PHOTOSHOP FILTERS

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Smart FiltersAbout Smart FiltersAny filter applied to a Smart Object is a Smart Filter. Smart Filters appear in the Layers panel below the Smart Objectlayer to which they are applied. Because you can adjust, remove, or hide Smart Filters, they are nondestructive.You can apply any Photoshop filter (that have been enabled to work with Smart Filters)—except for Extract, Liquify,Pattern Maker, and Vanishing Point—as a Smart Filter. In addition, you can apply the Shadow/Highlight and Variationsadjustments as Smart Filters.To work with Smart Filters, select a Smart Object layer, choose a filter, and then set filter options. After you applya Smart Filter, you can adjust, reorder, or delete it.To expand or collapse the view of Smart Filters, click the triangle next to the Smart Filter icon, displayed to the rightof the Smart Object layer in the Layers panel. (This technique also shows or hides Layer Style.) Or, choose Layers panelOptions from the Layers panel menu, then select Expand New Effects in the dialog box.Use filter masks to selectively mask Smart Filter effects. See Mask Smart Filters.

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PHOTOSHOP Filter Gallery

Filter GalleryFilter Gallery overview

The Filter Gallery provides a preview of many of the special effects filters. You can apply multiple filters, turn on or off the effect of a filter, reset options for a filter, and change the order in which filters are applied. When you are satisfied with the preview, you can then apply it to your image. Not all filters in the Filter menu are available in the Filter Gallery.

Some of Photoshop’s filters are available only in the Filter Gallery. Some of Photoshop’s filters are available only from the drop-down “Filter” menu. A few of Photoshop’s filter groups contain filters from both of these catego-ries. Here is a list of the filter groups that include filters that are in both the Filter Gallery as well as the “Filter” drop-down menu. This list also names filter groups that contain filters only attainable from the Filter Gallery.

Artistic................... 15

Brush Stroke........... 8

Distort..................... 3

Sketch....................14

Stylize...................... 1

Texture.................... 6

in Filter Gallery

in Filter GalleryThere are 9 more Distort

Filters in the regular Filter drop-down menu

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in Filter GalleryThere are 8 more Stylize

Filters in the regular Filter drop-down menu

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Other FiltersFilters in the Other submenu let you create your own filters, use filters to modify masks, offset a selection within an image, and make quick color adjustments.

CustomMinimum

High Pass

Offset

Maximun

Digimark FiltersThe Digimarc filters embed a digital watermark into an image to store copyright information.Note: Digimarc plug-ins require a 32-bit operating system. They are unsupported in 64-bit versions of Windows and Mac OS.

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Filter Gallery ArtisticFilters from the Artistic submenu help you achieve painterly and artistic effects for a fine arts or commercial project. For

example, use the Cutout filter for collages or typography. These filters replicate natural or traditional media effects. All

the Artistic filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery.

Colored Pencil

Neon Glow

Rouge Pastels

Cutout

Paint Daubs

Smudge Stick

Diffuse Glow

Dry Brush

Plaette Knife

Sponge

Glass

Film Grain

Plastic Wrap

Underpainting

Ocean Ripple

Fresco

Poster Edges

Watercolor

Filter Gallery DistortThe Distort filters geometrically distort an image,creating 3D or other reshaping effects. Note that these filters can

be very memory-intensive. There are 9 additional Distort filters that are available from the regular “Filter”

drop-down menu.

Sharpen FiltersThe Sharpen filters focus blurred images by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels.

Sharpen

Dust & Scratches

De-Interlace

Unsharp Mask

Reduce Noise

NTSC Colors

Original Image

Sharpen More

Despeckle

Smart Sharpen

Median

Sharpen Edges

Add Noise

Noise FiltersThe Noise filters add or remove noise, or pixels with randomly distributed color levels. This helps to blend a selection into the surrounding pixels. Noise filters can create unusual textures or remove problem areas, such as dust and scratches.

Video FiltersThe Video submenu contains the

Noise Filters De-Interlace and NTSC Colors filters.

De-Interlace Smooths moving images capturedon video by removing either the odd or eveninterlaced lines in a video image.You can choose to replace the discardedlines by duplication or interpolation.

NTSC Colors Restricts the gamutof colors to those acceptable for

television reproduction, to preventoversaturated colors from bleeding

across television scan lines.

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Accented Edges

Bas Relief

Graphic Pen

Reticulation

Ink Outlines

Chalk & Charcoal

Halftone Pattern

Stamp

Angled Strokes

Charcoal

Note Paper

Torn Edges

Spatter

Corsshatch

Chrome

Photocopy

Water Paper

Sprayed Strokes

Dark Strokes

Conté Crayon

Plaster

Sumi-e

Filter Gallery Brush StrokeLike the Artistic filters, the Brush Stroke filters give a painterly or fine-arts look using different brush and ink stroke effects. Some of the filters add grain, paint, noise, edge detail, or texture. All the Brush Stroke filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery.

Filter Gallery SketchFilters in the Sketch submenu add texture to images, often for a 3D effect. The filters also are useful for creating a fine-arts or hand-drawn look. Many of the Sketch filters use the foreground and background color as they redraw the image. All the Sketch filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery.

Render FiltersThe Render filters create 3D shapes, cloud patterns, refraction patterns, and simulated light reflections in an image. You can also manipulate objects in 3D space, create 3D objects (cubes, spheres,and cylinders), and create texture fills from grayscale files to produce 3D like effects for lighting.

Clouds

Tiles

Lens Flare

Lighting Effects

Fibers

Emboss

WInd

Find Edges

Solarize

Difference

Diffuse

Trace Contour

Extrude

Stylize FiltersNOTE: There is 1 stylize filter in the Filter GalleryThe Stylize filters produce a painted or impressionistic effect on a selection by displacing pixels and by finding and heightening contrast in an image. After using filters like Find Edges and Trace Contour that highlight edges, you can applythe Invert command to outline the edges of a color image with colored lines or to outline the edges of a grayscale image with white lines.

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Filter Gallery StylizeGlowing Edges is the only filter in from the “Stylize” group that is centered in the Filter Gallery. The eightother Stylize Filters are attainable through the Filter drop-down menu.

Glowing Edges

Mosaic Tiles

Texturizer

Grain

Stained Glass

Craquelure

Patchwork

Filter GalleryTextureUse the Texture filters to simulate the appearance of depth or substance, or to add an organic look.

Distort FiltersNOTE: There are 3 Distort Filters in the Filter Gallery section The Distort filters geometrically distort an image, creating 3Dor other reshaping effects. Note that these filters can be very memory-intensive. The Diffuse Glow, Glass, and Ocean Ripple filters can be applied through the Filter Gallery.

Polar Coordinates

Displacement Map

Wave

Mezzotint Pointillize

Pinch

Twirl

Crystallize

Fragment Mosaic

Ripple

Diaplace

ZigZag

Spherize

Color Halftone

Facet

Pixelate FiltersThe filters in the Pixelate submenu sharply define a selectionby clumping pixels of similar color values in cells.

Shear

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PHOTOSHOP Drop-dpwn menu

Adaptive Wide Angle Filterhttp://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adaptive-wide-angle-filter.htmlUse the Adaptive Wide Angle filter to correct lens distortions due to using wide angle lenses. You can quickly straighten lines that appear curved in panoramas, or photos taken with fish-eye and wide angle lenses. For example, buildings seem to be leaning inwards when captured using awide-angle lens. The filter detects the camera and lens model and uses the lens characteristics to straighten the images. You can add multiple constraints to indicate straight lines in different parts of the picture. Using this information the Adaptive Wide Angle filter, removes the distortions.

Adaptive Wide Angle

Lens Correction

Lens Correction FilterCorrect lens distortion and adjust perspectiveThe Lens Correction filter fixes common lens flaws such as barrel and pincushion distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration. The filter works only with 8- and 16-bit-per-channel images in RGB or Grayscale mode.You can also use the filter to rotate an image or fix image perspective caused by vertical or horizontal camera tilt. The filter’s image gridmakes these adjustments easier and more accurate than using the Transform command.

Vanishing Point FilterThe Vanishing Point feature preserves correctperspective in edits of images that contain perspectiveplanes (for instance, the sides of a buildingor any rectangular object).

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Blur FiltersThe Blur filters soften a selection or an entireimage, and are useful for retouching. They smoothtransitions by averaging the pixels next to the hardedges of defined lines and shaded areas in an image.Note: To apply a Blur filter to the edges of a layer, deselect the Lock Transparent Pixel option inLayers panel.

Average Finds the average color of animage or selection, and then fills the imageor selection with the color to create asmooth look. For example, if you selectan area of grass, the filter changes the areainto a homogeneous patch of green.

Blur

Motion Blur

Pucker

Box Blur

Average

Shape Blur

Field Blur

Iris Blur

Tilt-Shift

Lens Blur

Surface Blur

Blur More

Radial Blur

Push Left

Gaussian Blur

Smart Blur

Liquify FilterLiquify filter overviewThe Liquify filter lets you push, pull, rotate, reflect, pucker, and bloatany area of an image. The distortions you create can be subtle ordrastic which makes the Liquify command apowerful tool for retouching images as well as creating artistic effects. The Liquify filter can be applied to 8-bits-per-channel or 16-bits per-channel images.NOTE: Photoshop online help for liquefy is incorrect. Mirror and turbulence have been removed in CS6.

Pucker TwirlForward Warp Push LeftBloat

Oil Paint FilterA new Oil Paint filter allowsyou to quickly apply a painterly effect to a photographic image. The filter opens in a separate full size window. Brush andLighting parameters can be adjusted with a real-time preview of their effects. You can access the tool by going toFilter> Oil Paint filter.