Adobe Photoshop 2023: Filter

Name: Adobe Photoshop 2023: Filter
Author: Jeff Drylewicz

Learn how to use Filters and the Filter Gallery to create unique compositions

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Hello, welcome to Knowledge City's course in Adobe Photoshop. My name is Jeff Dreilowitz, and today I'll be teaching you about Photoshop's filter gallery. So to start off with, we've got a picture of a man walking. And I always like to make sure that I make a duplicate of any layers I'm going to be doing any editing on. That way I have a backup of my original there. So to do so, I will hit Command J. I've got my duplicate, and I'm gonna come up to Filter in my drop down menu. I will come down here to Filter Gallery. We do not have any quick keys assigned to that. So with my filter gallery, it's gonna load my picture into it. We are going to zoom out, and let's start off with artistic. We will click on cut out. So you notice I've got a lot of different folders here, a lot of options to work with. It's fun to go in there and play around with the options. So every one of these folders has a bunch of different filters in there. And every one of these filters has adjustment bars over here. So with my sliders here, obviously the numbers of levels, the lower I drop that one, for example, the less detailed it becomes. As I move that edge simplicity down, you can see you get a little bit of harder, more angles there. As I move these back and forth, you can adjust to whatever your needs are or whatever sort of image you are trying to achieve. You'll notice as I do that, they show up down here. Next, let's take a look at sketch. I'm gonna choose the halftone pattern option. Now, you'll notice the color that goes into my halftone pattern matches whatever my foreground color is that I have chosen in Photoshop. So it's got this purplish magenta color at the moment. The halftone pattern, for example, with my slider bars, I can move the size of these dots up. Give more of a vintage, almost newspaper kind of effect. I can increase the contrast. I can also change the pattern types. So I can make it circles that are radiating out from the center. Or I can make it a series of horizontal lines. Again, all depends on what sort of visuals you are trying to achieve here. I'm gonna keep with dots. I'm gonna bring the size down a little bit. If I don't like one of my options, I can always just hit the trash can and get rid of it. We can look at another option here under texture. Let me close my folder so it's become a little overwhelming. So under texture, let's look at mosaic tiles. So again, with every one of these, like I said, you've got various folders and you've got adjustment sliders here. I'm gonna zoom in a little bit so we can see the details while we're working. So I'm gonna make my tile size increase, make them more substantial. I can increase the grout width in between each of those tiles. And the light and grout option, obviously, I can make it a very dark grout in between or a very light grout in between. So it all depends on what you're trying to achieve here. Once I'm happy with what I've created, I can hit OK. And if I ever want to put the effect back into it again, I can go up to filter. At the top of my screen right here, it'll say filter gallery. Whatever options I did will double up on it. As you can see, the tile option is now there and it is darker this time around. And you can mix and match all of these filters just by going into filter, filter gallery, and you can do other filters on top of filters. Now, that can get kind of messy after a while, so you do want to be very intentional as to what you are trying to create here. So if I did decide to put the halftone pattern on top of the tiles and then hit OK, you can see I've got both effects happening. And again, remember, I made that duplicate, so the original picture is still A -OK. So, that is all for the filter gallery in Photoshop. In the next lesson, we'll learn how to use the blur, distort, and noise filters. Thank you for watching.

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Course Description

In the Filter drop-down menu, there are a wide array of filters at your disposal, such as blur, distort, sharpen, and pixelate, you gain the power to enhance and transform your photos with ease. Whether it's cleaning up noise, sharpening blurred images, or adding captivating lighting effects, these filters provide the tools needed to make precise corrections and elevate the visual impact of your images. The Filter Gallery also offers a diverse range of artistic filters that can be seamlessly combined to create captivating and unique compositions.

In this course on Adobe Photoshop 2023: Filters, you will learn about the wide variety of Filters that you can use to edit your photos, images, and projects. We will explore the Filters drop-down menu and show you how you can utilize filters to retouch and restore photos, apply special art effects to give your image the appearance of a painting, and create various transformations using distortions.

What You'll Learn

Access and navigate the Filter drop-down menu in Adobe Photoshop 2023
Identify the different types of Blur Filters available in Photoshop
Use the Sharpen and Noise Filters to achieve specific outcomes
Apply the Filter Gallery to combine artistic filters into unique compositions
Use the Distort and Pixelate Filters to transform images
Retouch and restore photos and apply special art effects with filters

Key Takeaways

The Filter drop-down menu offers a wide array of filters including blur, distort, sharpen, and pixelate to enhance and transform photos.
Filters provide the tools to clean up noise, sharpen blurred images, and add lighting effects for precise corrections.
The Filter Gallery offers a diverse range of artistic filters that can be combined to create unique compositions.
Filters can be used to retouch and restore photos and apply art effects that give an image the appearance of a painting.
Distortion filters can be used to create various image transformations.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn about the wide variety of Filters available in Adobe Photoshop 2023 to edit your photos, images, and projects, including how to access the Filter drop-down menu, identify Blur Filters, and use the Sharpen and Noise Filters.

What topics does this course cover?

The course covers the Filter Gallery; using the Blur, Distort, and Noise Filters; and using the Pixelate and Sharpen Filters.

What can I do with filters after taking this course?

You will be able to retouch and restore photos, apply special art effects to give images the appearance of a painting, and create various transformations using distortions.

What skills does this course help develop?

It builds skills in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Album, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Image Editing, Photo Editing, and Photoshop Plugin use.