Embossing an image You can make an image appear raised with the Emboss filter. This filter converts low-contrast areas to gray and accentuates high-con- trast areas with color (or black and white if the image is Grayscale mode) according to the placement of a theoretical light source. To apply the Emboss filter 1 Select one or more paint objects to emboss. To apply the emboss filter to a limited area in one image, select the area. The Emboss filter doesn’t work with paint objects in Black & White mode, and Indexed mode. 2 Choose Image > Filter > Stylize > Emboss. 3 Enter an Angle from 0 to 360. An angle of 0 is straight right with higher numbers going counter-clockwise. 4 Enter a height from 1 to 32 pixels to set the height of the effect. 5 Enter a number from 1 to 500 in the Amount text box. To retain more color along high-contrast borders, increase this value. Solarizing images You can create surrealistic effects in an image by applying the Solar- ize filter. The Solarize filter mimics a photographic darkroom proce- dure that exposes film to light during development. You can solarize CMYK Color, RGB Color and Grayscale mode images. If you make a selection, Canvas filters only selected pixels. To solarize an image 1 Select one or more paint objects to solarize. To apply the Solarize filter to a limited area in one image, select the area. 2 Choose Image > Filter > Stylize > Solarize. Embossed Angle = 15 Height = 8, Amount = 110 Original You can adjust the Angle, Height, and Amount individually by dragging the sliders... ...or drag the handle to set the Angle, Height, and Amount values simultaneously
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