Filters - Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 for Photographers - page 346

Filter groups

Effects pane settings pane s

The filter browser, located
within the Effects palette,
gives users a good idea of
the types of changes that
a filter will make to an im-
age when selecting a spe-
cific filter.

F Filter thumbnail

Editor: Window > Effects
The number and type of filters available can make selecting which to use for a given image,
a difficult process. To help with this decision, Elements also contains a Filter Browser type
feature that displays thumbnail versions of different filter effects. This feature provide a third
way to locate and apply filter changes to your photos. The browser is located with other
thumbnail previews of shapes, graphics, themes, frames and layer styles in the Effects palette
(Window > Effects), previously located in the Contents palette.

Double-clicking the thumbnail will either open the Filter Gallery or a filter dialog, where
settings can be adjusted, or simply apply changes directly to your picture. The selection of
filters previewed in the gallery at any one time can be changed by altering the selection in the
drop-down menu at the top of the palette.

Adjustment Filters
If you have experience with earlier versions of Elements or Photoshop then the Adjustments
filter group may seem a little out of place, positioned under the Filter menu, as the options
listed here were previously located under the Enhance menu.