ABSTRACT
Filter essentials Most of the Photoshop fi lters provide a preview dialog with slider settings that you can adjust. Some of the more sophisticated plug-ins (such as Liquify) are like applications operating within Photoshop. These have a modal dialog interface, which means that whenever the fi lter dialog is open, Photoshop is pushed into the background and this can usefully free up keyboard shortcuts. With so many effects fi lters to choose from in Photoshop, there is plenty enough to experiment with. The danger is that you can all too easily get lost endlessly searching through all the different fi lter settings. There is not enough room here to describe every Photoshop fi lter, but we shall look at a few of the ways fi lters can enhance an image, highlighting the more useful creative fi lters plus a few personal favorites.
