Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Working with the Effect Gallery
The Effect Gallery enables you to maintain complete and total control over Photoshop ef-
fects. In essence, the Effect Gallery gives you access to all of Photoshop's effects and lets
you apply the effects to any image, while viewing a large preview of the results. The Ef-
fect Gallery dialog box is composed of three sections—Image Preview, Effect Selection,
andEffectControls.WhenyouusetheEffectGallerytomodifytheimage,youseeexactly
how the image will look; there is no guesswork involved. When you apply an effect to an
image, you are physically remapping the pixel information within the image. Illustrator
provides almost 50 Photoshop effects and the combinations of those effects are astronom-
ical. That means there are a lot of different combinations available for you to try...have
fun.
Work with the Photoshop Effect Gallery
Select the
Layers
panel, and then select the layer you want to modify with an ef-
fect.
Click the
Effect
menu, and then click
Effect Gallery
.
Change the image preview by clicking the plus or minus zoom buttons, or by
clicking the black triangle and selecting from the preset zoom sizes.
If necessary, drag the lower right corner in or out to resize the Effect Gallery dia-
log box.
Click the
expand triangle
, located to the left of the individual categories, to ex-
pand an effect category. Effect categories include:
• Artistic
• Brush Strokes
• Distort
• Sketch
• Stylize
• Texture
