Diffuse Image in Photoshop CS6

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Video: Diffuse Image in Photoshop CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how you can diffuse an image in Photoshop CS6 in Windows 7.

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   To begin, we should either create a new document or open an existing one

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   There are other VisiHow videos on how to do that. A document has already been opened in the tutorial.

   

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   At the right-hand side, we make sure that we've selected the layer with which we will be working

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   We click "Filter" at the top

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   We move the cursor to "Stylize"

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   The filters are in the alphabetical order.

   

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   We click "Diffuse..." to bring up a pop-up window

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   In the pop-up window, we can view the preview by clicking and dragging it

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   We can also zoom in with the "+" icon

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   This is the preferred option, as we will get a better idea of how the details will look.

   

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   We can zoom out with the "-" icon

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   The default "Mode" is "Normal"

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   This means that the pixels are diffused. The diffuse option just takes general pixels in the area and moves them around a little, so that the image looks slightly foggy in a way.

   

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    We can also select "Darken Only"

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    The filter will only scatter dark pixels.

    

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    We can click "Lighten Only"

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    The filter will only take light pixels.

    

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    We can click "Anisotropic"

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    The filter will smooth the image. We can get nice effects, but, unfortunately, we cannot toggle the effect any further.

    

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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 layer. We cannot see much of a difference until we zoom in.

    

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    Alternatively, we click "Cancel" if we decide that we don't want the effect after all

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