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[ 31 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep 17: In the Layers panel, click-
and-drag the classical_4 layer from
the top of the layer stack and place
it just below the classical_1 layer.
Turn this layer back on and make
it active. Turn off all the layers above it so you
can see the effect as we build it for this layer.
Step 18: Go under the Filter menu again but this
time go to Artistic and choose Cutout. (Again,
if you don’t see the Artistic option in the Filter
menu, see the note in Step Five above, except
expand the Artistic folder in the Filter Gallery.)
Your settings may need to be tweaked depend-
ing on your image but here we’ve set the Number
of Levels to 6, the Edge Simplicity to 7, and the
Edge Fidelity to 1. This will create a wild graphic
effect from the photo. Click OK when done.
Step 19: It doesn’t look like much but what comes
next is pretty cool. In the Layers panel, you’ll see
the Cutout Smart Filter as a line item under the
layer (if you used the Filter Gallery it will say “Filter
Gallery” instead). To the right is a small settings
icon that looks like two sliders. Double-click on
the icon to open the filter Blending Options. This
only affects the filter and not the original layer.
Set the blend Mode to Difference and lower the
Opacity to 90%. Click OK. (When I first did this
effect, this part was a happy accident.)