smart sharpen tool

first post in the photoshop forum...please be gentle
whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.
how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?
please advise...
-jeff

whats the rub with the new sharpen tool? i searched the forums and had little to no luck. is it pretty much USM with options for gaussian, lens, and motion blurs? i had a comfort zone with USM, but smart sharpen seems much more powerful.
how does the amount translate between USM and smarty pants? is 104% power, radius of 1, and threshold of 4 the same between the two?
please advise...
-jeff
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Sorry I can't be much help, I'm Photoshop-less this weekend, and even then I seem to be about the only regular around here who hasn't upgraded to CS2.
Hang in there, I'm sure somebody will come up with an answer for you!
I don't know, but I think so. The cool thing that I've noticed is that if you click on advanced you can adjust the highlight and shadow amounts in order to avoid haloing.
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