5–10

    • Preserve Details: 25–50%

    • Reduce Color Noise: 50–80%

You can also use Camera Raw ? Detail Panel ? Noise Reduction for better results.

4. Fix Colors + White Balance

Quick fix:

  1. Image ? Adjustments ? Auto Color

  2. Image ? Adjustments ? Auto Tone

Manual (better):

  1. Open Camera Raw Filter

  2. Go to White Balance

  3. Move Temp to fix yellow/blue tint

  4. Move Tint to fix green/magenta tint

5. Enhance Skin or Portraits

Using Adobe’s AI tools:

  1. Filter ? Neural Filters

  2. Turn on Photo Restoration

    • Fixes noise, scratches, blur

    • Great for portraits

6. Increase Overall Vibrance

  1. Image ? Adjustments ? Vibrance

  2. Increase:

    • Vibrance: +20 to +50

    • Saturation: +5 to +15 (small amounts only)

7. Clean Up the Photo

Use:

  • Spot Healing Brush Tool – remove blemishes

  • Clone Stamp – fix imperfections

  • Patch Tool – repair areas smoothly

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