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9 0 G R A P H I C S P R O • A P R I L 2 0 2 3 G R A P H I C S - P R O. C O M B U S I N E S S S T R A T E G I E S crucial in localizing and modifying the effect. First click on the mask icon in the Layers panel to highlight it the filter mask. en, just paint directly on the mask with black to hide the filter effect or white to reveal it. Painting with shades of gray partially conceals the effect depending on how dark the gray happens to be. You can see how the filter has been localized to affect the background, and part of the man holding the baby. (Fig. 6) If you are inclined to change the fil- ter's settings, click on the filter's name just below the mask. The filter dialog box will appear with the original settings that you applied. Drag the sliders to the desired position to modify the effect and then click OK. More filters You can add additional filters too. Select another filter, apply the settings and its name will appear directly below the mask. In this case I've added three Filters from the filter Gallery as in Fig. 7. e filters are all affected by the same mask which I think is a drawback because it limits the Smart Filter's capabilities. It would be nice if each filter had its own mask, thereby adding hyper-control to the region where each filter is applied. But alas — no such thing has been added yet. at being said, Smart Filters are still a viable option to a dynamic workflow. Blending options A neat aspect of Smart Filters is the abil- ity to control the opacity and blending options of the filter. Click the icon on the far right of the filter's name to display the Blending Options controls (Fig. 8). Here you can precisely control the strength of the filter by reducing or increasing it's opacity. In addition, you can apply the fil- ter through a blend mode providing even greater capabilities to alter the look of the image. It's absolutely worth experiment- ing with this feature. Check the Preview box and run through the various blending modes and opacity settings as you observe the results on the image. Paint directly on the mask with black to hide the filter effect or white to reveal it. Painting with shades of gray partially conceals the effect depending on how dark the gray happens to be. 6 I've added three filters from the Filter Gallery combined with the Gaussian Blur. 7