Apply Filters

Before proceeding with this topic you need know how to work with selections.  

Using filters you can apply various effects to existing images. Filters apply to the current selection if any. Otherwise they apply to the whole image. Various filters are implemented in Axialis IconWorkshop™:

• Smooth and Smooth more: The Smooth filter lets you smooth edges in an image. The Smooth filter tones down differences in adjacent pixels, resulting in only a slight loss of detail while smoothing the overall image or selected area.

• Blur, Blur more: The Blur filter softens an image. Blur filters are useful for retouching. They smooth transitions by averaging the pixels next to the hard edges of defined lines and shaded areas in an image. The Blur More filter produces an effect three or four time stronger than that of the Blur filter.

• Gaussian Blur : The gaussian Blur is an adjustable blur effect. It is used to create very important blur on an image.

• Sharpen and sharpen more: The Sharpen filter accentuates the edges in the image by finding the edges and increasing the contrast between adjacent pixels. The Sharpen More filter applies a stronger sharpening effect than does the Sharpen filter.

• Details: The Details filter lets you add more details in an image.

• Find Edge: The Find Edge filter removes colors and shades in the image. It keeps only the frontiers between color areas.

• Enhance Edge, Enhance Edge more: This filter maximizes the visible information in an image to reveal all the detail and use all available colors. It adjusts the balance of the highlights and shadows and the overall light and intensity of the image.

• Contour: The Contour filter lets you get contours of objects in an image.

• Emboss: This effect converts the image into a bas-relief. It highlights the areas of contrast with black or white pixels and colors the low contrast areas a medium grey. Colors appear when there is a large difference in the contrast.

This feature works only with RGB/Alpha Channel image formats.

Apply Filter

1. Select a region with the selection tool or paste a floating selection. If no selection is active, the adjustments will apply to the whole image.

2. Choose Draw/Filters or click and select the desired filter in the sub-menu.

3. The filter is applied to the entire icon or floating selection.

Apply Filter to the RGB components (colors) only

Sometimes it's useful to apply a filter to the colors of an icon but not to its alpha channel (transparency). For example, adding a smooth filter to an image without changing the sharpness of its edges.

1. Select a region with the selection tool or paste a floating selection. If no selection is active, the adjustments will apply to the whole image.

2. Press the Shift key (keep pressed) and choose Draw/Filters or click and select the desired filter in the sub-menu.

3. The filter is applied to the colors of the entire icon or floating selection.

Apply Filter to the Alpha Channel (opacity) only

Sometimes it's useful to apply a filter to the opacity of an icon but not to its image colors. For example, adding a smooth filter to the edges of an image without changing the sharpness of the image inside the object.

1. Select a region with the selection tool or paste a floating selection. If no selection is active, the adjustments will apply to the whole image.

2. Press the Ctrl key (keep pressed) and choose Draw/Filters or click and select the desired filter in the sub-menu.

3. The filter is applied to the colors of the entire icon or floating selection.