Graphics
Definitions:
Artistic Filters – Used to replicate natural and traditional
fine art effects. You can apply such affects as Colored Pencil, Dry Brush,
Film Grain, Plastic Wrap Sponge and Fresco.
Blur Filters – Used to simulate an object in motion and
often used to retouch photographs. Use
the Blur filter, such as Gaussian blur, Motion Blur, or Radial Blur
soften a selection or and image.
Brush Stroke Filters – Similar to Artistic filters, Brush Strokes
mimic fine arts brush work and ink effects.
Examples include Accented Edges, Crosshatch, and Spatter.
Distort filter - Creates three
dimensional and other reshaping effects.
Distort filters can
completely reshape an image. They are some of the most demanding filters on your
machines resources. Examples are Glass
Pinch Shear and twirl.
Noise Filters - Used to retouch or give an aged look to
photographs. Examples include Add Noise, Despeckle,
and Dust & Scratches.
Pixelate
Filters –Filters such as
Crystallize, Mosaic and Pointillize , add small honey-comb shapes based on similar color. Photoshop applies Pixelate
filters as soon as you coick the command; they do not
have a preview box.
Render Filters- Allow you to transform three-dimensional
shapes and simulated light relections in an
image. Filters in this category include
3-D Transform, Clouds, and Lighting Effects.
Sharpen Filters- The Sharpen filters, Sharpen Edges, Sharpen
More, and Unsharp mask, bring blurry objets into focus by increasing the contrast in adjacent pixels.
Sketch Filters- A sketch
filter applies a texture, or simulates a fine-art hand-drawn effect. Examples of sketch filters include Chrome,
Graphic Pen , and Stamp.
Stylize Filters- Produce a painted or impressionistic
effect. Examples of Stylize Filters
include diffuse, Solarize,
and Wind.
Texture Filters- Give the appearance of depth or
substance. Thes
filters include Craquelure, Mosaic Tiles, and Stained
Glass.
Video Filters- Restrict colors to those that are acceptable
for television reproduction and smooth video images.
Digimarc
Filters- Embed a digital
watermark that stores copright information in an
image and notifies users that the image is copyright protected.
Other Filters- You can apply the other filters category
to create your own filters, modify masks, or make quick color adjustments to
layers, or portions of existing layers.