Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2 User Manual page 190

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Applying Filters, Effects, and Layer Styles
Note Paper
paper by combining the effects of the Emboss and
Grain filters. Dark areas of the image appear as
holes in the top layer of paper, revealing the
background color. You can set the image balance,
graininess, and relief in the filter options.
Photocopy
an image. Large areas of darkness tend to copy
only around their edges, and midtones fall away to
either solid black or white. You can set the level of
detail and darkness in the filter options.
Plaster
and then colorizes the result using the foreground
and background color. Dark areas are raised, light
areas are sunken. You can set the image balance,
smoothness, and light direction in the filter
options.
Reticulation
and distorting of film emulsion to create an image
that appears clumped in the shadow areas and
lightly grained in the highlights. You can set the
density, foreground, and background levels in the
filter options.
Stamp
Simplifies the image so it appears stamped with a
rubber or wood stamp. In the filter options, you
can set the smoothness, and the balance between
light and dark.
Torn Edges
consisting of text or high-contrast objects. Recon-
structs the image as ragged, torn pieces of paper,
and then colorizes the image using the foreground
and background color. You can set the image
balance, smoothness, and contrast in the filter
options.
Simulates the texture of handmade
Simulates the effect of photocopying
Molds the layer into a 3D plaster effect,
Simulates the controlled shrinking
Is best used with black-and-white images.
Is particularly useful for images
Uses blotchy daubs that appear to be
Water Paper
painted onto fibrous, damp paper, causing the
colors to flow and blend. You can set the paper's
fiber length, brightness, and contrast in the filter
options.
Stylize filters
The Stylize filters produce a painted or impres-
sionistic effect on a selection by displacing pixels
and heightening contrast in an image.
Shuffles pixels in a selection to make the
Diffuse
selection look less focused according to the option
you select: Normal moves pixels randomly,
ignoring color values; Darken Only replaces light
pixels with darker pixels; Lighten Only replaces
dark pixels with lighter pixels; and Anistropic
softens all pixels.
Makes a selection appear raised or
Emboss
stamped by converting its fill color to gray and
tracing the edges with the original fill color. You
can set the embossing angle, height, and a
percentage for the amount of color within the
selection.
Gives a 3D texture to a selection or layer.
Extrude
See "Extrude Filter" on page 183 for more infor-
mation.
Identifies areas of the image with
Find Edges
significant transitions and emphasizes edges. Like
the Trace Counter filter, Find Edges outlines the
edges of an image with dark lines against a white
background and is useful for creating a border
around an image.