Color Efex Pro 3.0 User Guide

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Chapter 5 : Color Efex Pro 3.0 InterfaceColor Efex Pro 3.0User GuideFilter Display ModesImage OnlyOnly the Image Preview and current filter controls are displayed.Image OnlyIMAGE ONLY SHORTCUTAlt (Windows) / Option (Macintosh) + 1Image and Filter ListA palette opens next to the Image Preview area and displays thenames of the available filters. Also displayed are tabs for eachfilter category.• Scroll down the column to preview the effect of each filter.• Click on a tab to explore new filters.• Click on the name of a filter to update the image in theImage Preview and the filter control sliders and settings.• Click the star next to the name of a filter to add the filter toyour Favorites tab for easy access.FILTER LIST SHORTCUTAlt (Windows) / Option (Macintosh) + 2Image and Filter ListWhile working in Image and Filter List mode, you will see FilterCategory Tabs.18
Chapter 5 : Color Efex Pro 3.0 InterfaceColor Efex Pro 3.0User GuideFilter Category TabsThe filters in Color Efex Pro 3.0 are organized by category for easyexperimentation, with each category corresponding to a tab inthe Filter List. Filter Category Tabs organize dozens of filters andvariations into a manageable workspace.The Favorites tab is user-definable, containing only filters youadd. All other tabs are pre-defined. Six tabs will be displayed,with the All and Favorites tabs always present. The remainingfour tabs can be selected from within the Filter Settings. Theavailable tabs are:• All Tab - All available filters, in alphabetical order• Stylizing Tab - Filters that create a photographic style or anabstract transformation• Traditional Tab - Filters that enhance an image like aconventional photographic filter or that mimic a conventionalphotographic process• Landscape Tab - Filters that enhance or add a style tolandscape and travel photography• Portrait Tab - Filters most useful for images of people, inboth studio and environmental portraiture• Wedding Tab - Filters often used by wedding photographers• Nature Tab - Filters often used by nature, wildlife, andmacro photographers• Artistic Tab - Abstract and stylistic filters to createdifferent moods• Favorites Tab - Filters you add using the Filter List or theSelective Tool. To add to your Favorites tab, you must be in thetab containing the desired filter. You can then add a favorite byone of the following methods (a maximum of 16 filters can beadded to the Favorites tab):• Click the star next to the name of the desired filter while inone of the other tabs, or• Right- or control-click the name of the desired filter withinthe Selective Tool.To remove a filter from the Favorites tab, click the star next to thename of the filter name.Preview ModesColor Efex Pro 3.0 offers three modes for previewing filter effects onthe active image:Single Image PreviewThe image is displayed with the filter’s effect applied across theImage Preview area. To see the effect before and after, togglePreview on and off with the Preview checkbox.Split PreviewThe image is displayed with ared line running either verticallyor horizontally through it. Theportion to the left or abovethe red line shows the imageprior to applying the filter; the19
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