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Phillip Whitt, Beginning Pixlr Editor, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2698-8_9

9. Artistic Effects Using Adjustments and Filters

Phillip Whitt

(1)Columbus, Georgia, USA

Pixlr Editor is a useful tool for adding effects to images to achieve a variety of artistic results. In Chapter 3, we looked at each adjustment and filter to see what effect is produced. In this chapter, we’ll work with a few in the upcoming tutorials to see get a good idea of the editing potential they offer.

In this chapter, we’ll learn the following:

  • Creating Shallow Depth-of-Field: In this part, we’ll use the Gaussian blur filter and the layer mask to emphasize the subject of an image.

  • Creating a Partial Effect: In this tutorial, we’ll apply the Old Photo adjustment ...

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