Apply Mezzotint Filter to Video in Photoshop CS6

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You're watching VisiHow! In this video, we are going to show you how you can apply a mezzotint filter to a video clip in Photoshop CS6 in Windows 7.

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   In this video, Photoshop has already been opened

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   A video has been imported

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   We have the preview in the middle, the timeline at the bottom, and the layers on the right-hand side. Now, because we want to apply a filter to the entire video clip, we should ensure that the clip that we are working with has been converted into a smart object. It has already been done in the tutorial. We can see that the converted layer has the symbol in the bottom right-hand corner different from the film-reel symbol displayed on the other layer. Also in the timeline, the converted clip is purple. These show us that the layer is a smart object. The conversion basically flattens the video to one big frame rather than a lot of individual ones.

   

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   We find "Filter" and click it

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   We come down to "Pixelate" by moving the cursor over it

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   Then, we click "Mezzotint..." to bring a pop-up window where we have a preview of our image

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   We can zoom the preview out

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   We can zoom in

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   We can select the percentage

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   In the video, "25%" is selected to see the entire image.

   

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   We can drag the preview around by clicking and dragging it

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    Then, we can also select if we would like "Fine Dots", "Medium Dots", "Grainy Dots", lines, strokes, and so on

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    Let's select "Medium Lines"

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    It makes quite a dramatic difference.

    

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    Then, we can select strokes as well

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    Depending on our video, we can get a really nice effect with these.

    

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    Once we are satisfied with the changes, we click "OK"

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    This will apply the effect to the video.

    

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    On the right hand side, we can hide an effect by clicking the eye icon

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    We will see how the video looks without the effect.

    

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    We can click the eye icon again to bring the effect back

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This is a VisiHow video. We've just shown you how you can apply a mezzotint filter to a video clip in Photoshop CS6 in Windows 7. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add them to the section below. We'll do our best to get back to you.

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