Median

The Median effect replaces each pixel with the median pixel value of neighboring pixels within a given radius. At low values, this effect is useful for reducing some types of noise. At higher values, this effect gives a layer a painterly effect. This effect is the same at both Draft and Best quality. Use Radius to specify how many pixels to examine for the Median effect. For instance, when Radius is set to 1, the Median is performed on the eight neighboring pixels that are within one pixel of the center pixel.


Original layer (left), with low radius values to reduce noise (center), and with high radius values to create a painterly effect (right)