Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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The options in the
Properties panel
change.
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7 Type a low number
such as 3 or 4 in the
Levels field.
Note: Use a low number
to limit the color
gradations when creating
a posterized effect.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
8 Click the Gradient
Map button in the
Adjustments panel.
9
The Properties panel for the
Gradient map appears.
9 Click in the gradient bar.
TIPS
Attention!
You get better results if you match
the number of gray levels with the
number of color stops in the
gradient. To add more gray levels,
double-click the Posterize
thumbnail in the Layers panel and
increase the number of levels.
Then double-click the Gradient
Map thumbnail and add more
color stops.
Try This!
If you want a more realistically
colored image, fill the color stops
on the right in the Gradient Editor
with the lightest colors that you
want in the image and the color
stops on the left with the darkest
colors. The greater the number of
color stops and the more colors
you use, the wilder the image
appears.
Important!
The Poster Edges filter, located in
the Artistic filters in the Filter
Gallery, creates a completely
different look, more like an etching
than a posterized print.
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