Sharpen increases the contrast between neighboring pixels, emphasizing
the brightness difference. This will accentuate the outlines. The effect will
be strengthened if you apply the filter several times in a row.
Remove noise compares every pixel with its neighbors and replaces the
extreme values (those that deviate in color by a large amount from a mean
value) by a pixel with a mean color value. The amount of picture
information does not increase, but because there are fewer contrast
changes our brains can better recognize the resulting graphic. This filter
tends to make the picture also a little more smooth.
Solarization was originally a photochemical effect. If the location of a
photograph is extremely highly lit, you can experience a reversal of color
and brightness. Similarly, entry of light during the developing process
reverses the brightness values. These phenomena were used for artistic
production of pictures.
With this filter you input a threshold brightness value, above which the
color values are reversed (middle picture, threshold value 70%). With the
Invert option the whole of the resulting picture is inverted in color (right
picture).
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