User guide

Image Adjustments and Effects 67
Saving favorites
If there's a specific filter setting (or combination of
filters) you want to keep for future use it's easy to
save it as a favorite. PhotoFix stores preset and
custom favorites together in the Favorites tab. You
can even create your own categories (e.g., My
Adjusts) within the tab for storing your custom
adjustments.
To save a filter(s) as a new favorite:
1. Click Save Filter on the modified filter's
pane.
2. From the dialog, enter a favorite name and
pick a category to save the filter to. Optionally,
click to save to a new category.
If you want to further manage your favorites into
user-defined categories, click Manage Favorites...
on the Favorites tab's Tab Menu.
When increasing the Exposure value, use the histogram to check that
your highlights aren't clipped (i.e., when the graph disappears abruptly
off the right-hand edge of the histogram).
Overview: Applying special effects
Special effects are grouped into different categories, i.e. distortion, blur,
sharpen, edge, noise, render, stylistic, and artistic, which offer the user a
diverse choice of creative opportunities in PhotoPlus.
Before going ahead and applying your effects, it's a good idea to review Using
filter layers (see p. 68) before deciding on your approach, i.e. whether you work
non-destructively or destructively.