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Sharpening with Blur - Italian74 - 09-26-2025
In Photoshop images are often sharpened using an iverted layer with blur. This gives much better results than unsharp Mask. Has anyone tried this method in Gimp?
RE: Sharpening with Blur - rich2005 - 09-26-2025
As far as I know it is as https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Look-ma-no-plugins-the-Freaky-details-effects-using-of-the-shelf-Gimp-2-10
Should be the same with Gimp 3
RE: Sharpening with Blur - Italian74 - 09-26-2025
(09-26-2025, 10:05 AM)rich2005 Wrote: As far as I know it is as https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Look-ma-no-plugins-the-Freaky-details-effects-using-of-the-shelf-Gimp-2-10
Should be the same with Gimp 3
Thank you, this is what I was looking for
RE: Sharpening with Blur - Ofnuts - 09-28-2025
All these methods (including the official sharpening tool) work by subtracting a blurry version).
RE: Sharpening with Blur - Ofnuts - 09-28-2025
(09-26-2025, 10:05 AM)rich2005 Wrote: As far as I know it is as https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Look-ma-no-plugins-the-Freaky-details-effects-using-of-the-shelf-Gimp-2-10
Should be the same with Gimp 3
In Gimp3 you can do even better because you can set the blur as a NDE effect and tweak it later.
RE: Sharpening with Blur - denzjos - 09-28-2025
(09-28-2025, 02:54 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:Google AI : an NDE effect refers to the profound after-effects experienced by individuals who have had a near-death experience (NDE), including increased spirituality, a reduced fear of death, and a deeper appreciation for life. Blur ?(09-26-2025, 10:05 AM)rich2005 Wrote: As far as I know it is as https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Look-ma-no-plugins-the-Freaky-details-effects-using-of-the-shelf-Gimp-2-10
Should be the same with Gimp 3
In Gimp3 you can do even better because you can set the blur as a NDE effect and tweak it later.
RE: Sharpening with Blur - CmykStudent - 09-28-2025
(09-28-2025, 03:14 PM)denzjos Wrote: Google AI : an NDE effect refers to the profound after-effects experienced by individuals who have had a near-death experience (NDE), including increased spirituality, a reduced fear of death, and a deeper appreciation for life. Blur ?
"NDE" in this context is "Non-destructive Editing", not "Near Death Experience".
It means that when you apply a filter, it's not immediately merged into the pixels (like in 2.10), but floats above it. You can merge it later, or go back and adjust the settings to changes the effect - without undoing your prior work.
RE: Sharpening with Blur - denzjos - 09-29-2025
(09-28-2025, 05:22 PM)CmykStudent Wrote:(09-28-2025, 03:14 PM)denzjos Wrote: Google AI : an NDE effect refers to the profound after-effects experienced by individuals who have had a near-death experience (NDE), including increased spirituality, a reduced fear of death, and a deeper appreciation for life. Blur ?
"NDE" in this context is "Non-destructive Editing", not "Near Death Experience".
It means that when you apply a filter, it's not immediately merged into the pixels (like in 2.10), but floats above it. You can merge it later, or go back and adjust the settings to changes the effect - without undoing your prior work.
Noticed the big grin ?
RE: Sharpening with Blur - CmykStudent - 09-29-2025
denzjos: Sorry - I've had to explain the concept a number of times with people who trust AI implicitly, so I didn't realize you were kidding.
RE: Sharpening with Blur - sallyanne - 09-29-2025
Doesn't high pass do something similar?