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Filter Gallery Menu: Filter > Filter Gallery Shortcut: – Version: 6.0, 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3
Menu: Filter > Convert for Smart Filters Shortcut: – See also: Smart Filter, Smart Objects, Convert for Smart Filters Version: CS3 See also: Filters, Smart Filters
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Filter panel Menu: Bridge: Window > Filter Panel Shortcut: – See also: Metadata panel, Bridge, Sort Version: CS3
The new Filter panel in Bridge 2.0 (1) contains a selection of file attributes that can be used as ready-made search criteria in order to quickly display a subset of photos in the content area. Clicking on any of the entries in the palette automatically filters the pictures in the content area to display only those images that contain this attribute. A tick is placed to the left of the selected filtering attribute (2). To change the sequence in which thumbnails in the content area are displayed, select a Sort option (3) from the pop-up menu on the top right of the panel. To view all items in the selected folder and subfolders click the Folder icon in the top left of the panel (4). To clear all filters, click the Stop icon at the bottom right of the panel (5) and to maintain filter settings while browsing click the Map pin icon (6).
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The concept of non-destructive editing is ever growing in popularity and acceptance. Now, many dedicated amateurs are working like professionals by embracing ways of enhancing and editing that don’t destroy or change the original pixels in order to produce an end result. Masking techniques, adjustment layers and the use of Smart Objects are the foundation technologies of many of these techniques. But try as we may, some changes have just not been possible to apply non-destructively. Filtering is one area in particular where this is the case. For example, applying a sharpening filter to a picture irreversibly changes the pixels in the photo forever. For this reason many photographers have been applying such filters to copies of the original document rather than altering the original photo. With the introduction of the Smart Filters technology in Photoshop CS3, these filtering tasks can now be applied nondestructively, removing the need to filter copied versions of our photos. Smart Filters are based on the Smart Object technology that became available in CS2. Smart Filtering is a two-step process. First the picture is converted to a Smart Object (Filter > Convert for Smart Filters) and then the filter is applied to the Smart Object layer. As the filter operation is applied to the photo via a layer mask it is also possible to localize the effects of the filter by editing the mask.
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The Filter Gallery is an extended filter dialog that is designed to allow the user to apply several different filters to a single image or the same filter multiple times to the same photo. The dialog consists of a preview area (1), a collection of filters that can be used with the feature (2), a settings area with sliders to control the filter effect (3) and a list of filters that are currently being applied to the picture (4). Multiple filters are applied to a picture by selecting the filter, adjusting the settings to suit the image and then clicking the New Effect Layer button at the bottom of the dialog. Filters are arranged in the sequence they are applied. Applied filters can be moved to a different spot in the sequence by click-dragging them up or down the stack. Click the Eye icon to hide the effect of the selected filter from preview. Filters can be deleted from the list by selecting them first and then clicking the Dustbin icon at the bottom of the dialog. Most of the filters that can’t be used with the Filter Gallery feature are either applied to the picture with no user settings, or make use of a dedicated filter dialog that contains a preview area and several slider controls. Filters can also be accessed via the Filter menu.