How to Emulate Glass in Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 provides filters that distort or enhance an image file. Specific artistic filters transform an image for a surreal look, as if the observer were peering at a photographed scene through a glass surface. When you envision a layered view, Photoshop offers you that digital tool. Customize the glass filter by controlling the texture options for the preferred effect.
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Instructions
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Open the Photoshop Elements program to display a blank workspace for your image.
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Click the “File” menu to show a list of commands.
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Click “Open” to display a gallery of your image files.
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Double-click the preferred image thumbnail to open an expanded image on the workspace.
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Click the “Filter” menu to display a list of options, including “Artistic.”
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Point the cursor over “Artistic” to display a sub-menu.
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Click “Underpainting” to convert the image. A blurry or soft effect appears on the image. A pane with 15 thumbnail images of a green apple displays under the header “Artistic.” This pane is to the right of your image. The “Underpainting” thumbnail displays a black outline.
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Click the “Distort” folder located lower down from the 15 thumbnail images. A section opens with three labeled thumbnail images of a green apple: “Diffuse Glow,” “Glass” and “Ocean Ripple.”
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Click the “Glass” thumbnail to transform your image.
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Click your image on the workspace to access the controls on the far right pane. Customize the glass effect by adjusting the scaling slider controls for “Distortion,” Smoothness” and “Scaling.” Click and drag the slider button to the left to minimize the values and the effect or move the slider button to the right to maximize the values and the desired effect. A drop list for “Texture” includes “Blocks,” “Canvas” “Frosted” and “Tiny Lens.”
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Click “OK.” Save this file with a different file name to keep it separate from the original file.
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Tips & Warnings
Photoshop CS5 has a similar process for the glass effect.
