Apply image weirdness

[marcr1230]

I’m trying to process an eclipse image using a suggested technique

1. crop image to center the moon , cropped to square aspect from 4x3

2. create a duplicate layer and blur the new layer with radial blur

3. export the blurred layer ( in order to import it with apply image)

4. Delete new layer, select original , import blurred image using apply image filter

 

The imported image seems to be rescaled to the original 4x3 aspect, no longer congruent with the original cropped square image - see last image

What’s happening here?

orig after crop 

 

Blurred layer

 

After apply image - using average to highlight the issue

 

 

 

 

[DM1]

Cropping is non destructive in AP. Just masks the image. Maybe that is the issue? Try rasterise and trim to the layer after you crop it and before you duplicate it. 

[marcr1230]

That did help , on to the next obstacle!

 

[marcr1230]

 

This worked to some extent: