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layer to select it.
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$ Click Filter. % Click Convert for Smart Filters.
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l The Background layer icon changes to a smart object icon and the Background layer is renamed, in this case to Layer 2.
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^ Click Filter. & Click Blur. * Click Gaussian Blur.
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The Gaussian Blur dialog box appears.
( Click and drag the slider to blur the main image.
) Click OK. q Click the Hue/Saturation button in the Adjustments panel.
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w Click and drag the Saturation slider to the left to adjust the look. The photo looks like a woodcut with a painted or inked background.
Change It!
More Options!
Did You Know?
You can click the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to edit the settings. You can double-click the words Gaussian Blur in the Layers panel to edit the smart filter and change the amount of blur.
The High Pass filter retains edge details wherever there are sharp color contrasts and reduces the rest of the image to a flat grayscale. You can create a woodcut with less detail by lowering the setting of the High Pass filter.
The Threshold command changes images to highcontrast black and white, in which pixels with gray values above 128 turn white and pixels below 128 turn black. Setting the threshold below 128 reduces the strength of the woodcut lines.
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