This tutorial is explaining how to use the High Pass filter to sharpen your shots in a more 'decent' way than the other sharpen tools in Photoshop do...


open your image in Photoshop...




duplicate your background photo by dragging it on the icon left from the Recycle icon in the Layer window...




click Filter in the menubar and scroll down to Other>High Pass...




an adjustment menu opens...push the slider to max. 3.5...click OK...(be careful not to push it too hard as the result might look oversharpened)




click the drop down menu in the Layer window showing blending modes for the High Pass mask...try 'Soft light' or 'Hard Light' whatever is matching your needs...




back to menubar>Layer>Flatten Image...




This is what you get!

top=original
bottom=result (I used 'Hard Light' for better demonstration)



Enjoy!