There are quite a few filters that are used to create various effects on the image. They are organized into groups: imitation, distortion, stylization, texture, strokes and sketch. All of these filters can be accessed through the menu Filter - Filter Gallery ... If you open any image in the Photoshop program, and go to the menu item Filter - Filter Gallery , you will see folders with the same names as the filter groups listed above.
Expanding these folders, you will see the rows of filters, and you can look at the actions of these filters by selecting any of them. To the right are the settings. If the filter suits you, click OK. Below buttons OK and Cancellation there is a drop-down list where you can also choose any of the filters in the gallery.
Also in the gallery you can watch the action of several filters at once. To do this, in the lower right corner, you click on the icon New effect layer ... And then you select the desired effect in the list of active effects to adjust it.
By clicking on the icon with the image of an eye, you turn off the display of the effect. Pressing it again turns on the display.
Distortion group filters
Filter group Distortion also used to simulate various effects.
Diffuse glow filter
It is often used for processing photographic portraits. Open a photographic portrait in Adobe Photoshop CS5, make a duplicate of the layer by dragging the layer on the palette Layers on the icon for creating a new layer. And on the duplicate apply this filter, either from the Gallery of filters, or through the menu Filter - Distort - Diffuse Glow
... In the filter settings, remove graininess, reduce the degree of glow, and adjust the transmission of the original.
Having achieved the desired effect, click OK, and then adjust the opacity of the layer, achieving the effect of glowing skin on the image.
Distortion and Spherization Filters
Enables you to swell or compress the image. Filter Distortion does it barrel-shaped, or pillow-shaped. Filter Spherization does it more evenly, in the form of a sphere.Filters Wave, Zig Zag, Ocean Waves
Distortion in the form of waves, each filter in its own way.
Curl Filter
Twirls the image around the center
Third Party Filters (Plugins)
Third-party filters that can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Allows you to create various effects that were not originally in the program. They often do better than built-in filters.
Some plugins are programs that themselves install files to the desired location, after which this filter appears in the Filter menu. Some plugins are files with the extension .8BF , and they must be placed in the filters folder for them to start working.
This folder is located in the folder of the running program Adobe Photoshop CS5, and it is called Plug-ins ... This folder is named the same in all versions of the Photoshop program. Load the plugin file into it, open the program, and the filter appears in the filter list.
Video on how to apply the Stray Glow filter to enhance your photographic portraits
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Blur filter gallery in Photoshop CS6CS6 introduces three new filters that allow you to create photorealistic depth of field through a dedicated interface. With it, you can work with controls directly on the image.
Let's see how to work with filters and their settings!
A new gallery of blur filters provides new tools for manipulating depth of field and creating the "Bokeh" effect.
Photographers use focal length, subject distance, and aperture to determine focus and blur areas. There are times when technical limitations do not allow achieving the desired effect. This is where new filters can come in handy.
Unlike blur filters in previous versions of Photoshop, the new filters are designed to give you selective focus. The gallery was supplemented with the following filters: Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift. The add-on has a separate set of blur effects, with which you can create different types of "Bokeh" effect.
New filters can be found by going to the main menu Filter → Blur. By choosing one of the three top items, you will open a new gallery of filters.
The filter gallery will open in a new window that will temporarily replace your workspace. In the right panel, you can adjust the filters and the "Bokeh" effect.
Since blur filters are applied directly to the pixels of a layer, unlike adjustment layers, I advise you to create a copy of the layer first. If your document consists of several layers, select the topmost one and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E. As a result, all visible layers below will be merged into one separate one. The filter should be applied to it. Let's start with the Field Blur filter.
Field Blur filter
Field Blur is the simplest of the three new filters. After activating it, a control element appears on the image that allows you to adjust only two parameters: location and degree of blur. The amount of blur is adjusted with a ring, and the center circles are responsible for the location of the blur.
When we have adjusted the blur for one area, we can add a few more points (controls). To do this, position the cursor outside the first ring and you will see that it changes to a pin with a "+" sign. Click on the canvas with the left mouse button to add another blur point. This is necessary in order to create a different degree of blur in different parts of the image. If you set the blur value to 0, then the area will have its original sharpness.
Using two dots, you can create a smooth transition between effects, similar to a linear gradient fill.
You can set as many blur points as you like.
While holding down the M key, you will see the blur mask. As with the pixel mask, it only contains shades of black and white. The stronger the blur, the brighter the area will be. Light areas show blur, dark areas show sharpness, and gray areas show partial blur.
In the top screenshot, you can see that I've added a lot of blur points. They helped create blur in exactly those areas of the photo where it was needed. This method implies more precise adjustment and allows you to blur even very small areas of the image, as well as create a smooth transition to sharper areas.
Original image. The background the dog is on is too eye-catching. 
Using a new blur filter, I blurred the background a bit, focusing on the dog and the kite. Pay attention to the sand. I was able to create a smooth transition from foreground to background by adding many control points. Also look closely at the dog's coat. Elements like these are difficult to work with in most processing situations. And here the Field Blur filter also fails. To sharpen the coat, you need to work with other restoration and cloning tools.
At first glance, this filter might seem like a lot of effort. But it does create realistic transitions between areas of a photograph that are achievable with a camera. The Iris Blur filter, which we'll look at next, lets you create blur with less effort. But remember that not wanting to take the time and attention to adjusting the filter can create too much blur for any seasoned photographer in post-production.
Iris Blur filter
The Iris Blur filter provides more controls on the image. In addition to controlling the degree of blur, there are more anchor points with which you can change the shape of the blurred area. 
The outline of the ellipse defines the boundary between the blurred and sharp areas. Feather handles provide a smooth transition between them.
As with the first filter, once activated, the blur point is centered, and the blur ring controls its degree. By default, the normal sharpness area is oval. Anything outside the oval will be blurred. With the help of small squares on the outline of the ellipse, you can change the width and height of the protected area from blurring. The large diamond is responsible for the degree of roundness. In the following screenshot, I have changed the shape of the ellipse. Rotating and repositioning is similar to the Free Transform tool (Ctrl + T).
The inner small circles are responsible for the smooth transition from the blurred area (outside the ellipse) to the area with normal sharpness. The closer they are to the center, the smoother this transition will be. Holding Alt, you can set the position of one circle separately from the other three.
Don't be intimidated by the theory! In fact, everything is simple. The best way to understand the controls is with practice. Open some image, set a high degree of blur and move all the levers. Any changes will be visible. 
Original image. Other attention-grabbing objects are still visible in the background.
Blur created by the Iris Blur filter.
Tilt-Shift filter
The Tilt-Shift filter creates the same optical perspective effect as Lensbaby lenses. After activating the filter, the filter ring is placed in the center, and there are two horizontal lines at the top and bottom. 
The dotted line serves as the Feather handles of the Iris Blur filter. It delimits the blurred part of the image and the area with normal sharpness, which is located between the solid white lines.
You can move all the controls by moving the center point. You can also move each line individually. The horizontal position of the blur can also be changed. All controls rotate. To do this, you need to position the cursor outside the area with normal sharpness (outside the solid lines). The blur ring works the same way as the other two filters.
On the right panel there is another parameter, Distortion, which is set to 0% by default. By moving it in any direction, you get the blur effect in motion, by default it will be at the bottom (in the foreground). Symmetric Distortion will create this effect on both the top and bottom. 
The direction of the motion blur depends on which direction you move the slider.
On the right panel there is another section - Blur Effects (Blur effects), where you can create "Bokeh".
Blur effects
There is an effects section under the blur filters. It creates blurred area effects that are usually created by a camera's aperture.
By changing the values \u200b\u200bof the section highlighted in red, you will create a glow in the blurred areas.
The first parameter, Light Bokeh, controls the intensity of the effect. The second Bokeh Color increases the saturation of the effect. With the Light Range setting, you can define the tonal range for the effect. By moving the black and white sliders, you define the pixels that will be affected by the first two parameters. 
The top panel also contains general settings. Save Mask to Channel function - saves the filter mask to a separate channel. You will find it in the channel palette. You can download this mask at any time and use any of Photoshop's tools to improve the blur. 
There are several options on the top panel that control blur.
The Focus parameter is set to 100% by default. Decreasing this value will blur the focus area. The Selection Bleed parameter can only be changed if a selection was created on the canvas prior to applying the filter. It controls the amount of blur that is feathered over the selection. The High Quality parameter makes the preview of the "Bokeh" effect more accurate. Remember that activating it will decrease performance.
Now that we've covered all the controls for the new filters, you can start applying to different images.
Let's start a series of articles dedicated to Photoshop Filters Gallery. To make it easier for you to work with them, I have prepared an illustrative example for each filter. You should always remember that the filter effect depends on the size of the image itself and on the settings you applied. You can get different results with one filter.
In this article, we will go over the package filters Imitation (Artistic), let's get to know them and see how they work. So, go to the menu Filter - Filter Gallery.
1. Watercolor
Simulates the effect of painting with watercolors. Parameter Detail (Brush Detail) sets the size of the watercolor brush stroke, from 1 to 14. Shadow Intensitysets the draw and saturation of the shadow areas of the image in the range from 0 to 10. Texturesets the degree of use of the texture image, which imitates the peculiarities of painting with watercolors, changes its values \u200b\u200bin the range from 1 to 3.
2. Application (Cutout)
Turns the image into something like an applique made of pieces of colored paper - all the colors and shadows in the image are averaged, leaving a limited number of them. Parameter Number of Levels specifies the number of color levels in the range from 2 to 8. Edge Simplicitysets the degree of “simplification” of the appliqué element outline in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Fidelity sets the accuracy of the sharp edges present in the original image in the range from 1 to 3.
3. Sponge
Simulates the effect of painting with a sponge. Parameter Brush Size specifies the size of the sponge in the range from 0 to 10. Contrast (Definition)sets the difference in color levels in the range from 0 to 25. Smoothnesssets the order of color transitions in the range from 1 to 15.
4. Film Grain
The filter is designed to simulate the reception of increased graininess. Parameter Grain sets the graininess in the range from 0 to 20. sets the illumination level in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the level of detail for the image in the range from 0 to 10.
5. Oil painting (Paint Daubs)
The filter adds texture to the image in the form of wavy or straight spots. You can choose from different brushes, and define their size and hardness. Types of brushes:
- Simple
- Light Rough
- Dark Rough
- Wide Sharp
- Wide Blurry
- Sparkle
6. Neon Glow
This filter can be used to tone the image while softening it. Adds various types of glows to objects in the image. Parameter Area (Glow Size) specifies the amount of the neon area in the range from -24 to +24. Glow Brightness sets the brightness level of the neon color that is selected in the field Color (Glow Color) in the range from 0 to 50. The color field shows the color of the neon light. Clicking on this color field displays the Color Picker.
7. Outlined Edges (Poster Edges)
This filter finds all edges in an image and selects them by surrounding them with dark lines based on pixel contrast. Parameter Edge Thickness specifies the largest edge thickness or stroke width, in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Intensity sets the selection level for the edges of paths in the range from 0 to 10. Posterizationsets the number of applied color shades in the range from 0 to 6. Therefore, at 0 the color shades are very sharp, and at 6, on the contrary, they are smoothed.
8. Rough Pastels
Designed to simulate drawing with crayons. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the maximum stroke length in the range from 0 to 40. Detail (Stroke Detail) sets the level of image detail in the range from 1 to 20. In the list Texture
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Scaling Relief sets the thickness of the crayon lines in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. Light direction options:
- Down (Bottom)
- Bottom Left
- Left
- Top Left
- Up (Thor)
- Up and Right (Thor Right)
- Right
- Bottom Right
Invert
9. Feathering (Smudge Stick)
Simulates feathering a pattern with a wide, hard tool. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the length of the stroke that the tool shades in the range from 0 to 10. Highlight Area sets the degree of illumination in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the degree of image sharpness in the range from 0 to 10.
10. Drawing on the back (Underpainting)
The filter is designed to simulate oil painting. Brush Sizesets the size of the brush stroke, in the range from 0 to 40. Texture Coverage sets the degree of use of the texture image in the range from 0 to 40. In the list Texture the material on which the drawing is created is selected. The following options are offered:
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Load Texture, is intended to use another image in * .psd format as a basis. Scalingsets the scale of the texture in the range from 50 to 200%. Reliefsets the stroke weight of the brush drawing, in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. The following directions of light are suggested:
- Down (Bottom);
- Down and Left (Bottom Left);
- Left (Left);
- Up and Left (Top Left);
- Up (Thor);
- Up and Right (Thor Right);
- Right (Right);
- Down and Right (Bottom Right).
If you check the box in the indicator Invert, the display of light and dark areas of the image will change.
11. Dry Brush
Imitates the dry brush art technique. The filter simplifies the image, reduces the range of colors in it, and creates areas of common color. Parameter Brush Size sets the size of the stroke, in the range from 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture in the range from 1 to 3.
12. Fresco (Fresco)
The filter is designed to simulate drawing on a raw material. Be very careful when using it as the filter can make the image too dark. Parameter Brush Size sets the brush size in the range 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) sets the accuracy of image transmission in the range from 1 to 10. Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture, which should simulate the features of painting a mural in the range from 1 to 3.
13. Colored Pencil
This filter allows you to create a shading effect, retains most of the colors in the original image. Parameters are adjustedPencil Width, Stroke Pressure and Paper Brightness... Using a thinner pencil creates more lines in the drawing, and increasing pressure will retain more detail in the original image. The lightness of the paper sets the level of transparency of the paper through the pencil stroke layer.
14. Plastic Wrap
Covers the image with a shiny plastic foil to enhance surface details. Parameter Highlight Strength Specifies the whiteness of the reflective film folds in the range from 0 to 20. Detail sets the number of folds in the range from 1 to 15. Smoothness sets the softness of highlights and shadows on the folds of the film in the range from 1 to 15.
15. Palette Knife
The filter is designed for painting with oil paints with a spatula - a special painting tool. Parameter Stroke Size sets the size of the spatula stroke in the range from 1 to 50. Detail (Stroke Detail) specifies the accuracy of rendering the picture in the range from 1 to 3. Smoothing (Softness) sets the degree of merging of adjacent brush strokes, in the range from 0 to 10.
See you in the next lesson!
Also, let's say I want to apply it as a smart filter, which makes the filter action fully editable in case I want to change it later. To do this, at the beginning, I need to convert the layer with the image into a smart object (more details), after which the corresponding icon will appear in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail:
Now I need to apply the Cutout filter itself. In versions CS5 and below, I would just need to go to the main menu tab Filter -\u003e Imitation (Filter -\u003e Artistic) and select the corresponding item, but in CS6 in the Filter menu, the Artistic group is simply absent, so I need to go go to Filter -\u003e Filter Gallery and in the dialog box that opens, select the Artistic tab, and in it there is already Cutout:
And now the problem has appeared. Usually, when we apply filters as smart filters, the name of each individual filter applied appears below the smart object in the layers panel. If later we need to go back and edit the filter settings, we just double-click on the name of a particular filter. But in the case of Photoshop CS6, there is a slight complication. Any filters that we only access from the Filter Gallery (as they are no longer available to us from the Filter menu) are not labeled with their actual name. Instead, they all go under the general name "Filter Gallery", which does not tell us which filter was actually used:
This might still be fine in a case like this where I only apply one filter, as I can remember its name quite easily. But what happens if I apply multiple Smart Filters from the Gallery? For example, I have now applied the Spatter from the Brush Strokes group and the Diffuse Glow from the Distort group. Since they were only accessed from the Gallery, they are all designated in the Layers Palette as "Filter Gallery", which makes it not so easy to recognize which is which:
Recovering Missing Filters in the Filter Menu
This, of course, is not a huge problem, but, potentially, it can significantly slow down your workflow. Fortunately, Adobe has figured this out and has included the ability to revert the Filter menu back to what it looked like in versions prior to Photoshop CS6. This option is located under the tab Editing -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-ins (Edit -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-Ins). In the dialog box, check the box next to Show all Filter Gallery groups and names, then click OK and restart Photoshop:
And now, after restarting Photoshop CS6, we see that all the previously missing filters have become available through the "Filter" menu:
Let's reopen the photo, convert it to a smart object and apply the filters we applied to it last time:
Like last time, the names of the smart filters applied to it appeared in the layers panel under the smart object, but this time we see one significant difference.
And again, because I was able to select these filters directly from the Filter menu this time, not from the Filter Gallery, Photoshop lists them by their real filter names under Smart Object. If I want to change the settings for any of the filters by double-clicking on its name, or re-arrange the order of applying filters to an image by dragging one above or below the other, I no longer have to guess which Filter is which:
Now each of them is displayed under its own name, and not under the general "Filter Gallery".
So, the tasks have been achieved.
It should only be borne in mind that even now, if you apply smart filters not from the "Filter" menu, but from the "Gallery", they will appear in the layers palette under the general name "Filters Gallery".
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Filter Gallery
If you have already tried Photoshop filters in action, you should have noticed that some settings windows are very different from others. For example, when choosing a filter Twirl(Twisting) out of the band Distort(Deformation) a small window appears (Fig. 7.2), and when you select a filter Underpainting(Painting over) from Artistic(Artistic) - a large window (fig. 7.3). The thing is that the settings of some filters are displayed in the gallery mode.
Figure: 7.2.Twirl filter settings
Figure: 7.3.Underpainting filter settingsFilter galleryThe (Filter Gallery) appeared in Photoshop's arsenal not so long ago - in the CS version - and for many it immediately became one of the favorite image processing tools. In the gallery window, the image can change under the influence of several filters at once. Let's say that you need to apply four filters to a picture to achieve a certain effect. Working with filters in normal mode, you will need to open filter settings one by one and apply them to the image one by one. You can see the final result only after all operations have been performed. If you decide that you made a mistake with the first filter, then you will have to cancel the application of all four, and then do the operation again.
What do you get by working with Filter gallery(Filter Gallery)? You can work with the settings of several filters at once, change, add and remove effects that are applied to the image. It is much easier to achieve the desired result with such work.
To access Filter gallery(Filter gallery) just apply a filter to the image, which opens in this mode. You can also open the gallery window by running the command Filter? Filter gallery(Filter? Filter gallery).
Let's consider working with this window. Most of it is occupied by the preview area. In it you can see how the selected filters affect the image. Choosing filters in the gallery, you can not be afraid that the original picture will disappear somewhere. Everything you do in the filter gallery before clicking the button OK,is not saved in the project. After you click this button, filters are applied to the image and it changes.
In the window Filter gallery(Filter Gallery) you can also see the filter groups you already know that are in the menu Filter(Filter). You will notice that there are significantly fewer filter groups here than in the menu. This is due to the fact that not all filters support work in Filter gallery(Filter gallery). The gallery displays only those filters that you can work with in this mode. Filter groups are presented as folders. Expanding the desired group, you will see the filter icons with their names. To apply a filter to an image, simply click on the icon corresponding to that filter.
When you select a filter, its settings will appear at the top right of the gallery window. Please note that there is also a drop-down list with all available filters. If you know exactly the name of the filter that you need at the moment, you can use this list.
Finally, at the bottom right of the window Filter gallery(Filter Gallery) displays the names of all filters applied during the session. By default, only one filter is used. To increase the number of filters, click the button New effect layer(Create Effect Layer)
To remove the filter, use the button Delete effect layer(Remove Effect Layer)
The effect layer is displayed as a filter name. If you need to change the settings of any of the filters used, select it in this area. If you select a filter in the list of layers and click on the icon of another filter in the filter selection area, the old filter will be removed from the project and replaced with the new one.
If necessary, you can also temporarily turn off the display of certain filters. To do this, click on the eye icon next to the name of each filter in the layers area (Figure 7.4).
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Let's start a series of articles dedicated to Photoshop Filters Gallery. To make it easier for you to work with them, I have prepared an illustrative example for each filter. You should always remember that the filter effect depends on the size of the image itself and on the settings you applied. You can get different results with one filter.
In this article, we will go over the package filters Imitation (Artistic), let's get to know them and see how they work. So, go to the menu Filter - Filter Gallery.
1. Watercolor
Simulates the effect of painting with watercolors. Parameter Detail (Brush Detail) sets the size of the watercolor brush stroke, from 1 to 14. Shadow Intensitysets the draw and saturation of the shadow areas of the image in the range from 0 to 10. Texturesets the degree of use of the texture image, which imitates the peculiarities of painting with watercolors, changes its values \u200b\u200bin the range from 1 to 3.
2. Application (Cutout)
Turns the image into something like an applique made of pieces of colored paper - all the colors and shadows in the image are averaged, leaving a limited number of them. Parameter Number of Levels specifies the number of color levels in the range from 2 to 8. Edge Simplicitysets the degree of “simplification” of the appliqué element outline in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Fidelity sets the accuracy of the sharp edges present in the original image in the range from 1 to 3.
3. Sponge
Simulates the effect of painting with a sponge. Parameter Brush Size specifies the size of the sponge in the range from 0 to 10. Contrast (Definition)sets the difference in color levels in the range from 0 to 25. Smoothnesssets the order of color transitions in the range from 1 to 15.
4. Film Grain
The filter is designed to simulate the reception of increased graininess. Parameter Grain sets the graininess in the range from 0 to 20. sets the illumination level in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the level of detail for the image in the range from 0 to 10.
5. Oil painting (Paint Daubs)
The filter adds texture to the image in the form of wavy or straight spots. You can choose from different brushes, and define their size and hardness. Types of brushes:
- Simple
- Light Rough
- Dark Rough
- Wide Sharp
- Wide Blurry
- Sparkle
6. Neon Glow
This filter can be used to tone the image while softening it. Adds various types of glows to objects in the image. Parameter Area (Glow Size) specifies the amount of the neon area in the range from -24 to +24. Glow Brightness sets the brightness level of the neon color that is selected in the field Color (Glow Color) in the range from 0 to 50. The color field shows the color of the neon light. Clicking on this color field displays the Color Picker.
7. Outlined Edges (Poster Edges)
This filter finds all edges in an image and selects them by surrounding them with dark lines based on pixel contrast. Parameter Edge Thickness specifies the largest edge thickness or stroke width, in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Intensity sets the selection level for the edges of paths in the range from 0 to 10. Posterizationsets the number of applied color shades in the range from 0 to 6. Therefore, at 0 the color shades are very sharp, and at 6, on the contrary, they are smoothed.
8. Rough Pastels
Designed to simulate drawing with crayons. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the maximum stroke length in the range from 0 to 40. Detail (Stroke Detail) sets the level of image detail in the range from 1 to 20. In the list Texture
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Scaling Relief sets the thickness of the crayon lines in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. Light direction options:
- Down (Bottom)
- Bottom Left
- Left
- Top Left
- Up (Thor)
- Up and Right (Thor Right)
- Right
- Bottom Right
Invert
9. Feathering (Smudge Stick)
Simulates feathering a pattern with a wide, hard tool. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the length of the stroke that the tool shades in the range from 0 to 10. Highlight Area sets the degree of illumination in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the degree of image sharpness in the range from 0 to 10.
10. Drawing on the back (Underpainting)
The filter is designed to simulate oil painting. Brush Sizesets the size of the brush stroke, in the range from 0 to 40. Texture Coverage sets the degree of use of the texture image in the range from 0 to 40. In the list Texture the material on which the drawing is created is selected. The following options are offered:
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Load Texture, is intended to use another image in * .psd format as a basis. Scalingsets the scale of the texture in the range from 50 to 200%. Reliefsets the stroke weight of the brush drawing, in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. The following directions of light are suggested:
- Down (Bottom);
- Down and Left (Bottom Left);
- Left (Left);
- Up and Left (Top Left);
- Up (Thor);
- Up and Right (Thor Right);
- Right (Right);
- Down and Right (Bottom Right).
If you check the box in the indicator Invert, the display of light and dark areas of the image will change.
11. Dry Brush
Imitates the dry brush art technique. The filter simplifies the image, reduces the range of colors in it, and creates areas of common color. Parameter Brush Size sets the size of the stroke, in the range from 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture in the range from 1 to 3.
12. Fresco (Fresco)
The filter is designed to simulate drawing on a raw material. Be very careful when using it as the filter can make the image too dark. Parameter Brush Size sets the brush size in the range 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) sets the accuracy of image transmission in the range from 1 to 10. Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture, which should simulate the features of painting a mural in the range from 1 to 3.
13. Colored Pencil
This filter allows you to create a shading effect, retains most of the colors in the original image. Parameters are adjustedPencil Width, Stroke Pressure and Paper Brightness... Using a thinner pencil creates more lines in the drawing, and increasing pressure will retain more detail in the original image. The lightness of the paper sets the level of transparency of the paper through the pencil stroke layer.
14. Plastic Wrap
Covers the image with a shiny plastic foil to enhance surface details. Parameter Highlight Strength Specifies the whiteness of the reflective film folds in the range from 0 to 20. Detail sets the number of folds in the range from 1 to 15. Smoothness sets the softness of highlights and shadows on the folds of the film in the range from 1 to 15.
15. Palette Knife
The filter is designed for painting with oil paints with a spatula - a special painting tool. Parameter Stroke Size sets the size of the spatula stroke in the range from 1 to 50. Detail (Stroke Detail) specifies the accuracy of rendering the picture in the range from 1 to 3. Smoothing (Softness) sets the degree of merging of adjacent brush strokes, in the range from 0 to 10.
See you in the next lesson!
Also, let's say I want to apply it as a smart filter, which makes the filter action fully editable in case I want to change it later. To do this, at the beginning, I need to convert the layer with the image into a smart object (more details), after which the corresponding icon will appear in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail:
Now I need to apply the Cutout filter itself. In versions CS5 and below, I would just need to go to the main menu tab Filter -\u003e Imitation (Filter -\u003e Artistic) and select the corresponding item, but in CS6 in the Filter menu, the Artistic group is simply absent, so I need to go go to Filter -\u003e Filter Gallery and in the dialog box that opens, select the Artistic tab, and in it there is already Cutout:
And now the problem has appeared. Usually, when we apply filters as smart filters, the name of each individual filter applied appears below the smart object in the layers panel. If later we need to go back and edit the filter settings, we just double-click on the name of a particular filter. But in the case of Photoshop CS6, there is a slight complication. Any filters that we only access from the Filter Gallery (as they are no longer available to us from the Filter menu) are not labeled with their actual name. Instead, they all go under the general name "Filter Gallery", which does not tell us which filter was actually used:
This might still be fine in a case like this where I only apply one filter, as I can remember its name quite easily. But what happens if I apply multiple Smart Filters from the Gallery? For example, I have now applied the Spatter from the Brush Strokes group and the Diffuse Glow from the Distort group. Since they were only accessed from the Gallery, they are all designated in the Layers Palette as "Filter Gallery", which makes it not so easy to recognize which is which:
Recovering Missing Filters in the Filter Menu
This, of course, is not a huge problem, but, potentially, it can significantly slow down your workflow. Fortunately, Adobe has figured this out and has included the ability to revert the Filter menu back to what it looked like in versions prior to Photoshop CS6. This option is located under the tab Editing -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-ins (Edit -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-Ins). In the dialog box, check the box next to Show all Filter Gallery groups and names, then click OK and restart Photoshop:
And now, after restarting Photoshop CS6, we see that all the previously missing filters have become available through the "Filter" menu:
Let's reopen the photo, convert it to a smart object and apply the filters we applied to it last time:
Like last time, the names of the smart filters applied to it appeared in the layers panel under the smart object, but this time we see one significant difference.
And again, because I was able to select these filters directly from the Filter menu this time, not from the Filter Gallery, Photoshop lists them by their real filter names under Smart Object. If I want to change the settings for any of the filters by double-clicking on its name, or re-arrange the order of applying filters to an image by dragging one above or below the other, I no longer have to guess which Filter is which:
Now each of them is displayed under its own name, and not under the general "Filter Gallery".
So, the tasks have been achieved.
It should only be borne in mind that even now, if you apply smart filters not from the "Filter" menu, but from the "Gallery", they will appear in the layers palette under the general name "Filters Gallery".
There are quite a few filters that are used to create various effects on the image. They are organized into groups: imitation, distortion, stylization, texture, strokes and sketch. All of these filters can be accessed through the menu Filter - Filter Gallery ... If you open any image in the Photoshop program, and go to the menu item Filter - Filter Gallery , you will see folders with the same names as the filter groups listed above.
Expanding these folders, you will see the rows of filters, and you can look at the actions of these filters by selecting any of them. To the right are the settings. If the filter suits you, click OK. Below buttons OK and Cancellation there is a drop-down list where you can also choose any of the filters in the gallery.
Also in the gallery you can watch the action of several filters at once. To do this, in the lower right corner, you click on the icon New effect layer
... And then you select the desired effect in the list of active effects to adjust it.
By clicking on the icon with the image of an eye, you turn off the display of the effect. Pressing it again turns on the display.
Distortion group filters
Filter group Distortion also used to simulate various effects.
Diffuse glow filter
It is often used for processing photographic portraits. Open a photographic portrait in Adobe Photoshop CS5, make a duplicate of the layer by dragging the layer on the palette Layers on the icon for creating a new layer. And on the duplicate apply this filter, either from the Gallery of filters, or through the menu Filter - Distort - Diffuse Glow
... In the filter settings, remove graininess, reduce the degree of glow, and adjust the transmission of the original.
Having achieved the desired effect, click OK, and then adjust the opacity of the layer, achieving the effect of glowing skin on the image.
Distortion and Spherization Filters
Enables you to swell or compress the image. Filter Distortion does it barrel-shaped, or pillow-shaped. Filter Spherization does it more evenly, in the form of a sphere.Filters Wave, Zig Zag, Ocean Waves
Distortion in the form of waves, each filter in its own way.
Curl Filter
Twirls the image around the center
Third Party Filters (Plugins)
Third-party filters that can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Allows you to create various effects that were not originally in the program. They often do better than built-in filters.
Some plugins are programs that themselves install files to the desired location, after which this filter appears in the Filter menu. Some plugins are files with the extension .8BF , and they must be placed in the filters folder for them to start working.
This folder is located in the folder of the running program Adobe Photoshop CS5, and it is called Plug-ins ... This folder is named the same in all versions of the Photoshop program. Load the plugin file into it, open the program, and the filter appears in the filter list.
Video on how to apply the Stray Glow filter to enhance your photographic portraits
More detailed information can be found in the sections "All courses" and "Usefulness", which can be accessed through the top menu of the site. In these sections, the articles are grouped by topic into blocks containing the most detailed (as far as possible) information on various topics.
Those who use Photoshop CS5 (or earlier) are accustomed to the menu tab Filters the entire list of available filters is presented. In general, it is convenient to quickly switch to them and use them. With the arrival of the next version - Photoshop CS6 - this menu has undergone a change that has led to confusion and confusion among users. The fact is that a number of filters from this menu have disappeared altogether.
List of filters in Photoshop CS5:
Changed filter list in Photoshop CS6:
As you can see, the following groups have disappeared without a trace: Imitation (Artistic), Texture (Texture), Strokes (Brush Strokes) and Sketch (Sketch). In addition to this, we also removed a number of individual filters from the remaining groups.
But don't panic, in fact, the filter group data hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, they are not in the main menu, but from Filter galleries nobody removed them! Thus, to apply them, you must first go to Filter - Filter Gallery (Filter Gallery). The familiar dialog box will open, in which you will find what you were looking for:
(Click to enlarge)
As you can see, all the missing filters are present here and you can still use them. But the next problem has emerged regarding smart objects and their smart filters.
Smart Objects and Filter Gallery in Photoshop CS6
Let's say we have it and we need to apply a filter to it.
If we choose from those filters that are displayed in the menu, then there are no problems - we see their names and understand what we have applied.
But if you need to use filters from the missing list, that is, through the Gallery, then we see that Photoshop does not write their names!
Agree, this is extremely inconvenient. Suppose we applied only the Application, this can still be remembered. And if you add one more filter? And then another one? First, you can forget not just the names, but also in what order they were. Secondly, will you come back to this project in a week or even gave the PSD file to another person, what then?
Of course, you can click through them in order, opening a window with filter settings and, thanks to this, understand what it is. But this is so inconvenient ... So slows down the speed of work ...
Well, well, I got carried away with whipping up this problem. The developers left us the right to choose and how to fix everything.
Recovering missing filters in CS6
So, in order to return the missing filters in the menu to their previous appearance, you need to go to the Photoshop settings: Editing (Edit) - Installations (Preferences) - External modules (Plug-Ins).
In the settings window that opens, check the box next to the setting Show all groups and filter gallery names(Show all Filter Gallery groups and names).
After that, you need to apply the changes and restart photoshop.
Now the missing filter groups will return to the menu, which means that in smart objects they will show their name, just like the others.
If you noticed an error in the text, select it and press Ctrl + Enter. Thanks!
Also, let's say I want to apply it as a smart filter, which makes the filter action fully editable in case I want to change it later. To do this, at the beginning, I need to convert the layer with the image into a smart object (more details), after which the corresponding icon will appear in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail:
Now I need to apply the Cutout filter itself. In versions CS5 and below, I would just need to go to the main menu tab Filter -\u003e Imitation (Filter -\u003e Artistic) and select the corresponding item, but in CS6 in the Filter menu, the Artistic group is simply absent, so I need to go go to Filter -\u003e Filter Gallery and in the dialog box that opens, select the Artistic tab, and in it there is already Cutout:
And now the problem has appeared. Usually, when we apply filters as smart filters, the name of each individual filter applied appears below the smart object in the layers panel. If later we need to go back and edit the filter settings, we just double-click on the name of a particular filter. But in the case of Photoshop CS6, there is a slight complication. Any filters that we only access from the Filter Gallery (as they are no longer available to us from the Filter menu) are not labeled with their actual name. Instead, they all go under the general name "Filter Gallery", which does not tell us which filter was actually used:
This might still be fine in a case like this where I only apply one filter, as I can remember its name quite easily. But what happens if I apply multiple Smart Filters from the Gallery? For example, I have now applied the Spatter from the Brush Strokes group and the Diffuse Glow from the Distort group. Since they were only accessed from the Gallery, they are all designated in the Layers Palette as "Filter Gallery", which makes it not so easy to recognize which is which:
Recovering Missing Filters in the Filter Menu
This, of course, is not a huge problem, but, potentially, it can significantly slow down your workflow. Fortunately, Adobe has figured this out and has included the ability to revert the Filter menu back to what it looked like in versions prior to Photoshop CS6. This option is located under the tab Editing -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-ins (Edit -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-Ins). In the dialog box, check the box next to Show all Filter Gallery groups and names, then click OK and restart Photoshop:
And now, after restarting Photoshop CS6, we see that all the previously missing filters have become available through the "Filter" menu:
Let's reopen the photo, convert it to a smart object and apply the filters we applied to it last time:
Like last time, the names of the smart filters applied to it appeared in the layers panel under the smart object, but this time we see one significant difference.
And again, because I was able to select these filters directly from the Filter menu this time, not from the Filter Gallery, Photoshop lists them by their real filter names under Smart Object. If I want to change the settings for any of the filters by double-clicking on its name, or re-arrange the order of applying filters to an image by dragging one above or below the other, I no longer have to guess which Filter is which:
Now each of them is displayed under its own name, and not under the general "Filter Gallery".
So, the tasks have been achieved.
It should only be borne in mind that even now, if you apply smart filters not from the "Filter" menu, but from the "Gallery", they will appear in the layers palette under the general name "Filters Gallery".
Photos with noise are a kind of defect resulting from poor lighting. A large number of washed out color spots are distributed throughout the image, greatly reducing its quality. This article describes how to remove noise in Photoshop. There are several solutions to the problem.
Instructions
The best way to combat grainy noise is to prevent it from occurring. Poor quality shots are obtained in low light conditions when the photographer has to increase the ISO values \u200b\u200ba lot.
Already at an indicator of 400, extraneous elements appear on the images. If the ISO is increased to 800, the noise cannot be avoided. The quality of the photo is greatly reduced due to blurred spots. You can remove defects using the tools built into the image editor.
How to remove noise in Photoshop using a filter
What if the photo is not in RAW format? How to remove noise in a photo in Photoshop if they were not removed at the stage of file conversion? To do this, open the picture in an image editor. Then you need to open the "Filter" section in the main menu. Next, go to the "Noise" tab.
The first filter to be tested is located here. It is required to select the "Reduce noise" line. Next, you should proceed with the settings. The Strength and Preserve Details sliders are responsible for removing or reducing luminance noise. If you increase the first indicator to the maximum value, you will notice that the defects in the photo will be eliminated, but the text in the picture will become blurry.
The problem is that dealing with luminance noise causes a decrease in image sharpness and detail. Attentive users will notice that a second slider has been added to the program so that the photo does not lose quality. After increasing the indicator, sharpness and detail appear, and with them noise. If there are no small elements in the image, then you can leave the second slider untouched.
Other settings
How to remove color noise in Photoshop? To do this, move the Reduce color noise slider. This will not decrease the sharpness of the text, the noise will disappear, but small details will lose their saturation. Users will notice that a colored halo has formed around the red spots. In rare cases, such changes may not be acceptable for the snapshot. For this reason, the minimum squelch values \u200b\u200bshould be set. If the shooting was set to ISO 6400, then removing all defects in the image using the filter will fail. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid high matrix sensitivity.
How to remove noise in Photoshop using the Adobe Camera RAW filter
First, download and install the plugin. Then you need to run the Photoshop program and go to the menu. After that, you need to mark the line "Open" in the "File" section. In order for the photo upload window to appear, you can press the CTRL + O keys. Next, you need to select a picture with noises. To the right of the File Name line, type Camera Raw. The snapshot will immediately open in the program filter.
Then you need to go to the settings. After that, you need to open the "Filter" section in the menu. Next, you need to mark the line Camera Raw. The filter window will appear. It can also be opened using the SHIFT + CTRL + A keys.
Plugin setup
How to remove noise in Photoshop using this filter? First, the user needs to configure the plugin. Check the box next to the "Checkout" item. When working with a filter, the user can immediately see the changes in the image. Next, go to the "Detailing" tab. It's the third icon from the left. You can change the scale of the photo using the slider in the bottom corner. It is necessary to increase the indicator to 300%. This is necessary so that the user can see the changes made.
Removing defects
How to remove noise from photos in Photoshop using the plugin? To do this, find the "Color" slider and move it to the right. You should not try to remove brightness noise at this stage. It is enough to remove the color dots. After completing the task, you can begin to reduce the luminance noise. To do this, you need to find the "Luminosity" slider and move it to the right. It is necessary to simultaneously observe the photograph. In each case, the value is determined individually. It is important to keep in mind one rule: the luminance index should always be greater than the chromaticity value.
As a result, the sharpness of the photo will decrease. To sharpen the image, you need to move the "Effect" slider to the right. You can also increase the value for Brightness Information. To save the result, click on the "Ok" button.
findings
When working with bitmap images, it is not recommended to use the built-in filter of the Photoshop program. The main reason is the appearance of color halos around bright image elements. It is very difficult to remove luminance noise from smooth surfaces without losing the sharpness of small details. The Camera Raw plugin allows you to increase ISO up to 6400 even for commercial shooting. The user can remove luminance and color noise while retaining fine details.
How to remove noise from a photo so that while maintaining small details and leaving the maximum sharpness of the frame? The question is quite complex and very common. That is why many tools have been developed to combat noise in different programs and plugins.
The ideal solution to the problem of noise is to prevent it from occurring during the shooting:
- ask the correct one;
- if possible, photograph in RAW format;
- compose the frame so that it is not cropped during processing.
But if all the conditions were met during the shooting, and there is still noise ...
How to remove noise from a photo:
How to remove noise in Adobe Photoshop:
Before direct noise removal, in critical shots, in each channel, for a more subtle elimination. This allows you to retain more detail in the image and achieve better results.
Reduce Noise filter
In order to remove noise from photos in Photoshop, there is a special filter Filter - Noise - Reduce Noise (Filter - Noise - Remove Noise).
The dialog box presents two modes of filter operation:
Basic - Sets the parameters to remove noise from all channels in the same way.
Advanced - it becomes possible to configure the parameters of noise removal in each channel individually (Per Channel) and a setting similar to the Basic mode - (Overall) (Fig. 1).
Figure: 1 - Reduce Noise Dialog Box The Strength parameter adjusts the amount of brightness (tonal) noise reduction in all channels.
The Preserve Details option allows you to preserve some image detail. But the higher the parameter value, the less noise is removed. The parameter value is determined empirically, depending on the original image and the Strength parameter.
Reduce Color Noise reduces the level of chromatic noise.
Sharpen Details allows you to sharpen the image.
The Remove JPEG Artifact checkbox masks square portions of the image that result from JPEG compression.
Figure: 2 - An example of the action of the Reduce Noise filter The filter can be applied multiple times to enhance the effect. Short command Ctrl + F.
Adobe Camera RAW Plugin
Adobe Camera RAW - a plug-in that allows you to process graphic files before opening them directly in Adobe Photoshop. It was designed specifically for the RAW format, in which most professional digital cameras save photos.
If the source file is not in RAW format, but for example, JPEG, then Photoshop has a function that will allow you to open the image in Adobe Camera RAW File - Open As (File - Open as) - select Camera RAW - select the file - Open (Fig. 3 ).
Figure: 3 - How to open a file in Camera RAW In order to remove noise from the photo, go to the Detail tab (Fig. 4). In the Noise Reduction column, raise the Luminance to a level where the noise starts to disappear and lower it to a minimum Luminance Detail, followed by a rise to reveal fine details. Likewise with Color , Color Detail.
The Luminance parameter adjusts the level of luminance noise suppression.
The Luminance Detail parameter adjusts the noise reduction threshold. A low value gives a cleaner result, but details disappear with noise.
The Luminance Contrast parameter adjusts the brightness contrast on the edge between light and dark areas. Small values \u200b\u200bgive a better result of noise suppression, but at the same time, lower contrast, more blurred image.
The Color parameter adjusts the level of suppression of chromatic noise.
The Color Detail parameter adjusts the chromatic noise reduction threshold.
Figure: 4 - Detail tab. Example of Camera RAW Plugin Action It is also possible to remove noise in Photoshop Lightroom, it has an intuitive interface, which is built by analogy with the plug-in Adobe Camera RAW.
As you can see from the examples above, the Adobe Camera RAW plugin is better at reducing digital noise than the Reduce Noise filter. Also among the advantages of Camera RAW:
- non-destructive image processing;
- synchronization of settings among pictures taken in the same conditions to increase processing productivity;
- performance (Photoshop has not been loaded yet);
- intuitive interface.
Noise suppression plugins
To suppress noise, in addition to Adobe Photoshop, other programs and plugins (most often RAW converters) are also used. They can be both paid and free.
Photoshop plugins: Adobe Camera RAW, Topaz DeNoise, Neat Image, Grain Surgery, Noise Ninja.
RAW converters(standalone programs): Adobe Lightroom, Capture One, Bibble (Corel), Apple Aperture (Mac OS X only).
Those who use Photoshop CS5 (or earlier) are accustomed to the menu tab Filters the entire list of available filters is presented. In general, it is convenient to quickly switch to them and use them. With the arrival of the next version - Photoshop CS6 - this menu has undergone a change that has led to confusion and confusion among users. The fact is that a number of filters from this menu have disappeared altogether.
List of filters in Photoshop CS5:
Changed filter list in Photoshop CS6:
As you can see, the following groups have disappeared without a trace: Imitation (Artistic), Texture (Texture), Strokes (Brush Strokes) and Sketch (Sketch). In addition to this, we also removed a number of individual filters from the remaining groups.
But don't panic, in fact, the filter group data hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, they are not in the main menu, but from Filter galleries nobody removed them! Thus, to apply them, you must first go to Filter - Filter Gallery (Filter Gallery). The familiar dialog box will open, in which you will find what you were looking for:
(Click to enlarge)
As you can see, all the missing filters are present here and you can still use them. But the next problem has emerged regarding smart objects and their smart filters.
Smart Objects and Filter Gallery in Photoshop CS6
Let's say we have it and we need to apply a filter to it.
If we choose from those filters that are displayed in the menu, then there are no problems - we see their names and understand what we have applied.
But if you need to use filters from the missing list, that is, through the Gallery, then we see that Photoshop does not write their names!
Agree, this is extremely inconvenient. Suppose we applied only the Application, this can still be remembered. And if you add one more filter? And then another one? First, you can forget not just the names, but also in what order they were. Secondly, will you come back to this project in a week or even gave the PSD file to another person, what then?
Of course, you can click through them in order, opening a window with filter settings and, thanks to this, understand what it is. But this is so inconvenient ... So slows down the speed of work ...
Well, well, I got carried away with whipping up this problem. The developers left us the right to choose and how to fix everything.
Recovering missing filters in CS6
So, in order to return the missing filters in the menu to their previous appearance, you need to go to the Photoshop settings: Editing (Edit) - Installations (Preferences) - External modules (Plug-Ins).
In the settings window that opens, check the box next to the setting Show all groups and filter gallery names(Show all Filter Gallery groups and names).
After that, you need to apply the changes and restart photoshop.
Now the missing filter groups will return to the menu, which means that in smart objects they will show their name, just like the others.
If you noticed an error in the text, select it and press Ctrl + Enter. Thanks!
There are quite a few filters that are used to create various effects on the image. They are organized into groups: imitation, distortion, stylization, texture, strokes and sketch. All of these filters can be accessed through the menu Filter - Filter Gallery ... If you open any image in the Photoshop program, and go to the menu item Filter - Filter Gallery , you will see folders with the same names as the filter groups listed above.
Expanding these folders, you will see the rows of filters, and you can look at the actions of these filters by selecting any of them. To the right are the settings. If the filter suits you, click OK. Below buttons OK and Cancellation there is a drop-down list where you can also choose any of the filters in the gallery.
Also in the gallery you can watch the action of several filters at once. To do this, in the lower right corner, you click on the icon New effect layer
... And then you select the desired effect in the list of active effects to adjust it.
By clicking on the icon with the image of an eye, you turn off the display of the effect. Pressing it again turns on the display.
Distortion group filters
Filter group Distortion also used to simulate various effects.
Diffuse glow filter
It is often used for processing photographic portraits. Open a photographic portrait in Adobe Photoshop CS5, make a duplicate of the layer by dragging the layer on the palette Layers on the icon for creating a new layer. And on the duplicate apply this filter, either from the Gallery of filters, or through the menu Filter - Distort - Diffuse Glow
... In the filter settings, remove graininess, reduce the degree of glow, and adjust the transmission of the original.
Having achieved the desired effect, click OK, and then adjust the opacity of the layer, achieving the effect of glowing skin on the image.
Distortion and Spherization Filters
Enables you to swell or compress the image. Filter Distortion does it barrel-shaped, or pillow-shaped. Filter Spherization does it more evenly, in the form of a sphere.Filters Wave, Zig Zag, Ocean Waves
Distortion in the form of waves, each filter in its own way.
Curl Filter
Twirls the image around the center
Third Party Filters (Plugins)
Third-party filters that can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Allows you to create various effects that were not originally in the program. They often do better than built-in filters.
Some plugins are programs that themselves install files to the desired location, after which this filter appears in the Filter menu. Some plugins are files with the extension .8BF , and they must be placed in the filters folder for them to start working.
This folder is located in the folder of the running program Adobe Photoshop CS5, and it is called Plug-ins ... This folder is named the same in all versions of the Photoshop program. Load the plugin file into it, open the program, and the filter appears in the filter list.
Video on how to apply the Stray Glow filter to enhance your photographic portraits
More detailed information can be found in the sections "All courses" and "Usefulness", which can be accessed through the top menu of the site. In these sections, the articles are grouped by topic into blocks containing the most detailed (as far as possible) information on various topics.
Also, let's say I want to apply it as a smart filter, which makes the filter action fully editable in case I want to change it later. To do this, at the beginning, I need to convert the layer with the image into a smart object (more details), after which the corresponding icon will appear in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail:
Now I need to apply the Cutout filter itself. In versions CS5 and below, I would just need to go to the main menu tab Filter -\u003e Imitation (Filter -\u003e Artistic) and select the corresponding item, but in CS6 in the Filter menu, the Artistic group is simply absent, so I need to go go to Filter -\u003e Filter Gallery and in the dialog box that opens, select the Artistic tab, and in it there is already Cutout:
And now the problem has appeared. Usually, when we apply filters as smart filters, the name of each individual filter applied appears below the smart object in the layers panel. If later we need to go back and edit the filter settings, we just double-click on the name of a particular filter. But in the case of Photoshop CS6, there is a slight complication. Any filters that we only access from the Filter Gallery (as they are no longer available to us from the Filter menu) are not labeled with their actual name. Instead, they all go under the general name "Filter Gallery", which does not tell us which filter was actually used:
This might still be fine in a case like this where I only apply one filter, as I can remember its name quite easily. But what happens if I apply multiple Smart Filters from the Gallery? For example, I have now applied the Spatter from the Brush Strokes group and the Diffuse Glow from the Distort group. Since they were only accessed from the Gallery, they are all designated in the Layers Palette as "Filter Gallery", which makes it not so easy to recognize which is which:
Recovering Missing Filters in the Filter Menu
This, of course, is not a huge problem, but, potentially, it can significantly slow down your workflow. Fortunately, Adobe has figured this out and has included the ability to revert the Filter menu back to what it looked like in versions prior to Photoshop CS6. This option is located under the tab Editing -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-ins (Edit -\u003e Preferences -\u003e Plug-Ins). In the dialog box, check the box next to Show all Filter Gallery groups and names, then click OK and restart Photoshop:
And now, after restarting Photoshop CS6, we see that all the previously missing filters have become available through the "Filter" menu:
Let's reopen the photo, convert it to a smart object and apply the filters we applied to it last time:
Like last time, the names of the smart filters applied to it appeared in the layers panel under the smart object, but this time we see one significant difference.
And again, because I was able to select these filters directly from the Filter menu this time, not from the Filter Gallery, Photoshop lists them by their real filter names under Smart Object. If I want to change the settings for any of the filters by double-clicking on its name, or re-arrange the order of applying filters to an image by dragging one above or below the other, I no longer have to guess which Filter is which:
Now each of them is displayed under its own name, and not under the general "Filter Gallery".
So, the tasks have been achieved.
It should only be borne in mind that even now, if you apply smart filters not from the "Filter" menu, but from the "Gallery", they will appear in the layers palette under the general name "Filters Gallery".
Photoshop CS4 Zhvalevsky Andrey Valentinovich
Filter Gallery
If you have already tried Photoshop filters in action, you should have noticed that some settings windows are very different from others. For example, when choosing a filter Twirl(Twisting) out of the band Distort(Deformation) a small window appears (Fig. 7.2), and when you select a filter Underpainting(Painting over) from Artistic(Artistic) - a large window (fig. 7.3). The thing is that the settings of some filters are displayed in the gallery mode.
Figure: 7.2.Twirl filter settings
Figure: 7.3.Underpainting filter settingsFilter galleryThe (Filter Gallery) appeared in Photoshop's arsenal not so long ago - in the CS version - and for many it immediately became one of the favorite image processing tools. In the gallery window, the image can change under the influence of several filters at once. Let's say that you need to apply four filters to a picture to achieve a certain effect. Working with filters in normal mode, you will need to open filter settings one by one and apply them to the image one by one. You can see the final result only after all operations have been performed. If you decide that you made a mistake with the first filter, then you will have to cancel the application of all four, and then do the operation again.
What do you get by working with Filter gallery(Filter Gallery)? You can work with the settings of several filters at once, change, add and remove effects that are applied to the image. It is much easier to achieve the desired result with such work.
To access Filter gallery(Filter gallery) just apply a filter to the image, which opens in this mode. You can also open the gallery window by running the command Filter? Filter gallery(Filter? Filter gallery).
Let's consider working with this window. Most of it is occupied by the preview area. In it you can see how the selected filters affect the image. Choosing filters in the gallery, you can not be afraid that the original picture will disappear somewhere. Everything you do in the filter gallery before clicking the button OK,is not saved in the project. After you click this button, filters are applied to the image and it changes.
In the window Filter gallery(Filter Gallery) you can also see the filter groups you already know that are in the menu Filter(Filter). You will notice that there are significantly fewer filter groups here than in the menu. This is due to the fact that not all filters support work in Filter gallery(Filter gallery). The gallery displays only those filters that you can work with in this mode. Filter groups are presented as folders. Expanding the desired group, you will see the filter icons with their names. To apply a filter to an image, simply click on the icon corresponding to that filter.
When you select a filter, its settings will appear at the top right of the gallery window. Please note that there is also a drop-down list with all available filters. If you know exactly the name of the filter that you need at the moment, you can use this list.
Finally, at the bottom right of the window Filter gallery(Filter Gallery) displays the names of all filters applied during the session. By default, only one filter is used. To increase the number of filters, click the button New effect layer(Create Effect Layer)
To remove the filter, use the button Delete effect layer(Remove Effect Layer)
The effect layer is displayed as a filter name. If you need to change the settings of any of the filters used, select it in this area. If you select a filter in the list of layers and click on the icon of another filter in the filter selection area, the old filter will be removed from the project and replaced with the new one.
If necessary, you can also temporarily turn off the display of certain filters. To do this, click on the eye icon next to the name of each filter in the layers area (Figure 7.4).
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Blur filter gallery in Photoshop CS6CS6 introduces three new filters that allow you to create photorealistic depth of field through a dedicated interface. With it, you can work with controls directly on the image.
Let's see how to work with filters and their settings!
A new gallery of blur filters provides new tools for manipulating depth of field and creating the "Bokeh" effect.
Photographers use focal length, subject distance, and aperture to determine focus and blur areas. There are times when technical limitations do not allow achieving the desired effect. This is where new filters can come in handy.
Unlike blur filters in previous versions of Photoshop, the new filters are designed to give you selective focus. The gallery was supplemented with the following filters: Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift. The add-on has a separate set of blur effects, with which you can create different types of "Bokeh" effect.
New filters can be found by going to the main menu Filter → Blur. By choosing one of the three top items, you will open a new gallery of filters.
The filter gallery will open in a new window that will temporarily replace your workspace. In the right panel, you can adjust the filters and the "Bokeh" effect.
Since blur filters are applied directly to the pixels of a layer, unlike adjustment layers, I advise you to create a copy of the layer first. If your document consists of several layers, select the topmost one and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E. As a result, all visible layers below will be merged into one separate one. The filter should be applied to it. Let's start with the Field Blur filter.
Field Blur filter
Field Blur is the simplest of the three new filters. After activating it, a control element appears on the image that allows you to adjust only two parameters: location and degree of blur. The amount of blur is adjusted with a ring, and the center circles are responsible for the location of the blur.
When we have adjusted the blur for one area, we can add a few more points (controls). To do this, position the cursor outside the first ring and you will see that it changes to a pin with a "+" sign. Click on the canvas with the left mouse button to add another blur point. This is necessary in order to create a different degree of blur in different parts of the image. If you set the blur value to 0, then the area will have its original sharpness.
Using two dots, you can create a smooth transition between effects, similar to a linear gradient fill.
You can set as many blur points as you like.
While holding down the M key, you will see the blur mask. As with the pixel mask, it only contains shades of black and white. The stronger the blur, the brighter the area will be. Light areas show blur, dark areas show sharpness, and gray areas show partial blur.
In the top screenshot, you can see that I've added a lot of blur points. They helped create blur in exactly those areas of the photo where it was needed. This method implies more precise adjustment and allows you to blur even very small areas of the image, as well as create a smooth transition to sharper areas.
Original image. The background the dog is on is too eye-catching.
Using a new blur filter, I blurred the background a bit, focusing on the dog and the kite. Pay attention to the sand. I was able to create a smooth transition from foreground to background by adding many control points. Also look closely at the dog's coat. Elements like these are difficult to work with in most processing situations. And here the Field Blur filter also fails. To sharpen the coat, you need to work with other restoration and cloning tools.
At first glance, this filter might seem like a lot of effort. But it does create realistic transitions between areas of a photograph that are achievable with a camera. The Iris Blur filter, which we'll look at next, lets you create blur with less effort. But remember that not wanting to take the time and attention to adjusting the filter can create too much blur for any seasoned photographer in post-production.
Iris Blur filter
The Iris Blur filter provides more controls on the image. In addition to controlling the degree of blur, there are more anchor points with which you can change the shape of the blurred area.
The outline of the ellipse defines the boundary between the blurred and sharp areas. Feather handles provide a smooth transition between them.
As with the first filter, once activated, the blur point is centered, and the blur ring controls its degree. By default, the normal sharpness area is oval. Anything outside the oval will be blurred. With the help of small squares on the outline of the ellipse, you can change the width and height of the protected area from blurring. The large diamond is responsible for the degree of roundness. In the following screenshot, I have changed the shape of the ellipse. Rotating and repositioning is similar to the Free Transform tool (Ctrl + T).
The inner small circles are responsible for the smooth transition from the blurred area (outside the ellipse) to the area with normal sharpness. The closer they are to the center, the smoother this transition will be. Holding Alt, you can set the position of one circle separately from the other three.
Don't be intimidated by the theory! In fact, everything is simple. The best way to understand the controls is with practice. Open some image, set a high degree of blur and move all the levers. Any changes will be visible. 
Original image. Other attention-grabbing objects are still visible in the background.
Blur created by the Iris Blur filter.
Tilt-Shift filter
The Tilt-Shift filter creates the same optical perspective effect as Lensbaby lenses. After activating the filter, the filter ring is placed in the center, and there are two horizontal lines at the top and bottom.
The dotted line serves as the Feather handles of the Iris Blur filter. It delimits the blurred part of the image and the area with normal sharpness, which is located between the solid white lines.
You can move all the controls by moving the center point. You can also move each line individually. The horizontal position of the blur can also be changed. All controls rotate. To do this, you need to position the cursor outside the area with normal sharpness (outside the solid lines). The blur ring works the same way as the other two filters.
On the right panel there is another parameter, Distortion, which is set to 0% by default. By moving it in any direction, you get the blur effect in motion, by default it will be at the bottom (in the foreground). Symmetric Distortion will create this effect on both the top and bottom.
The direction of the motion blur depends on which direction you move the slider.
On the right panel there is another section - Blur Effects (Blur effects), where you can create "Bokeh".
Blur effects
There is an effects section under the blur filters. It creates blurred area effects that are usually created by a camera's aperture.
By changing the values \u200b\u200bof the section highlighted in red, you will create a glow in the blurred areas.
The first parameter, Light Bokeh, controls the intensity of the effect. The second Bokeh Color increases the saturation of the effect. With the Light Range setting, you can define the tonal range for the effect. By moving the black and white sliders, you define the pixels that will be affected by the first two parameters. 
The top panel also contains general settings. Save Mask to Channel function - saves the filter mask to a separate channel. You will find it in the channel palette. You can download this mask at any time and use any of Photoshop's tools to improve the blur.
There are several options on the top panel that control blur.
The Focus parameter is set to 100% by default. Decreasing this value will blur the focus area. The Selection Bleed parameter can only be changed if a selection was created on the canvas prior to applying the filter. It controls the amount of blur that is feathered over the selection. The High Quality parameter makes the preview of the "Bokeh" effect more accurate. Remember that activating it will decrease performance.
Now that we've covered all the controls for the new filters, you can start applying to different images.
Let's start a series of articles dedicated to Photoshop Filters Gallery. To make it easier for you to work with them, I have prepared an illustrative example for each filter. You should always remember that the filter effect depends on the size of the image itself and on the settings you applied. You can get different results with one filter.
In this article, we will go over the package filters Imitation (Artistic), let's get to know them and see how they work. So, go to the menu Filter - Filter Gallery.
1. Watercolor
Simulates the effect of painting with watercolors.
Parameter Detail (Brush Detail) sets the size of the watercolor brush stroke, from 1 to 14. Shadow Intensitysets the draw and saturation of the shadow areas of the image in the range from 0 to 10. Texturesets the degree of use of the texture image, which imitates the peculiarities of painting with watercolors, changes its values \u200b\u200bin the range from 1 to 3.2. Application (Cutout)
Turns the image into something like an applique made of pieces of colored paper - all the colors and shadows in the image are averaged, leaving a limited number of them. Parameter Number of Levels specifies the number of color levels in the range from 2 to 8. Edge Simplicitysets the degree of “simplification” of the appliqué element outline in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Fidelity sets the accuracy of the sharp edges present in the original image in the range from 1 to 3.
3. Sponge
Simulates the effect of painting with a sponge. Parameter Brush Size specifies the size of the sponge in the range from 0 to 10. Contrast (Definition)sets the difference in color levels in the range from 0 to 25. Smoothnesssets the order of color transitions in the range from 1 to 15.
4. Film Grain
The filter is designed to simulate the reception of increased graininess. Parameter Grain sets the graininess in the range from 0 to 20. sets the illumination level in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the level of detail for the image in the range from 0 to 10.
5. Oil painting (Paint Daubs)
The filter adds texture to the image in the form of wavy or straight spots. You can choose from different brushes, and define their size and hardness. Types of brushes:
- Simple
- Light Rough
- Dark Rough
- Wide Sharp
- Wide Blurry
- Sparkle
6. Neon Glow
This filter can be used to tone the image while softening it. Adds various types of glows to objects in the image. Parameter Area (Glow Size) specifies the amount of the neon area in the range from -24 to +24. Glow Brightness sets the brightness level of the neon color that is selected in the field Color (Glow Color) in the range from 0 to 50. The color field shows the color of the neon light. Clicking on this color field displays the Color Picker.
7. Outlined Edges (Poster Edges)
This filter finds all edges in an image and selects them by surrounding them with dark lines based on pixel contrast. Parameter Edge Thickness specifies the largest edge thickness or stroke width, in the range from 0 to 10. Edge Intensity sets the selection level for the edges of paths in the range from 0 to 10. Posterizationsets the number of applied color shades in the range from 0 to 6. Therefore, at 0 the color shades are very sharp, and at 6, on the contrary, they are smoothed.
8. Rough Pastels
Designed to simulate drawing with crayons. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the maximum stroke length in the range from 0 to 40. Detail (Stroke Detail) sets the level of image detail in the range from 1 to 20. In the list Texture
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Scaling Relief sets the thickness of the crayon lines in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. Light direction options:
- Down (Bottom)
- Bottom Left
- Left
- Top Left
- Up (Thor)
- Up and Right (Thor Right)
- Right
- Bottom Right
Invert
9. Feathering (Smudge Stick)
Simulates feathering a pattern with a wide, hard tool. Parameter Stroke Length specifies the length of the stroke that the tool shades in the range from 0 to 10. Highlight Area sets the degree of illumination in the range from 0 to 20. Intensity sets the degree of image sharpness in the range from 0 to 10.
10. Drawing on the back (Underpainting)
The filter is designed to simulate oil painting. Brush Sizesets the size of the brush stroke, in the range from 0 to 40. Texture Coverage sets the degree of use of the texture image in the range from 0 to 40. In the list Texture the material on which the drawing is created is selected. The following options are offered:
- Brick
- Burlap
- Canvas
- Limestone (Sandstone)
To the right of the option Texture button located Load Texture, is intended to use another image in * .psd format as a basis. Scalingsets the scale of the texture in the range from 50 to 200%. Reliefsets the stroke weight of the brush drawing, in the range from 0 to 50. Drop-down list Light (Light)is designed to select the direction of the light source, which emphasizes the relief of strokes. The following directions of light are suggested:
- Down (Bottom);
- Down and Left (Bottom Left);
- Left (Left);
- Up and Left (Top Left);
- Up (Thor);
- Up and Right (Thor Right);
- Right (Right);
- Down and Right (Bottom Right).
If you check the box in the indicator Invert, the display of light and dark areas of the image will change.
11. Dry Brush
Imitates the dry brush art technique. The filter simplifies the image, reduces the range of colors in it, and creates areas of common color. Parameter Brush Size sets the size of the stroke, in the range from 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture in the range from 1 to 3.
12. Fresco (Fresco)
The filter is designed to simulate drawing on a raw material. Be very careful when using it as the filter can make the image too dark. Parameter Brush Size sets the brush size in the range 0 to 10. Detail (Brush Detail) sets the accuracy of image transmission in the range from 1 to 10. Texture specifies the degree of use of the texture, which should simulate the features of painting a mural in the range from 1 to 3.
13. Colored Pencil
This filter allows you to create a shading effect, retains most of the colors in the original image. Parameters are adjustedPencil Width, Stroke Pressure and Paper Brightness... Using a thinner pencil creates more lines in the drawing, and increasing pressure will retain more detail in the original image. The lightness of the paper sets the level of transparency of the paper through the pencil stroke layer.
14. Plastic Wrap
Covers the image with a shiny plastic foil to enhance surface details. Parameter Highlight Strength Specifies the whiteness of the reflective film folds in the range from 0 to 20. Detail sets the number of folds in the range from 1 to 15. Smoothness sets the softness of highlights and shadows on the folds of the film in the range from 1 to 15.
15. Palette Knife
The filter is designed for painting with oil paints with a spatula - a special painting tool. Parameter Stroke Size sets the size of the spatula stroke in the range from 1 to 50. Detail (Stroke Detail) specifies the accuracy of rendering the picture in the range from 1 to 3. Smoothing (Softness) sets the degree of merging of adjacent brush strokes, in the range from 0 to 10.
See you in the next lesson!
Those who use Photoshop CS5 (or earlier) are accustomed to the menu tab Filters the entire list of available filters is presented. In general, it is convenient to quickly switch to them and use them. With the arrival of the next version - Photoshop CS6 - this menu has undergone a change that has led to confusion and confusion among users. The fact is that a number of filters from this menu have disappeared altogether.
List of filters in Photoshop CS5:
Changed filter list in Photoshop CS6:
As you can see, the following groups have disappeared without a trace: Imitation (Artistic), Texture (Texture), Strokes (Brush Strokes) and Sketch (Sketch). In addition to this, we also removed a number of individual filters from the remaining groups.
But don't panic, in fact, the filter group data hasn't gone anywhere. Yes, they are not in the main menu, but from Filter galleries nobody removed them! Thus, to apply them, you must first go to Filter - Filter Gallery (Filter Gallery). The familiar dialog box will open, in which you will find what you were looking for:
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As you can see, all the missing filters are present here and you can still use them. But the next problem has emerged regarding smart objects and their smart filters.
Smart Objects and Filter Gallery in Photoshop CS6
Let's say we have it and we need to apply a filter to it.
If we choose from those filters that are displayed in the menu, then there are no problems - we see their names and understand what we have applied.
But if you need to use filters from the missing list, that is, through the Gallery, then we see that Photoshop does not write their names!
Agree, this is extremely inconvenient. Suppose we applied only the Application, this can still be remembered. And if you add one more filter? And then another one? First, you can forget not just the names, but also in what order they were. Secondly, will you come back to this project in a week or even gave the PSD file to another person, what then?
Of course, you can click through them in order, opening a window with filter settings and, thanks to this, understand what it is. But this is so inconvenient ... So slows down the speed of work ...
Well, well, I got carried away with whipping up this problem. The developers left us the right to choose and how to fix everything.
Recovering missing filters in CS6
So, in order to return the missing filters in the menu to their previous appearance, you need to go to the Photoshop settings: Editing (Edit) - Installations (Preferences) - External modules (Plug-Ins).
In the settings window that opens, check the box next to the setting Show all groups and filter gallery names(Show all Filter Gallery groups and names).
After that, you need to apply the changes and restart photoshop.
Now the missing filter groups will return to the menu, which means that in smart objects they will show their name, just like the others.
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There are quite a few filters that are used to create various effects on the image. They are organized into groups: imitation, distortion, stylization, texture, strokes and sketch. All of these filters can be accessed through the menu Filter - Filter Gallery ... If you open any image in the Photoshop program, and go to the menu item Filter - Filter Gallery , you will see folders with the same names as the filter groups listed above.
Expanding these folders, you will see the rows of filters, and you can look at the actions of these filters by selecting any of them. To the right are the settings. If the filter suits you, click OK. Below buttons OK and Cancellation there is a drop-down list where you can also choose any of the filters in the gallery.
Also in the gallery you can watch the action of several filters at once. To do this, in the lower right corner, you click on the icon New effect layer
... And then you select the desired effect in the list of active effects to adjust it.
By clicking on the icon with the image of an eye, you turn off the display of the effect. Pressing it again turns on the display.
Distortion group filters
Filter group Distortion also used to simulate various effects.
Diffuse glow filter
It is often used for processing photographic portraits. Open a photographic portrait in Adobe Photoshop CS5, make a duplicate of the layer by dragging the layer on the palette Layers on the icon for creating a new layer. And on the duplicate apply this filter, either from the Gallery of filters, or through the menu Filter - Distort - Diffuse Glow
... In the filter settings, remove graininess, reduce the degree of glow, and adjust the transmission of the original.
Having achieved the desired effect, click OK, and then adjust the opacity of the layer, achieving the effect of glowing skin on the image.
Distortion and Spherization Filters
Enables you to swell or compress the image. Filter Distortion does it barrel-shaped, or pillow-shaped. Filter Spherization does it more evenly, in the form of a sphere.Filters Wave, Zig Zag, Ocean Waves
Distortion in the form of waves, each filter in its own way.
Curl Filter
Twirls the image around the center
Third Party Filters (Plugins)
Third-party filters that can be used in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Allows you to create various effects that were not originally in the program. They often do better than built-in filters.
Some plugins are programs that themselves install files to the desired location, after which this filter appears in the Filter menu. Some plugins are files with the extension .8BF , and they must be placed in the filters folder for them to start working.
This folder is located in the folder of the running program Adobe Photoshop CS5, and it is called Plug-ins ... This folder is named the same in all versions of the Photoshop program. Load the plugin file into it, open the program, and the filter appears in the filter list.
Video on how to apply the Stray Glow filter to enhance your photographic portraits
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