v1.1.0 is now available
here
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Significantly improved preservation of treated pixels' luminosity without compromising on blending strength. In other words: less loss off highlights and detail, and less blur, without any downsides.
Also, I decided to use (informal) versioning going forwards. I will refer to the 1st two versions as "1.0.0" and "1.0.1" from now on.