It works as expected for me, and you can easily see the difference when I undo it: https://youtu.be/EvyPiSWFmxw

Are you using version 14.6.1730.0?

Hi FDskate -

Like optodata, mine's working fine (update or no update). On one PC, I hadn't updated PhD to the latest (14.6.1730.0) build so I tested your scenario both before & after updating.

Like you, I used a snapshot taken from a video. These have been cropped to highlight the differences.



Not sure what's happening at your end, but it's definitely not consistent with what I've observed.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote Hi FDskate -

Like optodata, mine's working fine (update or no update). On one PC, I hadn't updated PhD to the latest (14.6.1730.0) build so I tested your scenario both before & after updating.

Like you, I used a snapshot taken from a video. These have been cropped to highlight the differences.



Not sure what's happening at your end, but it's definitely not consistent with what I've observed.

Cheers - Tony

I am not sure why it isn't working anymore. I just know that I haven't changed anything except updated the software. I have done hundreds of layer adjustments like this before without this issue. I guess anything could be the culprit, and it's not the first time I have gotten random glitches like this, with Cyberlink. Don't get me wrong, I quite like the programs, but they are not always working 100%. At least not for me.

You might want to submit a report to CL tech support to see if they can figure out what's going on. You can reach them here.

I know this is a stab in the dark.

Even though I tried to replicate your scenario by using a snapshot from a video, I noticed in your screen capture you were using other layers (transparent background & title)... which I didn't do in my testing. I've since added the same layers, but adjusting sharpness still works as expected.

Have you tried adjusting sharpness on a single photo with no title/background layers?
Is there anything you did to any layer that may have interfered with the sahrpening adjustment?

Like I said - a stab in the dark.

Cheers - Tony
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Sharpness was not meant to fix motion blur in the OP post. It is very hard to fix with any software. Look at the photoshop tuts on this. It doesn't work at all in the AI softwares that I have tested.

Hi FDskate -

tomasc may be onto something there...

If you're still interested in trying to isolate the problem, you could attach that snapshot of Freya and we can check it out in PhD on our PCs.

Also - I'm attaching the video snapshot I used in the examples above. You could use it to check sharpening in your PhD365.

Worth a shot, I reckon. Apples & apples.

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The sharpen tools work in layers. After applying 100% , one could apply another 100% and get oversharpened images that don’t look right with the artifacts with motion blurred images. The image should be sharpened before going into layers.

It is much better to use the deblur tool for motion blurred objects in images like in this Cyberlink PhD tutorial: https://youtu.be/rjzV-3QYOdA .