User Guide

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User Guide
To use the Trace Contour filter:
1 Choose Filter > Stylize > Trace Contour, or use
the Filters palette to apply the Trace Contour filter.
2 Choose an Edge option to outline areas in the
selection: Lower outlines where the color values of
pixels fall below the specified level, and Upper
outlines where the color values fall above.
3 Enter a threshold (Level) for evaluating color
values (tonal level), from 0 to 255. Experiment
to see what values bring out the best detail in
the image.
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. (See “Using the Info
palette” on page 29.)
4 Click OK.
Wind Creates tiny horizontal lines in the image to
simulate a wind effect. Methods include Wind;
Blast, for a more dramatic wind effect; and Stagger,
which offsets the wind lines in the image.
Texture filters
Use the Texture filters to give an image the
appearance of depth or substance, or to add an
organic look.
Craquelure 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.
Grain Adds texture to an image by simulating
different kinds of grain—regular, soft, sprinkles,
clumped, contrasty, enlarged, stippled, horizontal,
vertical, and speckle. The sprinkles and stippled
options use the background color.
Mosaic Tiles 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.)
Patchwork Breaks up an image into squares
filled with the predominant color in that area of
the image. The filter randomly reduces or
increases the tile depth to replicate the highlights
and shadows.
Stained Glass Repaints an image as single-colored
adjacent cells outlined in the foreground color.
Texturizer Allows you to select a texture from a list
or select a file to use as a texture. (See “Using
texture and glass surface controls” on page 191.)
Video filters
The Video submenu contains the De-Interlace and
NTSC Colors filters.
De-Interlace Smooths moving images captured
on video by removing either the odd or even
interlaced lines in a video image. You can choose
to replace the discarded lines by duplication or
interpolation.
NTSC Colors Restricts the gamut of colors to those
acceptable for television reproduction to prevent
oversaturated colors from bleeding across
television scan lines.