Image Adjustments and Effects 113
Overview: Applying special effects
Creative effects are grouped into different categories, i.e. distortion, blur,
sharpen, edge, noise, render, and stylistic. Individual effects can be applied to
the active layer or selection either individually or cumulatively via a Filter
Gallery. As with image adjustments (see Overview: adjusting image colors on
p. 106), you can use filter effects to improve the image, for example by
sharpening, but more often the emphasis here is on the "creative" possibilities
when effects are applied.
Equally dramatic artistic effects can be applied by using the studio-based Instant
Artist, warp tools via the Tools toolbar's flyout, or 2D/3D layer effects via the
Layers tab.
Instant Artist effects
Instant Artist will bring your artistic side out—creating your own masterpieces
by picking from a variety of classic painting styles (with no paint splashes!). The
tool will transform your image in a single-click. Classic styles include
Expressionist, Impressionist, Oil, Old Master, and many others. More abstract
styles are available such as Munchist and Van Gogh.
Whichever style you choose, you can take advantage of Instant Artist's powerful
studio environment. This provides a resizable dialog with large scale preview
window, a thumbnail gallery showing each effect (for visual clues), and a
comprehensive range of context-sensitive effect settings. Instant Artist's
interruptible redraw also means that you can make changes to your settings
without waiting for your image to refresh; the effect will be redrawn
immediately.
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