Sandman
In article <pr7l1atblusnl5v5rf8ogipdu6jci0nujk@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens wrote:

Savageduck
HPS might well be reversible, but returning the file to its truly original state after being saved as a JPEG is improbable.

Eric Stevens
It's not the file that is being returned to the original state: it's the sharpening.

Sandman
Which is impossible in Floyd's ignorant example, where the file was compressed with JPG between the two steps, making the HPS irreversible.

Savageduck
However, I have the tools to do that, with HSP, and even USM regardless of how much you stamp your feet and say I can't.

Eric Stevens
But you are not reversing it

Sandman
Yes, he is.

Eric Stevens
you are reverting

Sandman
"Reverting" and "Reversing" are synonyms in this scenario. Both words going back to a previous state.

Eric Stevens
and replacing it.

Sandman
Nothing is being replaced. Only reversed/reverted to its original state, just like the word(s) mean.

You trolls - argue for days on end about the meaning of words you do not understand.