[APML] New way to undsharp mask.

[Jason Ware <jasonw@galaxyphoto.com>]

I have seen variations of this but not exactly. I think
I found a way to unsharp mask without growing the stars.
Forgive me if this has already been used but here goes...

open image. 
duplicate image. 
gaussian blur the duplicate (about 10 in my case)
apply image: source = original, blending = subtrack, 
   scale = 1, offset = 128
apply gaussian blur again. (this is the part that is new)
back to original and do the same apply image, this time
 to the original with the dup as the source.

here is a NAN I did this way....
http://galaxyphoto.com/temp/nan_blend_sharp.jpg

Here is a full scale closeup...
http://galaxyphoto.com/temp/nan_full.jpg



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