As I was posting video of Darren's dreadlock debut, I took this screen capture to use on the video page. Then I started playing around with it.

You may have noticed that I'm not a Photoshop pro (duh, they say). I use an old, limited version of the software, and not very well. But the screen capture of Darren's dreads was a really fun file to play around with. So many of the basic Photoshop filters made it look really cool.

So below are a bunch of really simple examples of what each filter does. There are individual settings on most filters and I'm not going to bore anyone with those.

If you want to take the original file and Photoshop it yourself, send it to me at kirk at redyak dot com and I may post some versions by other folks.

So far, only one person ever has sent anything in, here's what they sent.

Click on the small version to see it "full-size" (still fairly small).

Original Screen Capture

 

Neon Glow

Poster Edges

High Pass

Stamp

Reticulation

Bas Relief

Patchwork

Conte Crayon

Stained Glass

Craquelure

Halftone

Fresco

Sprayed Strokes

Photocopy

Photocopy (inv. colors

Plaster

Note Paper

Emboss

Water Color

Torn Edges

Sponge

Solarize