Adobe 29180155 User Guide - Page 217

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 212 User Guide Glowing Edges The Glowing Edges filter identifies the edges of color and adds a neon-like glow to them. You can set the edge width, brightness, and smoothness. Solarize The Solarize filter blends a negative and a positive image, for a result similar to exposing a photographic print briefly to light during development. Tiles The Tiles filter breaks up an image into a series of tiles, offsetting the selection from its original position. You can set the number of tiles and the offset percentage. You can also choose one of the following to fill the empty area between the tiles: Background Color, Foreground Color, Inverse Image, or Unaltered Image, which puts the tiled version on top of the original and reveals part of the original image underneath the tiled edges. Trace Contour The Trace Contour filter finds the transitions of major brightness areas and thinly outlines them for an effect similar to the lines in a contour map. You can set the level for evaluating color values, and specify whether to outline pixels that are below (Lower) or above (Upper) that level. Use the Info palette in Grayscale mode to identify a color value that you want traced. Then enter the value in the Level text box. Wind The Wind filter creates tiny horizontal lines in the image to simulate a wind effect. You can set the wind strength and direction. Texture filters Craquelure The Craquelure filter paints an image onto a high-relief plaster surface, producing a fine network of cracks that follow the contours of the image. Use this filter to create an embossing effect with images that contain a broad range of color or grayscale values. You can set the crack spacing, depth, and brightness. Grain The Grain filter adds texture to an image by simulating different kinds of grain. The sprinkles and stippled grain types use the background color. You can set the grain intensity, contrast, and type. Mosaic Tiles The Mosaic Tiles filter draws the image as if it were made up of small chips or tiles and adds grout between the tiles. (In contrast, the Pixelate > Mosaic filter breaks up an image into blocks of different-colored pixels.) You can set the tile size, grout width, and grout highlights.