<x-flowed>Try this: 1) Do the duplicate background / high-pass / hard- or soft-light procedure. 2) Select All and Copy Merged. 3) Paste the results as the top layer, and hide or remove the layer created in step 1. 4) Set the blending mode for the top layer to Luminosity. ------------------ On 1/15/01 at 11:55 AM -0800, Doug Brightwell wrote in a message entitled "Re: Sharpening Again": >I'm assuming there isn't an equivalent workflow with the duplicated >background + high pass filer approach. Haven't thought it through. Anybody >know? -- ___________________________________________________ RICK GORDON EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING ___________________________________________________ EMAIL: rick@rickgordon.com PHONE: (415) 419-9066 WWW: http://www.shelterpub.com - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. </x-flowed>