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Image Effects
On the Text Effects page you learned about the Blending Options on texts. Moreover the Blending Options can also be used on images. In this page you will learn about Filters, In order to use them for creating amazing effects on images, background usually.
All the following actions are by using photoshop cs (Version 8).
Let start by opening the adobe photoshop software.
Select from the menu File >>> New.
Now create a file with 500 pixels width and 500 pixels height.
From the layers toolbox, click with the right button of the mouse on the background layer, and select Duplicate Layer.
From the left menu, choose two different colors, lets take blue and white for example.
From the Main Menu select Filter>>>Render>>>Clouds , now you got some like clouds effect.

Clouds Effect Water Colors
In order to make the image look like it is created in water-colors select Filter>>>Artistic>>>Watercolor. Change the brush details to 0, and the shadow and texture to the highest they have. You got some nice effect.
Lets undo the last effect by using the ctrl+z controls and try another effect.
In order to make our image to look like it is spining around select Filter>>>Distort>>>Twirl, and select the angle you want, as much as the number is higher than zero, the more the spin will be shown.

Twirl Effect
Lets undo the last effect by using the ctrl+z controls and try another effect.
Another very beautiful effect you can find at the Filter>>>Pixelate>>>Mosaic. Which makes the image to look like it is built by pixels. very nice for logos background.

Mosaic Effect
Lets undo the last effect by using the ctrl+z controls and try another effect.
To make your image to look like a wind has blown over it, use the Filter>>>Stylize>>>Wind option. You can select the type of the effect and the direction.

Wind Effect
There are so many options and mixes by using filters and amazing things that can be made by, we gave you a few nice samples, from here on it is in your hands.
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