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This document was created by an unregistered ChmMagic, please go to http://www.bisenter.com to register it. TSpongeHave you ever tried painting with a sponge? It's a technique that's taught in some of the finer preschools and kindergartens. Basically, youdab a sponge into poster paint and then dab it on the paper. The results can be very nice, especially if you skip the poster paint and gostraight to Photoshop's Sponge filter. On large flat areas, the Sponge filter gives a good imitation of a coarse, natural sponge (the kindthey sell in the Sponge Market in Key West). In areas of detail, the sponge is a smaller one. You can, in fact, set the Brush Size, Definition,and Smoothness in the Sponge filter dialog box. One possible result is shown in Figure 15.18. This, again, is a filter that might be betterused selectively, rather than on an entire image.Figure 15.18. Sponge filter applied.[View full size image]UnderpaintingThe Underpainting filter, which you read about in Hour 10, reduces everything to a somewhat grayed out, paler, and soft-focused versionof itself. Use it as an intermediate filter on the way to an effect, rather than by itself.