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Lesson One

All photos copyright by Chuck Simon, 2005

Artistic Filters

Poster Edges

This image is very busy but the effects of the Poster Edges was very good.

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Cutout

The original image I selected for application of the Cutout Filter.

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Palette Knife

With this image I used “Palette Knife” filter.   The settings were:   Stroke Size 25, Stroke Detail 2 and Softness 2

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Rough Pastels

This time I used the “Rough Pastels” filter.    Stroke Length 10, Stroke Detail 7, Texture Canvas, Scaling 105%, Relief 50 and Lighting Direction Top Right

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Blur

This dream-like effect was achieved by first applying the “Radial, Spin ” blur and them followed by “Radial Zoom.

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Smart Blur

Line drawing created with the Smart Blur, Edge Only. With the hanging banners I elected to let the design and colors remain.

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Combining Artistic Filters

This has light rendered into the image, top right hand corner being the direction.

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Textures

Noise first applied, 50%, Gaussian, Monochromatic Unchecked — then
Artistic, Plastic Wrap Highlight 18 Detail 9 Smoothness 8	Sketch, Reticulation Density 36 Foreground Level 40 Background level 20	Cloud, then Brush Strokes, Ink Outlines Stroke Length 4 Dark Intensity 20 Light Intensity 10

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Cloud Filter

One use of the Cloud Filter is the creation of smoke.

The burning bush is such a beautiful plant in the autumn!