Unsharp Mask and Gaussian Blur Adjustment Layers

[jpcaponigro@adobeforums.com]

Allow Unsharp Mask and Gaussian Blur to be adjustment layers. We assume the reason you have not done this is because it is calculation intensive. You could offer them as optional Plug-ins.

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

This is a feature request and should be in the feature request section

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Not only that, but the Adobe Photoshop gurus discussed this recently on this forum and said it just ain't going to happen.

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

Hi John Paul...

Thanks for your inspiration, mate!

[JasonSmith@adobeforums.com]

Yep, gotta use AE for that.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Here's the link to the most recent thread where Chris Cox and others addressed this:

Chris Cox "Image/adjust/shadow Highlights" 2/16/04 4:24pm </cgi-bin/webx?13@@.2cd00708/3>

[Bruce_Fraser@adobeforums.com]

The question is, how long are you prepared to wait for the layer to recalculate every time you change something underneath it?

There are plenty of ways to make a sharpening layer. The problem is that you need to recalc that sharpening layer every time something on which it depends, changes. Using a manual sharpening layer, you can decide when and whether to recalculate it. As an Adjustment Layer, it either recalcs whenever the dependency changes, or you have to add UI to Adjustment Layers to control their updating...

[steve_peters@adobeforums.com]

Live Picture use to have somthing similar this. But there are easy enough workarounds.

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

LP has special "Sharpening" layers into which you paint where you want sharpening.

You can do a similar thing thing in photoshop by painting your USM in using the History brush at different opacities in Luminosity mode.

Do it on a spare Merged layer so that you can mask parts of it; adjust the layer opacity; or trash the layer at a later date if you wish.