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HOME » Effective Use of a Photoshop Filter for a Cat Selfie

Effective Use of a Photoshop Filter for a Cat Selfie

24/03/2019 by Marjorie Dawson 6 Comments

We celebrate a cat cafe selfie with the effective use of a filter from Photoshop (PS). We don’t usually use PS filters as we have so much fun playing with Photo Lab on the iPhone but we got lucky with this picture. Here’s how.

Many pictures you see on blogs have been tweaked in some way. It may be a touch of brightness or a sharpening of focus but it happens more often than people will admit.

The lesson from this? Do not stress if your own images are less than perfect. Filters and other adjustments can help.

Never be afraid to use this valuable weapon in your armoury. It might be Affinity, Photoshop Elements, or another image editing program you are comfortable with.

Canon EOS 1300D F3.5 ISO 3200

Before and After the Filter Effect

Take a look at the before and after photographs, so you can how I ‘improved’ the shot of this serious looking young tabby, then embellished it with a subtle filter that changed its whole look.

The original picture included the edge of a white unit which distracts the eye from the central feature, a gorgeous tabby face.

I made a few adjustments to the photograph:

  1. I cropped out the white unit and cropped the picture so there is a balance between the sweep of red (which is the back of a chair, not a trick) and the neutral background behind the cat.
  2. I adjusted the light just a bit to brighten the cat face a little bit.
  3. I used the Sharpen Mask in PS
  4. I focused in on the left eye and brightened it a touch (a tip I learned here)
  5. I then merged all the layers and applied the Plastic Film filter.
Plastic Wrap Filter PS Cat Cafe
Canon EOS 1300D F3.5 ISO 3200 Plastic Film Filter

Do Filters Always Work?

Honestly? No, they don’t. Some are an absolute disaster, they put the F in F-ail. You can’t see what the subject of the image is, or it looks hideous. If a picture is really terrible, use the ‘undo‘ function and try a different filter.

On the upside, the more filters you try the better you get at judging what might work. You will also spend a lot of time laughing at your own disasters.

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Do you have an epic selfie? One with a filter, or one that shows your superb cat in all it’s glory?

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Filed Under: Camera Skills Tagged With: filter selfies, photoshop

Meet Marjorie, Writer and Photographer

Portrait by a window with teddy bears Taken with a smartphone.Marjorie is a cat lover, photographer and smartphone moviemaker who loves sharing her knowledge with learners.

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Comments

  1. The J-Cats says

    16/07/2019 at 3:10 am

    Thank you for the tips – and the original was also beautiful, because the SUBJECT is so beautiful! We adore tabbies.

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  2. mommakatandherbearcat says

    27/03/2019 at 2:21 pm

    More good advice! Photography will never be my thing … but with your help, I’m definitely improving!

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  3. Athena says

    26/03/2019 at 6:53 am

    Good advice, and we love that cute tabby face!

    Purrs xx
    Athena and Marie

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  4. Brian Frum says

    25/03/2019 at 12:18 pm

    That is a fun and terrific selfie!

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  5. Catscue Catmom says

    25/03/2019 at 3:29 am

    Gorgeous selfies – and as always good photo advice! Happy Sunday!!

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  6. Erin the Cat says

    24/03/2019 at 10:22 pm

    That is an excellent transition to the special effect selfie. Thanks for the pro tips. We do fiddle with the photo image editor built onto the Mac, but it doesn’t have too many really special tricks, but that is OK as we like things in a limited range of B&W, MOL
    Purrs
    ERin

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