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See also keyboard short-cut. Home > Using Perfect Effects > Using the Effects Stack Using the Effects Stack When you add an effect to your image it will appear on the current Effect Layer in the Effects Stack pane. The Stack works similar to the Layers and History palettes in Photoshop, or the Stack in PhotoTools. At the bottom of the Effects Stack is your original image. Each effect you select in the Library will replace the effect on the currently selected Effect Layer. You can create as many Effect Layers as you need and put different effects or presets into each. You can move forward and backward in time by selecting different Effect Layers in the Stack. For example if you had an Effects Stack with the original and three Effects Layers applied, you could go back to the first Effect Layer by selecting it in the Effects Stack. The second and third Effects Layers will appear disabled and your preview will show only the results of the original with the first Effect Layer applied. You can then click on the third Effect Layer, the most recently applied, and the second and third effects will appear active again and the preview will show the results of all three effects. The results of each Effect Layer in Perfect Effects are cumulative, so the results of the first effect are passed to the second effect and so forth. It is best to work with Perfect Effects in a step-by-step process, knowing that the results from each step are the starting point for the next effect. This means that when selecting the effects to apply, think about the workflow processes you would use in Photoshop. It is best to make color and tonal adjustments first, followed by special effects and finish with final touches such as vignettes and sharpening. Thinking of the proper steps to add effects in Perfect Effects will give you better and faster results. Changing the Current Effect When you start in Perfect Effects, there will be an empty Effect Layer on top of your original. Your original is at the bottom of the Effect Stack and is named after the target layer. To add an effect to the empty Effect Layer first make sure it is selected, then click on any effect thumbnail in the bottom Effects Library. You can change the effect in an Effect Layer simply by clicking on a different effect thumbnail in the Library. Adding Effects To add another Effect Layer so you can stack multiple effects, click on the Add button at the bottom of the Effects Stack. This creates a new empty Effect Layer. Then select an effect to fill it with from the Library. You can also double-click on an effect in the Library to place it in the current Effect Layer and add a new empty Effect Layer above it. This is similar to the behavior of PhotoTools. Hiding Effects An effect may be temporarily hidden by pressing the eye icon next to the effect in the Stack. You can reveal a hidden effect by pressing the where the icon was a second time. When you hide an effect you are not removing it from the Stack and you can reactivate it at anytime. Keep in mind that hiding an effect in the middle of the Stack may take a moment to re-render and update your preview. Changing Effect Order Effects may be reordered in the Stack by simply clicking and dragging them into the desired position. Reordering effects can have a huge difference on the results of the image. Reordering effects will cause the Stack to re-render, which may take a few moments. Removing and Effect You can remove an effect by selecting it and then pressing the Delete button at the bottom of the Effects Stack Pane or by pressing the delete key on your keyboard. Using Perfect Effects . 15 Perfect Effects 3 User Guide
16 . Using Perfect Effects Tip: You can clear all the effects from the Frame Stack at once by option (alt) clicking on the delete button Adjusting the Strength The Strength slider controls how the selected effect blends with the previous effect or the original image. You can adjust the Strength for any effect in the Stack by selecting it and then adjusting the Strength slider. In many cases adjusting the Strength slider effectively adjusts the strength of an effect. For example if you add a black and white conversion effect, sliding the Strength down will reveal some of the color from the previous state. In most cases the Strength slider will be set to 100% when you add an effect, however with some effects like vignettes and soft focus effects it may be set at 50%. Adjusting the Strength slider to greater than 50% will make the effect stronger, while adjusting it to less than 50% will make the effect weaker. The Strength slider is the key to achieving a great deal of control and variability with Perfect Effects. Expanding a Preset If your current Effect Layer contains a user-created preset you can expand it, revealing all of the steps (Effect Layers) in the preset. This allows you to adjust the strength, blending options or Effect Options for each Effect Layer. Adjusting Blending Options Blending options are available when the user mode is set to Advanced. The Blending Options dialog is opened by pressing the Blending Options button at the bottom of the Effects Stack. Blending Options control how one effect layer blends with the previous. Not only can you adjust the Strength (opacity) of and effect but many other options: See also Blending Mode: Sets the blending mode of the current effect layer. By default the blending mode is Normal but you have access to all the blending modes from Perfect Layers. Apply Effect to: Limits the effect to only certain color or tonal ranges of the image. These automatically generated masks are very useful. If you only want your effect to change the midtones, or the reds, or only the saturated colors you amazing control. The Fuzziness slider under the Apply Effect To pop-up sets how precise the range to be affected will be. A large fuzziness setting will create the most natural transitions. Protect: The protect sliders are used to shield certain color or tonal ranges. These ranges include the highlights, shadows and skin colors. If you adjust the Flesh Colors control you can also narrow the color range down by selected a specific ethnicity. Using the Effects Library Using Effect Options Using the Masking Tools Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use Home > Using Perfect Effects > Using Effect Options Using Effect Options New in Perfect Effects is completely new processing engine. Rather than relying on Photoshop, Perfect Effects has its own image-processing engine. This allows you to control the settings for each effect down to the smallest detail. There are eleven base filters that do all of the work in Perfect Effects 3 User Guide
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