Photoshop CS2: The Filter Gallery as a Starting Point

In this article, Linda creates a self-promotional postcard with the use of templates and Photoshop’s Filter Gallery, Colour Range options, and the Layers Style Palette. Throughout, she explains how you can push these Photoshop tools to the limit to achieve a wide number of effects – in one case, as a neon-like effect that turns a simple photograph into an abstract representation. Further, she explains what you might want to include on a self-promotional mailer to advertise your business.

Filters: From So-So Images to Artistic Print Projects

I’m an advocate for saving images even when those images are far from perfect in resolution or in subject matter. My reasoning behind this obsession is supported by Photoshop’s filters. Photoshop filters can help you alter images for specific projects, such as changing a low-resolution photograph into a successful silkscreen image (see below). Additionally, filters can enhance subject matter, a change that can help the viewer perceive your image in a more positive light. If you sell your images, this change could mean more revenue.

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Linda Goin

Linda Goin carries an A.A. in graphic design, a B.F.A. in visual communications with a minor in business and marketing and an M.A. in American History with a minor in the Reformation. While the latter degree doesn't seem to fit with the first two educational experiences, Linda used her 25-year design expertise on archaeological digs and in the study of material culture. Now she uses her education and experiences in social media experiments.

Accolades for her work include fifteen first-place Colorado Press Association awards, numerous fine art and graphic design awards, and interviews about content development with The Wall St. Journal, Chicago Tribune, Psychology Today, and L.A. Times.

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