Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
The Adjustments filters
used to reside under the
Enhance menu in previ-
ous versions of Ele-
ments.
Equalize - When you apply the Equalize filter Elements redistributes the brightness values of
the image's pixels so that they more evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels.
Gradient Map - The Gradient Map filter converts the underlying tones (grayscale
information) of the photo to the colors and tones of the selected gradient.
Invert - The Invert filter produces a negative version of your image. The feature literally
swaps the values of each of the image tones.
Posterize - The Posterize filter reduces the total number of colors in an image by letting you
set the number of brightness levels per channel.
Threshold - The Threshold filter converts the picture to pure black and white, removing any
tonal detail in the process.
Photo Filter - The Photo filter simulates the color changes that are made to a picture when it
is photographed through a color correction filter.
Sharpen Filters
The other exception to general filter rules in Elements is the
Sharpening filters. These three options - Auto Sharpen, Unsharp
Mask and Adjust Sharpness are all listed under the Enhance menu.
At first this may seem strange but when you think that adding a
little sharpening to your images should be a regular part of your
enhancement workflow, we can start to see where Adobe is coming
from. Go to the Sharpening filter entry in the examples on the next
pages for greater detail on each of these options.
Let's get filtering
To give you a head start with your filtering, the next few pages
contain some examples of the effects of a range of filters when applied
to the same base image. The results, along with a summary of how
the filter works, is included with each example image.
All sharpen filters in Elements reside under the Enhance
menu, not the Filter menu as you may first think.
 
 
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