photoshop filters kelly ludwig assistant professor

sharpening images reducing noise correcting distortions in images practical filters There are over 100 filters that ship with Photoshop and they're all located under the filter menu. Now a number of these filters are associated with filter gallery, others that are simply listed under the menu, and some that are broken down into smaller categories. Personally, I like to think of filters as belonging to one of three larger categories. Practical, artistic and content creation.

The most important thing to know before you start working with filters is that if you simply select the filter from the list, Photoshop is going to apply that filter and make a permanent change to your image.

To keep your changes non-destructive, convert your layer to a smart object

One of the filters that can save us a lot of time when we're scanning objects or scanning photographs is the Dust and Scratches filter. I'll Convert this for Smart Filters, and then select Filter, Noise, Dust & Scratches. I want to view my image at 100%, so I'll use cmd + 1, the keyboard shortcut, and then I'll take the Radius down to 1 and the Threshold down to 1. The problem with Dust & Scratches is that when most people use it, they pull the Radius up until all the dust goes away. But it really softens the image. The goal here is to keep the Radius low and the Threshold high.

Another essential filter that comes in really handy, especially when you're working with panoramas, is Photoshop's Adaptive Wide Angle. Remember to convert for smart filters, then select adaptive wide angle.

On the right hand side, you can see that Photoshop is trying to automatically suggest or choose the correction that it's going to do. In the left corner it shows you the model of the camera you shot this with. If I want to straighten part of the horizon line, I can click on the image and drag.

If I hold down the control (or right click) I can have the horizon line straightened.

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paint spatters distortion traditional photo effects, such as blurs and glows artistic filters

artistic > dry brush

brush strokes > sprayed strokes

distort > diffuse glow

sketch > halftone pattern

stylize > glowing edges

texture > mosiac

What if I want to only apply a filter to one area of my image? I can use my pen tool or lasso to isolate the area of the image. In this case I am going to use the magic lasso tool, because the contrast is high, and I can quickly and easily isolate the main flower.

To save the path just created, click on the path palette, then make work path.

Double click on the work path layer and save the path by giving it a name. The you can click back overt the layers palette and select your filter.

You can see how it is isolated.

You can do multiple effects on a single image. Go to your path palette and select the path by holding the command key and clicking on the thumbnail.

flames clouds lighting effects content filters creation

Photoshop makes it very easy to create a variety of different flames that you can add to your images. So let's check out how these flames are created. Let s start with a solid black background, then create another blank layer and call it flames. I need to have a path to render the flame. Select your shape tool, and then make sure you have selected the path tool.

Under basic you can try a variety of flames.

Under basic you can try a variety of flames. You can also play with the advanced settings.

By the way, rendering can take a bit more time, depending on the speed of your computer.

You can also use other paths that you have create. Here is my car mask that I converted to a path.

I turned off the black layer, adjusted the opacity Technically, I should mess with the flames bit more if I wanted realism

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blending layer masks - open 2 images that you want to merge with a blend

Click on that layer to select it. I can add a layer mask, by using the Layer menu, and then selecting Layer Mask, Reveal All, or I can just click on the Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Photoshop adds a white Layer Mask to the right of the icon for the layer itself. Wherever the mask is white, we can see the contents of that layer in the image area.

So when I want to hide an area, I need to paint with black. In this case, I'm going to use the gradient tool to paint with black. You can see that the gradient that I'm going to draw has a preview. It's going to go from white to black. White is going to reveal any of the photograph on this layer, whereas black is going to hide it. I can redraw this gradient as many times as I want. If I click and drag a very short gradient, then you can see that there's a very short transition area between what's being shown and what's being hidden. If I click all the way over on the right and drag all the way to the left, then we can see that there's a very subtle transition that goes across the entire image.

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Start with a base layer, consider a background texture. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Experiment with bringing another layer of imagery. How would you blend these? Opacity, transparency styles http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Use your pen tool to cut out the background (COB) of another image. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

How would you get this small b/w behind the girl in the green dress? If it was a color image, and you wanted it to be b/w what would you do? http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

What about creating a path of another image and then filling it with your own texture or pattern created with the brush tool? How would you create the pattern? The mask? Try adjusting the hue and saturation. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

How would you flop the image? Rotate it? (Transform) http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Before we can add the rest of the objects, let s make the violin first. Extract the violin from its background and fill it with black. Bring in the keyboard photo. Change its size, rotate it with the Free Transform tool and set it in position on top of the violin. CTRL + left click on the violin layer to select it. Next, hit Shift + Ctrl + I to inverse the selection and with the keyboard layer selected, hit the Delete key. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Continue to add imagery, exploring the various blending, coloration, masking options http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Arrange the Tree behind all the central objects and reduce its Opacity to 20%. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Keep editing, arranging, composing. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Press Shift + Ctrl + Alt + E to create a new layer from all the layers that are visible. Now with this new layer selected go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and apply the settings. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels and adjust the settings. Try changing the Blend Mode of this layer to Soft Light. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Ctrl + T on your keyboard and change the size of the layer. Next get the Eraser tool and using a Soft Brush type, just erase the bottom half http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Final touches. Pick your Curves Adjustments Layer and get ready for some old fashion cross processing effect. Just use these settings and reduce the opacity of the final Curves layer to about 45%. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Try adjusting different channels for different effects. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

In order to have more focus to the centre of the layout we will change the color of the Girl s lips. So create a new layer, get a Soft Brush and start painting a bright red on top of her lips. Adjust the opacity of this layer to about 50%. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

Create a new layer and pick a Rounded Soft Brush of a large size (around 200px). With black as your default color, start brushing around the edges of the canvas. Change the Opacity to about 60% and Blend Mode to Soft Light. http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/creating-an-awesome-retro-collage/

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