User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing

Stained Glass

Tile Size Adjust the effect of the filter by moving the Tile Size slider or by

changing the numerical value in the field.

Tile Shape Select either square or hexagon tile shapes.

Anti-Alias If your work is for the Web, select the Anti-alias Tiles option.

Border Thickness Adjust the size and the thickness of the space that separates each piece

of “stained glass”.

Bevel

Use the Bevel filter to give any 2D image a 3D appearance. If you are creating Web buttons and want

to give the buttons a raised appearance, apply the Bevel filter.

When working with images, you can access the Bevel filter dialog by choosing Image | Filter | Stylize

"Using SpriteEffects" on page 650).

For images, ensure you apply a visibility mask to the area of the image to which you’ll apply

the effect (see "Adding visibility masks to images" on page 428). If the image has a

transparency mask, select the area to be beveled with either the Wand tool or Marquee tools.

Before Bevel effect

After Bevel effect

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