Hey @terrylovejoy, thanks for your efforts. I always enjoy your work and I'm sure you've realized by now.
Thanks for the education regarding filters. Looks like the effect of Median and Gaussian filters is almost the same, however the Gaussian filter product is a bit more blurry as you rightly pointed out. Is the Median filter used in sharpening as well?
Thank you @lordneroo ! I'm not aware of the median filter being used as a technique for generating the mask for the unsharp mask, but there is no reason you couldn't try. The only issue I think is that a median will not preserve the correct brightness of objects, whereas a Gaussian blur will.
Thanks for the detailed response!