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Want a better understanding of how Photoshop’s sharpening filters work and how to best use them? Here’s a tutorial in which Photoshop expert Deke McClelland discusses using Photoshop’s features to bring out clearer details in your digital photographs. McClelland discusses all the sharpening filters found in the Sharpen menu in Photoshop (e.g. the one-click sharpening filters, Unsharp Mask, and Smart Sharpen), as well as the Sharpening panel found in Adobe Camera Raw.

MT. PLEASANT, Iowa - The most wide-open presidential race in a half century pushed unpredictably into a decisive new phase Wednesday, the rhetoric a bit more pointed and the appeals a tad more urgent in the final run-up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. "This is crunch time," said former Democratic Sen. John Edwards, and he spoke for all. In a race without front-runners, a brief Christmas lull yielded quickly in both early-voting states to a new round of subtle digs, outright criticism, fresh TV ads and stepped-up efforts by independent organizations. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, surprise...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2006 — U.S. Army engineers with the 864th Engineer Combat Battalion worked with Afghan military and civilian engineers to sharpen their construction skills this week. "The attendees at this workshop were selected by 15 local contractors who each selected four of their workers based on experience and skill." U.S. Army Col. Mike Flanagan The training, conducted at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province, covered a variety of engineering skills, such as vertical construction, carpentry, masonry and basic job-site safety. "The attendees at this workshop were selected by 15 local contractors who each selected four...