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Re: Updated Filters 1.0 editor's draft

From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:17:24 -0700
Message-Id: <7E9FD3B8-1ECD-4B4C-ABF2-EC0429F00AED@gmail.com>
Cc: Dean Jackson <dino@apple.com>, "public-fx@w3.org" <public-fx@w3.org>
To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> 
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).
Received on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:18:08 UTC

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