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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
Paint Daubs Makes an image look painted. You
can set the brush size, image sharpness, and brush
types in the filter options.
Palette Knife Reduces detail in an image to give
the effect of a thinly painted canvas that reveals the
texture underneath. You can set the stroke size,
stroke detail, and edge softness in the filter
options.
Plastic Wrap Renders a layer as if it is coated in
shiny plastic, accentuating the surface detail. You
can set the highlight strength, plastic wrap detail,
and plastic smoothness in the filter options.
Poster Edges Reduces the number of colors in an
image according to the posterization option you
set, finds the edges of the image, and draws black
lines on them. Large broad areas of the image
receive simple shading while fine dark details are
distributed throughout the image. You can set the
edge thickness, edge intensity, and posterization in
the filter options.
Rough Pastels Makes an image appear as if it was
stroked with colored pastel chalk on a textured
background. In areas of bright color, the chalk
appears thick with little texture; in darker areas,
the chalk appears scraped off to reveal the texture.
You can set the stroke length, stroke detail, and
texture in the filter options. For more information
on setting the Texture options, see “Transforming
layers, selections, and shapes” on page 153.
Smudge Stick Softens an image using short
diagonal strokes to smudge or smear the darker
areas of the images. Lighter areas become brighter
and lose detail. You can set the stroke length,
highlight area, and intensity in the filter options.
Sponge Paints a layer with highly textured areas
of contrasting color. You can set the brush size,
image definition, and edge smoothness in the filter
options.
Underpainting Paints a layer as if it exists on a
textured background. You can set the brush size,
texture coverage area, and texture options in the
filter options.
Watercolor Paints an image in a watercolor style,
simplifying details in an image by using a medium
brush loaded with water and color. Where signif-
icant tonal changes occur at edges, the filter
saturates colors. You can set the brush detail,
shadow intensity, and texture in the filter options.
Blur filters
The Blur filters soften a selection or an image, and
are useful for retouching. They smooth transitions
by averaging the color values of pixels next to the
hard edges of defined lines and shaded areas.
Note: Before applying a Blur filter, deselect the Lock
transparent pixels option in the Layers palette. (See
“Locking layers” on page 107.)
Blur and Blur More Eliminate noise where signif-
icant color transitions occur in an image. Blur
filters smooth transitions by averaging the color
values of pixels next to the hard edges of defined
lines and shaded areas. The Blur More filter
produces an effect several times stronger than that
of the Blur filter.
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