Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 325)

318 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Layers
Last updated 1/10/2010
Use filter masks to selectively mask Smart Filter effects. See “ Mask Smart Filters ” on page 319.
Apply a Smart Filter
1 Do one of the following:
• To apply a Smart Filter to an entire Smart Object layer, select the layer in the Layers panel.
• To constrain the effects of the Smart Filter to a selected area of a Smart Object layer, make a selection.
• To apply a Smart Filter to a regular layer, select the layer, and choose Filter > Convert For Smart Filters, and click OK.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose a filter from the Filter menu. You can choose any filter, including third-party filters that support Smart
Filters, except Extract, Liquify, Pattern Maker, and Vanishing Point.
• Choose Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight or Image > Adjustments > Variations.
Note: If you apply one or more filters using the Filter Gallery, they appear as a group in the Layers panel named “Filter
Gallery.” You can’t rearrange filters in a Filter Gallery. You can edit individual filters by double-clicking a Filter Gallery
entry.
3 Set filter options and click OK.
The Smart Filter appears under the Smart Filters line in the Layers panel beneath the Smart Object layer. If you see a
warning icon next to a Smart Filter in the Layers panel, the filter doesn’t support the image’s color mode or depth.
After you apply a Smart Filter, you can drag it (or an entire group of Smart Filters) onto another Smart Object layer in
the Layers panel; press Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac
OS) Smart Filters. You can’t drag Smart Filters onto
regular layers.
For a video on applying smart filters, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0004 .
Edit a Smart Filter
If a Smart Filter contains editable settings, you can edit it at any time. You can also edit blending options for Smart
Filters.
Note: When you edit a Smart Filter, you can’t preview filters stacked above it. After you finish editing the Smart Filter,
Photoshop again displays the filters stacked above it.
More Help topics
“ List of blending modes ” on page 351
“ Specify opacity for a layer or group ” on page 298
Edit Smart Filter settings
1 Double-click the Smart Filter in the Layers panel.
2 Set filter options, and click OK.
Edit Smart Filter blending options
Editing Smart Filter blending options is similar to using the Fade command when applying a filter to a traditional layer.
1 Double-click the Edit Blending Options icon next to the Filter in the Layers panel.
2 Set blending options, and click OK.