Adobe Photoshop Tips and Tutorials
Filters
As I mentioned before, other than a U.V. Filter
to protect my lens, I rarely use photo filters. I
will occasionally place a circular polarizing filter
on a lens to cut back on reflections. However,
Photoshop can duplicate most any photo filter
with the exception of the polarizer. This allows
me to "add" the filter during post-processing
and gives me complete control over the
intensity of the filter.
1. To add a filter effect to your photo click on the "Make New Adjustment Layer" icon at the
bottom of the layers palette. From the drop-down list in the Photo Filter dialogue box,
choose a filter. There is quite the extensive list of filters here to choose from. You have
the traditional photo filters like the warming and cooling filters as well as color filters to
choose from. What is cool about this method of adding filters is that you can control the
amount or "Density" of the filtering effect. You can do this using two different methods.
You can use the "Density" slider on the Photo Filter dialogue and click "OK". After clicking
"OK" and the Photo Filter Layer is added you can adjust the amount yet again with the
"Opacity" adjustment at the top of the Layers palette. Experiment! For our photo I chose
not to add a filter effect How's that for a subtle adjustment?!
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