Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 198

CHAPTER 9
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Applying Filters and Effects
• Click the Thumbnail View button ( ) at the
bottom of the Filters palette to view the filters
as thumbnails.
• Choose a display option from the Filters palette
menu: List View or Thumbnail View. (See "Using
palette menus" on page 23.)
Previewing and applying filters
Applying filters—especially to large images—can
be time-consuming. You can view an example of
the effect in the Filters palette. Some filters also
let you preview the effect before you apply it to
your image.
To save time when trying various filters,
experiment on a small, representative part of
your image.
To preview and apply a filter:
1 To apply a filter to an area of a layer, select that
area. To apply a filter to the entire layer, leave the
layer unselected.
2 Do one of the following:
In the Filters palette, select the filter you want to
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apply. If the filter provides optional settings, select
Filter Options to view the options, or deselect
Filter Options to apply the default filter settings.
(Filter Options are not available for all filters.)
Then, double-click the filter, select the filter and
click Apply, or drag a filter into the image.
• Choose a filter from the submenus in the Filter
menu. If a filter name is followed by ellipses (...),
a dialog box appears.
3 If a dialog box appears, enter values or
select options.
To display the dialog box for the last filter you
applied, press Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows) or
Command+Option+F (Mac OS).
4 If the dialog box contains a preview window,
use the following navigation methods to preview
the effect:
Click in the image window to center a specific
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area of the image in the preview window.
Note: This does not work with all preview windows.
Drag in the preview window to center a specific
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area of the image in the window.
Use the + or – button under the preview window
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to zoom in or zoom out on the preview.
A flashing line beneath the preview size indicates
that the preview is still being rendered.
If available, select the Preview option to preview
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the filter effect on the entire image.
Click OK to apply the filter.
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A progress indicator in the status bar (Windows)
or progress bar (Mac OS) lets you gauge the time
remaining until the filter is applied.
Loading images and textures
To produce their effects, some filters load and use
other images, such as textures and displacement
maps. These filters include the Conté Crayon,
Displace, Glass, Lighting Effects, Rough Pastels,
Texture Fill, Texturizer, Underpainting,
and Custom.