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.
Give your photos a professional finish with sharpening in Photoshop. Learn to enhance details, create contrast, and prepare your images for print, web, and social media.
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…
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