| Filters |
Description |
Sub Filters |
| Blur Filters |
This is a set of filters that blur images, or parts of them, in various ways. If there is a selection, only the selected parts of an image will be blurred. |
Circular Motion Blur Tileable Blur Zoom Blur Lens Blur Selective Gaussian Blur |
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| Enhance Filters |
It is a plug-in that compensates for imperfections in an image, such as noise, dust, interlacing, and lack of sharpness. |
High Pass Sharpen NL Filter Red Eye |
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| Distort Filters |
Distort filters are used to transform an image in a variety of ways. The distort filter sub-menu contains tools for transforming an image. These filters can warp, twist, and pull layers in different directions. |
Whirl and Pinch Polar Coordinates Ripple Lens Distortion Waves Curve Bend |
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| Light and Shadow Filters |
The “Light and Shadow” menu consists of two groups of filters:
Light effects filters, which render several illumination effects of the image.
Shadow effect filters, which create various kinds of shadows. |
Drop Shadow Lighting Effects Lens Flare Gradient Flare Long Shadow Drop Shadow (Legacy) |
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| Noise Filters |
Noise filters can be used to add texture to an image, or to remove noise from an image. |
RGB Noise HSV Noise |
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| Edge-Detect Filters |
Edge detect filters search for borders between different colors and so can detect where significant changes in intensity or color occur. |
Sobel Filter Laplacian Filter Edge Detection (Gradient) |
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| Combine Filters |
The Combine tool is used to combine the two or more images into one image. |
Depth Merge Filmstrip |
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| Artistic Filters |
These filters can be used to add artistic effects to an image, such as making it look like a painting or a sketch. |
Cubism Oilify Apply Canvas Watercolor Cartoon |
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| Decor Filters |
Decor filters are a type of filter that creates decorative borders and special effects. |
Add Bevel Add Border Coffee Stain Fog Fuzzy Border Old Photo |
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| Map Filters |
Map filters use an object named map to modify an image: you map the image to the object. So, you can create 3D effects by mapping your image to another previously embossed image (“Bumpmap” Filter) or to a sphere (“Map Object” filter). You can also map a part of the image elsewhere into the same image (“Illusion” and “Tile Seamless” filters), bend a text along a curve (“Displace” filter). |
Bump map Fractal trace Illusion Displace Little planet Panorama projection Paper title |
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| Render Filters |
The render tool is used to create patterns from scratch. Most of the filters and effects work on a layer or a selection, but they create the effect from scratch. |
Plasma Fractal Trace Maze Newsprint Line Nova |
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| Animation Filters |
Animation filters in GIMP are animation helpers that allow you to optimize and view your animations |
Blend Burn-In Rippling Spinning Globe Waves |
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