Adobe Photoshop Photo Filter

with Don Schechter

Transcript: Adobe Photoshop Photo Filter

Hi. I'm Don Schechter for About.com Computing.

Today I am going to show you how to use the photo filter with Adobe Photoshop CS 2 to make your digital pictures look nicer.

Choose a Picture for Photoshop Photo Filter

First, I am going to open up Adobe Photoshop. Go to File, Open and select your digital picture.

One of the many problems with this picture is that it is too green. See those walls? They would look better if they were white or had some orange sunlight hitting them.

New Layer for Photoshop Photo Filter

On the bottom right of the screen click on the Create New Fill or Adjustment layer.

Locating Photoshop Photo Filter

It's the icon that looks like a half-filled-in circle. Choose Photo Filter. If the Preview button is already checked, you'll see your image adjusted right away. A Warming filter has been automatically applied to it.

Choosing Photoshop Photo Filter Features

If you click on the tab next to filter, there are actually many presets, ranging from various warming and cooling filters to a sepia filter.

If you want to create your own filter you can click on the square next to the word Color. Here you can choose what color to make your filter. I will choose a shade of orange.

You can move the density slider to make the effect more or less pronounced. Click on the preview box to see your effect before, and after.

When you're happy with what you've done, just click OK.

The Photo Filter is a quick and easy way to change the overall color of your digital pictures.

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