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Last updated on
Oct 27, 2025
Learn about the Filter Gallery in Adobe Photoshop, where you can preview and apply multiple creative filters to an image.
The Filter Gallery lets you apply and combine artistic, brush stroke, sketch, stylize, and texture effects. You can preview filters, adjust their settings, reorder them, and apply multiple effects non-destructively when working with Smart Objects.
Filter categories
The Filter Gallery organizes effects into the following categories:
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Examples of filters |
Purpose |
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Artistic |
Colored Pencil, Cutout, Watercolor |
Painting and artistic media effects |
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Brush Strokes |
Accented Edges, Crosshatch, Sprayed Strokes |
Brush and ink stroke effects |
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Distort |
Diffuse Glow, Glass, Ocean Ripple |
Geometric distortion effects |
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Sketch |
Bas Relief, Chalk & Charcoal, Reticulation |
Pencil, charcoal and paper effects |
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Stylize |
Glowing Edges, Solarize, Wind |
Stylization and edge effects |
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Texture |
Craquelure, Grain, Texturizer |
Surface texture effects |
Gallery interface
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Component |
Description |
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Preview area |
Central panel showing how filters affect your image |
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Filter thumbnails |
Visual examples of each filter effect |
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Filter settings |
Adjustable parameters for the selected filter |
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Applied filters list |
Stack of currently applied filters |
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