- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:21:50 -0700
- To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Cc: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>, "public-fx@w3.org" <public-fx@w3.org>
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:17 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As a sidenote, while I understand the historic reasoning behind the >> name of the unsharp() function, it's really super-confusing to have >> something that sharpens an image be named "unsharp". Could we change >> this to just "sharpen" or something? > > Is it like PhotoShop's unsharp mask? If so, that is a pretty well known, well used filter for designers, photographers, and others working in PhotoShop. It is more than just a simple 'sharpen' (which is also available in PhotoShop). Yes, it is - you blur the input, then subtract the input from the blur. I don't know the mechanics of Photoshop's "sharpen" filter. ~TJ
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