Filters

The Filters menu is used to apply image effects, as well as basic adjustments such as brightness and contrast, color hue, and sharpness.

Caricature Studio 4.0 supports Photoshop ® compatible plugins with the .8BF file extention. A variety of filters are included to create lots of interesting color, rendering and border effects. For example, apply the Sepia filter to give your image the look and feel of an old photograph. Use the Comic filters to apply different textures. To explore the possibilities, look for the Filters menu on the toolbar.

You can also use your own filters! There are literally thousands of plugins available on the web, with which you can create an endless variety of image effects. Many are free! Search online for "Photoshop Plugins."

To upload your own filters to Caricature Studio:

1. Search for "Photoshop compatible plugins" with the .8BF extention.
2. Download to your desktop.
3. From the File menu in Caricature Studio, select Load Filter Plug-ins.
4. Browse to the directory containing your plugins and select Load.
5. Restart Caricature Studio. Your plugin(s) will now appear under the Filter menu.

Below are examples of included filters.

  Please note that any filters applied will only apply to the active selected layer. For instance, if you add clip art and then choose the Pop Art filter, only the clip art will be affected by the filter. You can select the background using the arrow selection if desired and apply filters there as well.

To apply filters to all layers of your image, you must first save the image, then reopen it. Add all of the desired clipart. Then, save your image with a differrent file name so that the original image is not overwritten. Go to File > Save As. If your file is called "me.jpg" for instance, save the file as "me2.jpg." Next, go to File > Open and open "me2.jpg." Apply any desired filters.

 You may wish to add talk bubbles and text after filters are applied. Otherwise, the text may not be clear depending on the filter used.