Workshop

Q&A

Q1:	I am bored with the textures that the Texturizer adds. Can I make my own?
A1:	Of course. One way is to scan items with interesting textures or make digital photos of them. Save as a grayscale file in native Photoshop format, and apply them from the Texturizer filter dialog box by choosing Load Texture from the Texture pop-up menu and opening the texture file you want to use.
Q2:	What kinds of things make good textures?
A2:	Look around you. Napkins (either cloth or paper), fabrics of any kind, barn boards , sandpaper, uncooked pasta, practically anything semi-flat that you can photograph or scan.
Q3:	Does the Glass filter include more than one kind of glass?
A3:	This is Photoshop; your choices are virtually unlimited. In addition to the textures provided, you can choose Load Texture from the pop-up menu and open any Photoshop document to apply as a texture.

Quiz

1:	A displacement map is Another name for a texture map A pattern applied as a mathematical formula to move individual pixels in an image A chart showing how colors shift between your monitor and printer
2:	The Spherize filter can make your picture appear to bump __________. Out only (convex) In only (concave) Either way
3:	Pointillism was originally a painting style introduced by Jean Luc Pontille Georges Seurat Leonardo da Vinci Jean-Luc Picard
4:	The Shear filter can be used vertically or horizontally. True False

Quiz Answers

A1:	b. Some, like the Schnable Effect filter, are named for their creators .
A2:	c. It depends on how you apply it.
A3:	b. See an example at http://www. ibiblio .org/wm/paint/auth/seurat/baignade/.
A4:	b. If you want to apply it vertically, you must rotate the image.

Exercises

Start with a simple picture and add filters one by one until you can't recognize the image. See how many filters you can apply on top of each other before the picture disappears.

Go back to your original picture, and use the Colored Pencil filter. This should give you an interesting image. Save it. Try the other filters over it until you find at least three that work well with the Colored Pencil filter. Whenever you have time, repeat this exercise, starting with a different filter.