Comments on: Understanding Filters in Photoshop Elements

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:21:43 +0000

Thank you SO much! I love the sketch filters and had thought they were broken or something because they didn’t work anymore…turns out I just had both foreground and background set to white! -duh- You saved my sanity!

By: chaz

chaz — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:44:55 +0000

Changing forground and background colors is simple. I iuse and older version of Elements, but it should be similar. At the bottom of my floating toolbar, there is an icon. It is two squares. One is superimposed on the “front” of the one in the “background”. By default one is black and one is white. There is a two-headed arrow pointing at each of them. Clicking the arrow changes which color is in the foreground.

Clicking on one of the squares brings up a color pallet. From there you can select the color of the square.

By: George Servian

George Servian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:10:19 +0000

I agree with Amy; many of us are not as experienced with Photoshop (yet). Some tips on changing background color would be appreciated.

I’d like to see additional posts on this topic in the future.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:56:53 +0000

Can you please give a step by step on how to change the foreground and the background on photoshop elements. Thanks

By: Tito V.

Tito V. — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:56:18 +0000

Thanks for the Tip, i took a photoshop workshop and they never mentioned that the colors affected filters, Thanks alot! Great tips i will play with it now!

By: Tim Collier

Tim Collier — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:36:47 +0000

Be careful! There’s far too much use of filters within images at the moment. Just because they exist in Photoshop doesn’t mean you have to use them. Every image should be about communicating something. If you cant answer the question “What does the filter add to the image? How does it help communicate my ideas?’ then steer clear.

By: Jeffrey Kontur

Jeffrey Kontur — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:44:46 +0000

I almost never use any colors other than black and white (switching them frequently). Knowing about this affect is extremely useful. Now I want to play!