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	Artistic Filtering page five Here are two possible methods for altering a male portrait to “depersonalize” it, or make it into a generic illustration. The top image is the original, unfiltered photo from the Corel Studio samples. The middle image was not filtered, but the blend mode of the Colored Image Outline layer was changed to Multiply. The third example was made by applying the Water Paper filter (Filter > Sketch > Water Paper) to the background copy layer, and then changing the blend mode of the Colored Image Outline layer to Hard Light.	back start Tips Elements Tools Elements Palettes
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	Craquelure with Hue/Sat adjustment original, unfiltered image [Not on the .pdf—the Ctrl-J shortcut for duplicating a layer or selection contents to a new layer is disabled in Elements 2. Use Layer > New > Layer via Copy instead.] If you would like to download a zipped pdf file of this tutorial, please click on the link below and save it to your hard drive. Artistic Filtering pdf 448 KB If you don’t know how to expand a zipped file or use Acrobat Reader, download the file above and then go here to find instructions. back to Elements Tips
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Artistic Filtering

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Copyright © 2002 by Jay Arraich.
All rights reserved.
All photographs copyright ©2002 by Jay Arraich
jay@arraich.com