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Filters, mainly used to achieve a variety of special effects of the image. It has a very magical effect in Photoshop . All filters are placed in the menu by category in Photoshop and only need to execute this command from the menu. The operation of the filter is very simple, but it is very difficult to use it properly. Filters often need to be used in conjunction with channels, layers, and so on to achieve the best artistic effect. If you want to apply the filter to the most appropriate position at the most appropriate time, in addition to the usual art skills, you also need to be familiar with the user's filter and control ability, even need to have a very rich imagination. In this way, the application of filters to the targeted, to play an artistic talent.

The Photoshop filter can be divided into three parts: an inner threshold filter, a built-in filter (that is, a filter that comes with Photoshop), and a plug-in filter (also known as a third-party filter).

The inner threshold filter refers to a filter inside the Photoshop program, with a total of 6 groups of 24 filters. Built-in filter refers to Photoshop's default installation, the Photoshop installer automatically installs the filters in the Pluging directory, with a total of 12 groups of 72 filters. The external filter is a filter produced by a third-party manufacturer for Photoshop, in addition to the above two filters, and they are not only complete in variety but also powerful, while the versions and types are constantly upgraded and updated. That's the point I'm going to talk about.

The Photoshop plug-in filters are basically installed in their Plug-ins directory and are installed in several different situations: 1, some plug-in filter itself with the ability to search the Photoshop directory, will be installed in the filter part of the Photoshop directory, the boot section installed under Program files. This kind of software if you have not registered, every time you start the computer will jump out a prompt you to register the dialog box. 2, some plug filter does not have automatic search function, so must manually select the installation path, and must be the Plug-ins directory of Photoshop, in order to successfully install, or you will jump out of an installation error dialog box.

3, there are some filters do not need to install, as long as directly copy it to the Plug-ins directory can be used.

after the installation of all the external filters, you do not need to restart the computer, as long as the start of Photoshop can be used. After you open Photoshop, you'll notice that they're neatly arranged in the filter menu. But there are exceptions, and the filters installed in this case automatically generate a menu in Photoshop's menu, and its name is usually the company name of the filters.

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