Filters are a part of Adobe Photoshop often misused or overlooked by designers. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them both with other filters and with the Photoshop masking and blending tools for maximum visual impact. Plus, learn how to use filter blending modes, filter masks, and how to stack filters to create unique filter combinations.

Topics include:

• Understanding the importance of Smart Filters
  
• Sharpening with filters
  
• Creative use of filter blend modes
  
• Painting in the effect of a filter using filter masks
  
• Combining filters

Designing with filters (1m 25s)
Terms, keyboard shortcuts, and menus (6m 47s)
The importance of Smart Filters (2m 50s)
Understanding filter blend modes (1m 47s)
Using filter masks (1m 49s)
The stacking order of filters (3m 28s)

Sharpening overview (4m 17s)
Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen (4m 22s)
Sharpening with Vivid Light and Surface Blur (4m 51s)
Sharpening with Gaussian Blur (5m 38s)
High-pass sharpening (1m 41s)
Sharpening and line art (3m 12s)

Using Field Blur to vary focus in a scene (3m 22s)
Using Iris Blur to accentuate a foreground (3m 9s)
Using Iris Blur with the Bokeh effect (2m 57s)
Creating an abstract bokeh background (3m 38s)
Creating a tilt-shift effect (4m 27s)
Creating a blur effect with Motion Blur and Puppet Warp (6m 31s)
Using Motion Blur to create a starburst effect (2m 9s)
Creating a radial blur (2m 13s)

An overview of the Filter Gallery (3m 44s)
Beyond the Colored Pencil (4m 47s)
Using the Cutout filter: Part one (9m 50s)
Using the Cutout filter: Part two (4m 46s)
Using the Cutout filter: Part three (6m 48s)
The Dry Brush filter (2m 48s)
Looking at the Fresco filter (4m 31s)
Turning on the neon (5m 32s)
Using the Poster Edges filter (3m 11s)

The Angled Strokes filter (3m 32s)
The Crosshatch filter (4m 24s)
The Ink Outlines filter (7m 15s)
Sumi-e (5m 10s)

Creating a circular image with the Polar Coordinates filter (8m 7s)
Applying distort filters to shape layers (7m 19s)
Creating marbled paper with the Wave filter (7m 46s)
Creating Art Nouveau type with the ZigZag filter (3m 49s)

Using the Color Halftone filter (3m 59s)
Using Color Halftone for a black-and-white halftone effect (4m 17s)
Creating a line drawing with the Fragment filter (3m 0s)
Creating an authentic mezzotint (9m 31s)
Creating a misregistration effect (2m 15s)
Experimenting with pointillist techniques (7m 32s)

Creating a woodgrain effect with Fibers (3m 16s)
Distressing a photo with Fibers and Difference Clouds (7m 56s)
Creating synthetic textures with the Clouds filter (2m 25s)
Adding drama with Lens Flare (6m 27s)
Using Lighting Effects with a texture map (5m 44s)
Creating a patchwork effect (4m 31s)

Combining Bas Relief with Lighting Effects (8m 8s)
Creating a charcoal portrait (3m 54s)
Making it shine with the Chrome filter (5m 47s)
Creating a portrait with the Graphic Pen filter (4m 5s)
Creating a circular halftone effect (5m 12s)
Creating a line halftone effect with a displacement map (4m 35s)
Creating a scan-line effect (4m 58s)
Creating a hand-painted look using the Photocopy filter (7m 19s)
Creating a "cut paper collage" using the Stamp filter (5m 30s)

Creating a painterly look with the Diffuse filter (4m 26s)
Using the Find Edges filter to create a line drawing (3m 49s)
Combining the Find Edges filter with hand painting (8m 22s)
Creating a glowing-edges effect (4m 15s)
Creating effective solarizations (2m 42s)
Creative use of the Tiles and Offset filters (8m 11s)
Creating a line drawing with the Trace Contour filter (6m 54s)

Straightening perspective with Adaptive Wide Angle (4m 45s)
Combining Lens Correction and Adaptive Wide Angle (2m 31s)
Suggestions for working with the Oil Paint filter (5m 24s)
A simple application of the Vanishing Point filter (3m 40s)
Combining the Liquify and Vanishing Point filters (4m 24s)

Third-party filters and beyond (1m 56s)

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