Adobe photoshop elements User Manual

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS

results; or Good and Best for smoother results, 
which are indistinguishable except on a large 
selection. Specify the origin of the blur by dragging 
the pattern in the Blur Center box.

Precisely blurs an image. You can 

specify a radius, to determine how far the filter 
searches for dissimilar pixels to blur; a threshold, 
to determine how different the pixels’ values 
should be before they are eliminated; and a blur 
quality. You also can set a mode for the entire 
selection (Normal), or for the edges of color 
transitions (Edge Only and Overlay Edge). Where 
significant contrast occurs, Edge Only applies 
black-and-white edges, and Overlay Edge 
applies white.

Like the Artistic filters, the Brush Stroke filters give 
a painterly or fine-arts look using different brush 
and ink stroke effects. Some of the filters add 
grain, paint, noise, edge detail, or texture to an 
image for a pointillist effect. 

Accentuates the edges of an 

image. When the edge brightness control is set to a 
high value, the accents resemble white chalk; when 
set to a low value, the accents resemble black ink.

Repaints an image using diagonal 

strokes. The lighter areas of the image are painted 
in strokes going in one direction, while the darker 
areas are painted in strokes going the opposite 
direction.

Preserves the details and features of 

the original image while adding texture and 
roughening the edges of the colored areas in the 
image with simulated pencil hatching. The 
appearance of the hatching can be adjusted with 
the Stroke Length and Sharpness options. The 
Strength option controls the number of hatching 
passes, from 1 to 3.

Paints dark areas of an image closer 

to black with short, tight strokes, and paints lighter 
areas of the image with long, white strokes.

Redraws an image with fine narrow 

lines over the original details, in pen-and-ink style.

Replicates the effect of a spatter airbrush. 

Increasing the options simplifies the overall effect.

Repaints an image, using its 

dominant colors with angled, sprayed strokes 
of color.

Paints an image in Japanese style, as if with 

a wet brush full of black ink on rice paper. 
The effect is soft blurry edges with rich blacks.

The Distort filters geometrically distort an image, 
creating 3D or other reshaping effects. Note that 
these filters can be very memory intensive.

Renders an image as though it were 

viewed through a soft diffusion filter. The filter 
adds see-through white noise to an image, with the 
glow fading from the center of a selection.