Blur Filters - Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Filters, effects, styles, and artwork
Rough Pastels
The Rough Pastels filter makes an image appear as if it were made with rough strokes of pastel chalk on a textured
background. In areas of bright color, the chalk appears thick with little texture; in darker areas, the chalk appears
scraped off to reveal the texture. You can set the stroke length, stroke detail, and texture. Texture options make images
appear as if they were painted onto textures, such as canvas, brick, burlap, or sandstone.
Smudge Stick
The Smudge Stick filter softens an image using short diagonal strokes to smudge or smear the darker areas of the
images. Lighter areas become brighter and lose detail. You can set the stroke length, highlight area, and intensity.
Sponge
The Sponge filter paints a layer with highly textured areas of contrasting color. You can set the brush size, definition,
and smoothness.
Underpainting
The Underpainting filter paints a layer as if it were on a textured background. You can set the brush size, texture
coverage area, and texture options. Texture options make images appear as if they were painted onto textures, such as
canvas, brick, burlap, or standstone.
Watercolor
The Watercolor filter paints an image in a watercolor style, simplifying details in an image by using a medium brush
loaded with water and color. Where significant tonal changes occur at edges, the filter saturates colors. You can set the
brush detail, shadow intensity, and texture.

Blur filters

Average
The Average filter finds the average color of an image or selection, and then fills the image or selection with the color
to create a smooth look. For example, if you select an area of grass, the filter changes the area into a homogeneous patch
of green.
Blur and Blur More
The Blur filters soften a selection or an image and are useful for retouching. They smooth transitions by averaging the
color values of pixels next to the hard edges of defined lines and shaded areas.
Eliminates noise where significant color transitions occur in an image. Blur filters smooth transitions by
Blur
averaging the color values of pixels next to the hard edges of defined lines and shaded areas.
Produces an effect several times stronger than that of the Blur filter.
Blur More
Note: Before applying a Blur filter, deselect the Lock transparent pixels option in the Layers panel.
Last updated 1/2/2012