"SpookiePower" wrote in message
Is it possible to use unsharpmask on its own layer ?
Here’s a trick that comes close, in that the layer contributes sharpening information, and allows you to make color changes to the original layer, though cloning and other operations will require that you recreate the sharpen layer.
1) duplicate the original layer
2) run Filter>Other>High Pass
3) specify the same radius parameter that you would have for USM
4) set the layer mode to Overlay
Here are some articles on the curvemeister forum that discuss three methods of sharpening, two of which use an overlay layer. Each includes an action that performs the operation automatically.
http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php?topic=43.0 http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php?topic=45.0 http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php?topic=54.0 —
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/