Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 200

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 195 User Guide Sponge The Sponge filter paints a layer with highly textured areas of contrasting color. You can set the brush size, image definition, and edge smoothness. Underpainting The Underpainting filter paints a layer as if it were on a textured background. You can set the brush size, texture coverage area, and texture options. Texture options make images appear as if they are painted onto textures such as canvas and brick or viewed through glass blocks. Watercolor The Watercolor filter paints an image in a watercolor style, simplifying details in an image by using a medium brush loaded with water and color. Where significant tonal changes occur at edges, the filter saturates colors. You can set the brush detail, shadow intensity, and texture. Blur filters Average The Average filter finds the average color of an image or selection, and then fills the image or selection with the color to create a smooth look. For example, if you select an area of grass, the filter changes the area into a homogeneous patch of green. Blur and Blur More 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. Blur Eliminates noise where significant 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. Blur More Produces an effect several times stronger than that of the Blur filter. Note: Before applying a Blur filter, deselect the Lock transparent pixels option in the Layers palette.