Advanced Techniques - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Photographers - page 244

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Use the Add Noise filter
for basic texture additions.
(1) Preview thumbnail.
(2) Filter strength.
(3) Noise type.
(4) Monochromatic check
box.

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Add Noise filter workflow:
1 Select the Add Noise filter from the Noise section of the Filter menu.
2 Adjust thumbnail preview to a view of 100% and tick the Preview option.
3 Select Uniform for an even distribution of new pixels across the image, or pick
Gaussian for a more speckled effect.
4 Tick the Monochromatic option to restrict the effect to changes in the tone of pixels
rather than color.
5 Adjust the Amount slider to control the strength of the filter, checking the results in
both the thumbnail and full image previews. Click OK to finish.

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The Add Noise filter set-
tings control the look of
the final texture.
(1) Original non-filtered
picture.
(2) Uniform Distribution
selected.
(3) Gaussian Distribution
selected.
(4) Uniform Distribution
and Monochrome setting
selected.

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