User Guide

Using Dynamic Plug-ins320
The Equalize dynamic plug-in creates
a histogram showing the number of
pixels for each brightness level value.
Equalize allows gamma adjustment,
which lightens or darkens an image
without changing highlights or
shadows.
To create an Equalize dynamic
layer:
1 Make a selection in the document
window if you want the new
dynamic layer to be a specific size.
2 On the Layers palette, click the
Dynamic Plug-ins button and
choose Equalize.
3 In the Equalize dialog box, adjust
the contrast by dragging the small
black and white markers under the
histogram.
Any values in the image located to
the right of the white marker
become white; any values to the
left of the black marker become
black.
4 Drag the Brightness slider to
adjust only the midtones of an
image and leave the white and
black areas untouched.
5 Click OK to apply the settings.
Note
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You can also use the Opacity slider on
the Layers palette to adjust the Equalize
effect.
Glass Distortion
The Glass Distortion dynamic plug-in
creates a layer that applies Glass
Distortion to the imagery beneath it.
You can move the layer in the
document to view the distortion over
different imagery.
For best results, you should have
interesting imagery beneath the Glass
Distortion dynamic layer.
The Glass Distortion dynamic layer in action.
To create a Glass Distortion
dynamic layer:
1 Make a selection in the document
window if you want the new
dynamic layer to be a specific size.
2 On the Layers palette, click the
Dynamic Plug-ins button and
choose Glass Distortion.
3 In the Glass Distortion Options
dialog box, choose a displacement
source from the Using pop-up
menu.
• Paper uses the selected paper
texture. Paper texture is good
for creating the pebbled glass
effect. Unless you want frosted
glass, you’ll probably want to
increase the scale of the paper.
• Current Selection uses the cur-
rent selection.
• Image Luminance uses the
current document’s luminance.
• Original Luminance uses the
clone source’s luminance.
Image pixels are displaced based
on the light and dark areas of the
source.
4 Drag the sliders and set controls to
adjust the distortion effect.