Adobe photoshop elements User Manual

CHAPTER 9

Lets you produce myriad lighting 

effects on RGB images by varying 17 light styles, 
3 light types, and 4 sets of light properties. You can 
also use textures from grayscale files (called bump 
maps) to produce 3D-like effects and save your 
own styles for use in other images. (See “Lighting 
Effects filter” on page 207.)

Fills a selection with a grayscale file or 

part of a file. To add the texture to the document 
or selection, you open the grayscale document you 
want to use as the texture fill.

The Sharpen filters focus blurry images by 
increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels.

Focus a selection 

and improve its clarity. The Sharpen More filter 
applies a stronger sharpening effect than does the 
Sharpen filter.

Find the areas 

in the image where significant color changes occur 
and sharpen them. The Sharpen Edges filter 
sharpens only edges while preserving the overall 
smoothness of the image. Use this filter to sharpen 
edges without specifying an amount. For profes-
sional color correction, use the Unsharp Mask 
filter to adjust the contrast of edge detail and 
produce a lighter and darker line on each side of 
the edge. This process will emphasize the edge and 
create the illusion of a sharper image. (See “Sharp-
ening images” on page 98.)

Filters in the Sketch submenu add texture to 
images, often for a 3D effect. The filters also are 
useful for creating a fine-arts or hand-drawn look. 
Many of the Sketch filters use the foreground and 
background color as they redraw the image.

Transforms an image to appear carved 

in low relief and lit to accent the surface variations. 
Dark areas of the image take on the foreground 
color, light areas use the background color.

Redraws an image’s highlights 

and midtones with a solid midtone gray back-
ground drawn in coarse chalk. Shadow areas are 
replaced with black diagonal charcoal lines. The 
charcoal is drawn in the foreground color, the 
chalk in the background color.

Redraws an image to create a posterized, 

smudged effect. Major edges are boldly drawn, 
while midtones are sketched using a diagonal 
stroke. Charcoal is the foreground color, and the 
paper is the background color.

Treats the image as if it were a polished 

chrome surface. Highlights are high points and 
shadows are low points in the reflecting surface. 
After applying the filter, use the Levels dialog box 
to add more contrast to the image.

Replicates the texture of dense dark 

and pure white Conté crayons on an image. The 
Conté Crayon filter uses the foreground color for 
dark areas and the background color for light 
areas. For a truer effect, change the foreground 
color to one of the common Conté Crayon colors 
(black, sepia, sanguine) before applying the filter.