Photoshop filter selection tips

Photoshop's filters have five main functions: optimizing printed images, optimizing WEB images, improving work efficiency, providing creative filters and creating three-dimensional effects. The emergence of filters has greatly enhanced the functionality of Photoshop. With filters, we can easily create very professional artistic effects. But there are many types of Photoshop filters. How do we choose practical Photoshop filters?

1. Selection of text special effects processing filters

The special effects words produced with Photoshop not only have first-class visual effects, but are also very practical. It's even easier to use Photoshop's plug-in filters to create special effect words.

1. Prefer Ulead_type.plugins

In the past, you needed to go through complex operations such as layers, channels, paths, etc. to get the results. Here you only need to use Ulead_type.plugins, and after simple adjustments, that is Can be completed. It can make dozens of special text changes, such as glass, metal, embossed, embossed, flame, snow, neon light, stamp...etc.

Note: Before applying these effects, you must first convert the text layer into a normal layer (right-click the T logo of the text layer, and then select the Render Layer command).

2. Photography of arbitrarily arranged text

Is it difficult to arrange some text in a specific path? If you were making it out of thin air, you would have to adjust it word by word. Now with Photography, it’s easy. We just need to create a new file, draw a circle, and then select the Filter-Photographic menu to enter the filter interface. Then use the pen tool to draw a curved line. Then click the T text button at the endpoint of the curve, set the font and font size in the Text panel, and enter the text.

Remember: Don’t forget to change the Stroke to 0 in the Option panel, that is, set the curve width to 0, so as not to hinder the appearance of the curve. Finally, press the Apply To New Layer (generate a new layer) command.

2. Button special effects processing filter selection

Buttons are objects that we often make. We can use good filters to help us make them easily.

Photo Tools is the most powerful and effective among the many PhotoShop Plugins. One of the components, PhotoButton, is currently the best button maker.

In this filter, buttons have very rich attributes. They are organized with four tags: Shape, Bevel, Color, and Texture. They can set the shape, bevel, color, and texture of the button respectively.

The program has 7 preset bevel shapes. You can design more complex bevel types through the Bevel Shape curve chart. To define a new button shape, first select the most similar built-in shape, then press the Pen tool and move the cursor to the preview window. The button's outline and control nodes will be displayed. Drag the outline and Control the node and the button's shape changes. PhotoButton also allows you to set the number of buttons, the arrangement of buttons, and the distance between buttons. It is very convenient to batch-produce buttons in one go.

3. Border special effect processing filter selection

Are photos or other pictures that are boxy too old-fashioned? Therefore, adding a personalized border to them is something that is often done in graphics and image processing work. Then you must choose Photo/Graphic Edge. Although it cannot be used for drawing directly, it is a piece of cake to add cool borders to your existing photos and pictures.

Photo/Graphic Edge includes 40 filter effects, such as: Carve, Bevel, Glow, Shadows, and Lighting, etc., as well as 1,000 background patterns that you can apply directly to pictures. At the same time, the border can also be rotated, resized, and changed in width, and multiple borders and filter effects can be applied at the same time. The effect will be better when combined with each other.

4. Texture material processing filter selection

How can graphics and image processing work not involve texture material processing? Andromeda's new series of filter products Techtures is the best choice. It not only has a beautiful interface that is pleasing to the eye, but also offers up to 900 seamless materials.

Although you start with a set of fixed patterns, you can create almost unlimited pattern combinations through these patterns. You can control how much these patterns are blended, and you can apply the patterns in a block or weave pattern to your image. You can also produce 3D effect maps, such as Bump maps (bump maps) and Environment maps (environment maps), with jaw-dropping effects.

The above are all filters to be selected according to your specific needs. Finally, I recommend three classic Photoshop filters to you:

1. KPT series-this is produced by Metatools A unique set of filter plug-ins developed by the company, with a sophisticated interface and very powerful functions.

2. Eye Candy - The Eye Candy library comes with 21 filters, which can easily achieve special effects such as engraving, chrome plating, shearing, flame, fluff, and weaving.

3. Xenofex - This is another quality filter from Alien Skin Softwave Company. It is easy to operate and has wonderful effects. It is another good assistant for graphic image design and is called a stunt master.

Cleverly using filters can simplify our work a lot, and the effect will be better, so why not do it?

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