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Using the focus tools


    The focus tools consist of the blur tool and the sharpen tool. The blur tool softens hard edges or areas in an image to reduce detail. The sharpen tool focuses soft edges to increase clarity or focus. For information on other ways to adjust sharpness, see Sharpening images and Improving performance with filters.

To use the blur or sharpen tool:

  1. Select the blur tool blur tool or sharpen tool sharpen tool .
  2. Do the following in the options bar:
  3. Drag over the part of the image you want to blur or sharpen.