Sharpen Filters; Sketch Filters - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

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Applying Filters and Effects
Lighting Effects
effects on RGB images by varying 17 light styles,
3 light types, and 4 sets of light properties. You can
also use textures from grayscale files (called bump
maps) to produce 3D-like effects and save your
own styles for use in other images. (See "Lighting
Effects filter" on page 207.)
Texture Fill
part of a file. To add the texture to the document
or selection, you open the grayscale document you
want to use as the texture fill.
Sharpen filters
The Sharpen filters focus blurry images by
increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels.
Sharpen and Sharpen More
and improve its clarity. The Sharpen More filter
applies a stronger sharpening effect than does the
Sharpen filter.
Sharpen Edges and Unsharp Mask
in the image where significant color changes occur
and sharpen them. The Sharpen Edges filter
sharpens only edges while preserving the overall
smoothness of the image. Use this filter to sharpen
edges without specifying an amount. For profes-
sional color correction, use the Unsharp Mask
filter to adjust the contrast of edge detail and
produce a lighter and darker line on each side of
the edge. This process will emphasize the edge and
create the illusion of a sharper image. (See "Sharp-
ening images" on page 98.)
Lets you produce myriad lighting
Fills a selection with a grayscale file or
Focus a selection
Find the areas
Sketch filters
Filters 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.
Transforms an image to appear carved
Bas Relief
in low relief and lit to accent the surface variations.
Dark areas of the image take on the foreground
color, light areas use the background color.
Redraws an image's highlights
Chalk & Charcoal
and midtones with a solid midtone gray back-
ground drawn in coarse chalk. Shadow areas are
replaced with black diagonal charcoal lines. The
charcoal is drawn in the foreground color, the
chalk in the background color.
Redraws an image to create a posterized,
Charcoal
smudged effect. Major edges are boldly drawn,
while midtones are sketched using a diagonal
stroke. Charcoal is the foreground color, and the
paper is the background color.
Treats the image as if it were a polished
Chrome
chrome surface. Highlights are high points and
shadows are low points in the reflecting surface.
After applying the filter, use the Levels dialog box
to add more contrast to the image.
Replicates the texture of dense dark
Conté Crayon
and pure white Conté crayons on an image. The
Conté Crayon filter uses the foreground color for
dark areas and the background color for light
areas. For a truer effect, change the foreground
color to one of the common Conté Crayon colors
(black, sepia, sanguine) before applying the filter.