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Special effects categories

The following are all the categories of special effects available, each of which includes several different effects that you can apply.

For information about the Sharpen special effects, see Sharpening images. For information about the Remove moiré and Remove noise effects, see Improving scanned images.

For information about applying special effects, see To apply a special effect.

3-D special effects Back to Top

You can apply three-dimensional special effects to an image to create the illusion of depth. For sample images, see 3-D effects.

The three-dimensional special effects are

Art strokes special effects Back to Top

The art strokes special effects give images a hand-painted look. You can use these effects to make images look like pastel drawings, sponge paintings, and watercolors, or to create textured backgrounds. For sample images, see Art strokes.

The art strokes special effects are

Blur special effects Back to Top

The blur special effects change the pixels of an image to soften them, smooth their edges, blend them, or create motion effects. For sample images, see Blur.

The blur special effects are

Camera special effects Back to Top

The Camera special effects let you simulate the effect produced by photographic filters, such as spot filters and diffusion filters. You can also add lighting effects, such as sun flares or spot lights. For sample images, see Camera.

The camera special effects are

The Time machine effect recreates photographic styles from the past.

Camera effects

 

Original

 

 

Colorize

Sepia toning

Time machine

Color transform special effects Back to Top

The color transform special effects let you create dramatic effects by changing the color of an image. For sample images, see Color transform.

The color transform special effects are

Contour special effects Back to Top

The contour special effects detect and accentuate the edges of objects, items, and editable areas in an image. You can adjust the level of edge detection, the type of edges that are detected, as well as the color of the edges that are detected. For sample images, see Contour.

The contour special effects are

Creative special effects Back to Top

The creative special effects use a variety of shapes and textures to transform an image into abstract art. They use craft items, crystals, fabric, glass, game pieces, frames, whirlpools, or raindrops as the foundation for creating something new. For sample images, see Creative.

The creative special effects are

Custom special effects Back to Top

The custom special effects offer you a wide range of effects to transform an image. You can create an artistic media painting, overlay an image with a customized image, or use a variety of blur, sharpen, and edge detect effects.

The custom special effects are

Distort special effects Back to Top

The distort special effects transform the appearance of images without adding depth. For sample images, see Distort.

The distort special effects are

Noise special effects Back to Top

In bitmap editing, noise is defined as the random pixels that display across an image, which resemble static on television screens. The noise special effects let you create, control, or eliminate noise. For sample images, see Noise.

The noise special effects are

Texture special effects Back to Top

The texture special effects let you add texture to an image using a variety of shapes and surfaces. You can use bricks, bubbles, canvas, elephant skin, plastic, and stone; or you can create etchings and underpaintings. You can also use these effects to make an image look as though it is painted on a plaster wall or as though you are viewing it through a screen door. For sample images, see Texture.

The texture special effects are


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