Photoshop for Designers: Filters (2013)

Filters are a part of Adobe Photoshop often misused or overlooked by designers. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them both with other filters and with the Photoshop masking and blending tools for maximum visual impact. Plus, learn how to use filter blending modes, filter masks, and how to stack filters to create unique filter combinations.

Introduction 1m 45s
Welcome 1m 3s
Using the exercise files 42s

1. Overview 18m 6s
Designing with filters 1m 25s
Terms, keyboard shortcuts, and menus 6m 47s
The importance of Smart Filters 2m 50s
Understanding filter blend modes 1m 47s
Using filter masks 1m 49s
The stacking order of filters 3m 28s

2. Sharpening: What Every Designer Needs to Know 24m 1s
Sharpening overview 4m 17s
Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen 4m 22s
Sharpening with Vivid Light and Surface Blur 4m 51s
Sharpening with Gaussian Blur 5m 38s
High-pass sharpening 1m 41s
Sharpening and line art 3m 12s

3. Blurring for Effect 28m 26s
Using Field Blur to vary focus in a scene 3m 22s
Using Iris Blur to accentuate a foreground 3m 9s
Using Iris Blur with the Bokeh effect 2m 57s
Creating an abstract bokeh background 3m 38s
Creating a tilt-shift effect 4m 27s
Creating a blur effect with Motion Blur and Puppet Warp 6m 31s
Using Motion Blur to create a starburst effect 2m 9s
Creating a radial blur 2m 13s

4. Artistic Filters 45m 57s
An overview of the Filter Gallery 3m 44s
Beyond the Colored Pencil 4m 47s
Using the Cutout filter: Part one 9m 50s
Using the Cutout filter: Part two 4m 46s
Using the Cutout filter: Part three 6m 48s
The Dry Brush filter 2m 48s
Looking at the Fresco filter 4m 31s
Turning on the neon 5m 32s
Using the Poster Edges filter 3m 11s

5. Brush Strokes Filters 20m 21s
The Angled Strokes filter 3m 32s
The Crosshatch filter 4m 24s
The Ink Outlines filter 7m 15s
Sumi-e 5m 10s

6. Working with the Distort Filters 27m 1s
Creating a circular image with the Polar Coordinates filter 8m 7s
Applying distort filters to shape layers 7m 19s
Creating marbled paper with the Wave filter 7m 46s
Creating Art Nouveau type with the ZigZag filter 3m 49s

7. Effective Use of the Pixelate Filters 30m 34s
Using the Color Halftone filter 3m 59s
Using Color Halftone for a black-and-white halftone effect 4m 17s
Creating a line drawing with the Fragment filter 3m 0s
Creating an authentic mezzotint 9m 31s
Creating a misregistration effect 2m 15s
Experimenting with pointillist techniques 7m 32s

8. Using the Render Filters 30m 19s
Creating a woodgrain effect with Fibers 3m 16s
Distressing a photo with Fibers and Difference Clouds 7m 56s
Creating synthetic textures with the Clouds filter 2m 25s
Adding drama with Lens Flare 6m 27s
Using Lighting Effects with a texture map 5m 44s
Creating a patchwork effect 4m 31s

9. Creative Use of the Sketch Filters 49m 28s
Combining Bas Relief with Lighting Effects 8m 8s
Creating a charcoal portrait 3m 54s
Making it shine with the Chrome filter 5m 47s
Creating a portrait with the Graphic Pen filter 4m 5s
Creating a circular halftone effect 5m 12s
Creating a line halftone effect with a displacement map 4m 35s
Creating a scan-line effect 4m 58s
Creating a hand-painted look using the Photocopy filter 7m 19s
Creating a "cut paper collage" using the Stamp filter 5m 30s

10. Working with the Stylize Filters 38m 39s
Creating a painterly look with the Diffuse filter 4m 26s
Using the Find Edges filter to create a line drawing 3m 49s
Combining the Find Edges filter with hand painting 8m 22s
Creating a glowing-edges effect 4m 15s
Creating effective solarizations 2m 42s
Creative use of the Tiles and Offset filters 8m 11s
Creating a line drawing with the Trace Contour filter 6m 54s

11. Using the Texture Filters 20m 44s
Straightening perspective with Adaptive Wide Angle 4m 45s
Combining Lens Correction and Adaptive Wide Angle 2m 31s
Suggestions for working with the Oil Paint filter 5m 24s
A simple application of the Vanishing Point filter 3m 40s
Combining the Liquify and Vanishing Point filters 4m 24s

12. Creative Use of the "Big" Filters 1m 56s
Third-party filters and beyond 1m 56s