Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation
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Filters, effects, styles, and artwork
Filters, effects, styles, and artwork
Last updated 7/26/2011
Properties
Contains these options for the image you’re shining the light on:
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Gloss
Determines how much the surface reflects light, from Matte (low reflectance) to Shiny (high reflectance).
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Material
Determines whether the light or the object on which the light is cast reflects more light. Plastic reflects the
light’s color; Metallic reflects the object’s color.
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Exposure
Increases the light (positive values) or decreases the light (negative values). A value of 0 has no effect.
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Ambience
Diffuses the light as if it were combined with other light in a room, such as sunlight or fluorescent light.
Choose a value of 100 to use only the light source, or a value of -100 to completely diffuse the light source.
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Color box
Displays the Color Picker so you can change the color of the ambient light. Click this white box to use it.
Texture Channel
Contains these options for creating a texture for the image you’re shining the light on:
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Texture Channel menu
Lets you select the red, green, and blue color channels in your image so you can manipulate
how light reflects off of each channel, creating a texture effect. You can also choose to use the layer transparency of the
active layer to create a texture effect.
active layer to create a texture effect.
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White Is High
Raises the light parts of the channel from the surface. Deselect this option to raise the dark parts.
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Height
Varies the depth of the texture from Flat (0) to Mountainous (100).
Adjust a light
Do any of the following in the Lighting Effects preview, depending on the type of light:
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(Directional, Omni, and Spotlights) To move the light, drag the center circle.
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(Directional lights) To change the direction of the light, drag the handle at the end of the line at an angle from the
line. Command-drag to keep the light’s height constant.
line. Command-drag to keep the light’s height constant.
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(Directional lights) To change the height of the light, drag the handle at the end of the line in the direction of the
line. Shift-drag to keep the angle constant and change the light’s height (line length).
line. Shift-drag to keep the angle constant and change the light’s height (line length).
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(Omni lights) To increase or decrease the size of the light, drag one of the handles defining the edges of the light.
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(Spotlights) To change the light angle, drag the handle at the end of the line.
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(Spotlights) To stretch the ellipse or rotate the light, drag one of the handles. Shift-drag to keep the angle constant
and change only the size of the ellipse. Command-drag to keep the size constant and change the angle or direction
of the spotlight.
and change only the size of the ellipse. Command-drag to keep the size constant and change the angle or direction
of the spotlight.
More Help topics
Texture Fill
The Texture Fill filter uses a grayscale Photoshop image as a texture for an image.