Filter Question 4: Sharpen's Luminosity option

When using the very basic Sharpen filter (not the FX Plug one), the Luminosity option appears to be unchecked by default. FCP Help doesn't seem to offer any suggestions as to when it would be appropriate to turn it on.
With the very small amount of Sharpening I'm applying, the difference between having the Luminosity checkbox on or off is extremely subtle. But am I correct in concluding from my squinting eyes that having it On keeps certain colors from slightly oversaturating, due to the contrast-increasing effect of the filter itself?
But that would seem to suggest having the Luminosity On would be the default setting-- so is there something else about that option of which I should be aware -- or wary of?
Thanks,
John B.
Toronto

Andy Mees wrote:
What does all that mean? It means it would be appropriate to use this option when you think it looks better if you do.
Agreed (and echoing David's point). But it also means:
Why can't Apple's "Help" documentation provide quick access to a simple paragraph as succinct, as informative, and as helpful as the one YOU just wrote! With hyperlinks that would let me learn more about "3X3 convolutions" if I so choose? The point is, even if my understanding of the tech aspect is minimal, at least that was an explanation of what the different parts of the filter DO.
Now actually using that same filter in a tasteful way obviously involves testing, experimentation, and lots of trial-and-error experience. My annoyance with Cupertino crowd is when they don't seem to want to tell us anything about a particular function whatsoever -- as if to say: "Oh it's much too complicated to try and document -- just click away on the buttons and eventually you'll figure out what it does".
I'm not saying the "figuring out" still doesn't have to happen -- but please just give us a general idea to get the ball rolling. Either that, or hire someone like Andy Mees to make the Help files a bit more Helpful!
jb

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