Using Filters

Filters change the look of the image by adding an effect to the whole image or selection at one time.  FotoCanvas includes 12 filters and the ability to use filter plug-ins.

Filters

Blur

Blurs the entire image by averaging the color in adjacent pixels

 

Gaussian Blur

A powerful Blur tool, with more extreme blurring

Sharpen

Increases the color difference in adjacent pixels to produce a sharper image

Despeckle

Reduces the amount of noise in an image

 

Edge-detect

Creates a black image with colored lines outlining the areas of an image

 

Crosshatch

Creates an artistic effect to the image using the colors of the image and crosshatch pen style

 

Pencil Drawing

Creates a white image with highlights, outlining the features in the original image.

 

Oil Paint

Creates an image that appears to be painted with a brush

Sepia

Changes the Hue of the image to create an aged appearance to the image.

Colorize

Changes the Hue and Saturation of each pixel in an image to be based on one color

Negative

Creates a negative of the image

Emboss

Creates a relief image in grayscale

Filter Plug-ins

FotoCanvas supports Adobe™ .8bf filter plug-ins. The filters provide additional artistic effects.  They are easily associated with the FotoCanvas Filter menu.

To add a filter:

  1. Do one of the following:

  2. Click Add Path and browse to the folder with the plug-in filters.

  3. Click OK.

To use the plug-ins, click Filter | Filter Plug-ins and select from the available list.