Stylize filter and effect (bottom of menu), Texture filters and effects – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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Stamp

Simplifies the image to appear stamped with a rubber or wood stamp. This command is best used with black-

and-white images.

Torn Edges

Reconstructs the image as ragged, torn pieces of paper, and then colorizes the image using black and

white. This command is particularly useful for images consisting of text or high-contrast objects.

Water Paper

Uses blotchy daubs that appear painted onto fibrous, damp paper, causing the colors to flow and blend.

Stylize filter and effect (bottom of menu)

The Glowing Edges effect is raster-based and uses the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the
effect to a vector graphic. This command is available only for documents in RGB color mode.

Glowing Edges

Identifies the edges of color and adds a neon-like glow to them.

Texture filters and effects

The Texture effects are raster-based and use the document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a
vector graphic. They are available only for documents in RGB color mode.

Craquelure

Paints an image onto a high-relief plaster surface, producing a fine network of cracks that follow the

contours of the image. Use this filter to create an embossing effect with images that contain a broad range of color or
grayscale values.

Grain

Adds texture to an image by simulating different kinds of grain—regular, soft, sprinkles, clumped, contrasty,

enlarged, stippled, horizontal, vertical, or speckle. For more information on using this command’s texturizing
options, see “Use texture and glass surface controls” on page 362.

Mosaic Tiles

Draws the image as if it were made up of small chips or tiles and adds grout between the tiles. (In

contrast, the Pixelate > Mosaic command breaks up an image into blocks of different-colored pixels.)

Patchwork

Breaks up an image into squares filled with the predominant color in that area of the image. The filter

randomly reduces or increases the tile depth to replicate highlights and shadows.

Stained Glass

Repaints an image as single-colored adjacent cells outlined in the foreground color.

Texturizer

Applies a texture you select or create to an image.