sharpen with bilateral blur

[Gnobelix]

I would like to introduce here a method of sharpening.
This method is not new, many will know it from Photoshop.
For those who do this method not know, i reconstructed it in AP.

Step  1. open the picture and editing e.g. HSL balance, white balance etc.
Step  2. select the top layer.
Step  3. duplicate the layer with keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + E  twice.
Step  4. change blend mode to Linear Light
Step  5. invert the Layer with keyboard shortcut CTRL + I
Step  6. opacity to 50% (important that the 50% are met exactly)
Step  7. filters-blur - bilateral blur: adjust radius to 5 pix
             and adjust tolerans between 45% and 55% (i think the the optimal value is 50%)
Step  8. layer - merge down with keyboard shortcut CTRL + E
Step  9. adjust the new layer blend mode from normal to overlay (with the opacity playing)
Step 10. create a mask layer, (to select areas that are not needed)

All steps are in a macro recording, see below

Best Regards
Gnobelix

Sharpen with Bilateral Blur.afmacro

[affwin]

Thanks for this good macro.

Dieter

[shoofly]

Very many thanks for your tip! It works great!