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Filters are used to enhance photos and apply creative effects and artistic styles with a single click or adjustment.

 

Filters can be applied by selecting the items in the Filters menu.

 

There are the following categories of filters:

 

Custom Filter

 

Create your own filter based on custom values. Save and load the preset.

 

user-filter

 

Third-Party Filters

 

Allows you to use third-party 8bf filters.  .8bf format is a Photoshop Filter Plug-in file. You can find free or purchase commercial plugins, and put into the following folder:

Documents\AlterPhoto\filters_x64.

 

8bf

 

 

Lens Correction

 

These filters help you correct distortions and other imperfections caused by camera lenses. These filters can remove barrel or pincushion distortion, correct vignetting (darkening of the corners), and fix perspective distortions (that is not actually caused by camera lenses).

 

filters-lens-corrections

 

Denoise / Smooth

 

Provides few methods for removing noise from the photo, for smoothing, unsharpen, blur etc.

 

filters-denoise

 

Sharpen

 

Allows you to add sharpness to your photo.

 

filters-sharpen

 

 

Shadow

 

Allows you to add a shadow to an image (at the image level, not the layer level).

 

filters-shadow

 

 

Distortion

 

Includes several filters that apply different distortion effects to your image.

 

filters-distortion

 

 

Drawing

 

Contains several filters that imitate drawing techniques.

 

filters-drawing

 

 

Pixelization

 

Includes two filters: Mosaic and Pixelization:

 

filters-mosaic

 

 

Dilation / Erosion

 

Filters which can add dilation and erosion effects to your photo.

 

filters-errosion

 

 

Morphing

 

4 morphing filters: Maximum, Minimum, Opening, Closing.

 

filters-morphing

 

 

Bump Map

 

Carved effect on the surface.

 

filters-bump-map

 

 

Gradient Map

 

filters-gradient-map

 

 

Texture

 

Applies texture to the photo.

 

filters-texture

 

 

Frame

 

Adds frame to the photo.

 

filters-frame

 

 

Decoration

 

Adds various decorations to the photo.

 

filters-decoration

 

 

The full list of filters in the Filter Browser:

 

1.Inner Shadow;

2.Soft Shadow (1);

3.Soft Shadow (2);

4.Blur;

5.Edge;

6.Emboss;

7.Lens Distortion Correction

8.Perspective correction

9.Vignette removal

10.Auto-Sharp;

11.Mosaic;

12.Black and White (1);

13.Black and White (2);

14.Dispose Channels;

15.Dilate (Cross);

16.Dilate (Ellipse);

17.Dilate (Rect);

18.Erode (Cross);

19.Erode (Ellipse);

20.Erode (Rect);

21.Simple Sketch;

22.Feather Alpha Edges;

23.Fantasy Colors;

24.Lens;

25.Tile;

26.Rainbow;

27.Graphite;

28.Negative;

29.Pencil Sketch (Color);  

30.Pencil Sketch (Grayscale);

31.Graffiti;

32.Pixelize;

33.RadialStretch;

34.Reflection;

35.Sharpen;

36.Warp;

37.Wave;

38.Old Paper;

39.Spilled Paint;

40.Dots;

41.Sakura (1);

42.Sakura (2);

43.Wall;

44.Leather;

45.Canvas;

46.Gradient;

47.Butterflies;

48.Butterflies (2);

49.Butterflies (3);

50.Leafs (1);

51.Leafs (2);

52.Leafs (3);

53.Rose;

54.Child (1);

55.Child (2);

56.Letter;

57.Letter (2);

58.Holiday (1);

59.Holiday (2);

60.Holiday (3);

61.Holiday (4);

62.Wedding (1);

63.Wedding (2);

64.Wedding (3);

65.Birthday (1);

66.Birthday (2);

67.Birthday (3);

68.New Year (1);

69.New Year (2);

70.New Year (3);

71.Corrugation;

72.Green Fabric;

73.Sun Rays;

74.Dirty Wall;

75.Vintage;

76.Brick Wall;

77.Cement Wall;

78.Wooden;

79.Scary;

80.Twisted;

81.Frame: Abstract (1);

82.Frame: Abstract (2);

83.Frame: Abstract (3);

84.Frame: Abstract (4);

85.Frame: Abstract (5);

86.Frame: Abstract (6);

87.Frame: Film;

88.Frame: Leafs (1);

89.Frame: Leafs (2);

90.Frame: Leafs (3);

91.Frame: Flowers (1);

92.Frame: Flowers (2);

93.Frame: Flowers (3);

94.Frame: Flowers (4);

95.Frame: Romantic (1);

96.Frame: Romantic (2);

97.Frame: Romantic (3);

98.Frame: Golden (1);

99.Frame: Golden (2);

100.Frame: Golden (3);

101.Frame: Golden (4);

102.Frame: Golden (5);

103.Frame: Children (1);

104.Frame: Children (2);

105.Frame: Colorful (1);

106.Frame: Colorful (2);

107.Frame: Colorful (3);

108.Frame: Picture (1);

109.Frame: Picture (2);

110.Frame: Picture (3);

111.Frame: Abstract (7);

112.Frame: Abstract (8);

113.Frame: Abstract (9);

114.Frame: Abstract (10);

115.Retro Paper;

116.Creased Paper;

117.Textile;

118.Colorful;

119.Clouds;

120.Flame;

121.Grunge (1);

122.Grunge (2);

123.Dirty;

124.Retro Wall;

125.Snow Flakes;

126.Wood;

127.Bricks;

128.Panels;

129.Broken Glass;

130.Crack;

131.Film Grain;

132.HoneyComb;

133.Water Drops;

134.Rain;

135.Mist Fog;

136.Granite Rock.