"Henrik Meier" wrote in message
Hello, since about CS2 Photoshop has some new Blur filters with names as Surface Blur, Box Blur, Shape Blur. I don’t understand the use of those filters. Do they give me some creative power (like Lens Blur, or Motion Blur), or are they completely boring? Is there anywhere an interesting explanation with examples?
Thankful for every hint! Henrik
Henrik,
Suface blur (movie)
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/tt-cs2/surface-blu r-tutorial.html others
http://designorati.com/photoshop/2006/new-to-cs2-blur-and-sh arpen-filters/ The only one I tend to use (besides Guassian) is the Smart Blur, You? If not, try this.
Open your image
Then, Filters>Blur>Smart Blur
Check High Quality and Mode Edge Only.
The radius set to about 25 and the Threshold needs to be low (the lower the setting the more lines are generated)
With all things PS you need to experiment with the settings as their effect will differ between images.(resolution and content are factors) When you apply the filter you will have a black image with white lines on it.
Hit Ctrl+I to invert the image to black lines on a white background. If you layer this image with a colour copy of the original (maybe hit with an artistic filter to make it look like a painting)
You can then alter this layers opacity to make it look like an underlying sketch and with a layer mask on the colured layer you can erase some of the colour to make your image (leaving the "construction lines" from the filtered layer) look like work in progress.
TWK
