I'm using a smiley face 
image I found
at Smiley Faces (Thank you,
Nikki!) to show some of the many effects you can get with Photoshop filters. I only used
about a third of the filters, and only one option from each filter. Remember that
many Photoshop effects are achieved using a combination of filters and actions.
If that isn't enough variety for you, there are a whole lot of plug-in filters that you can buy, or get through freeware or shareware!
I hope this gives you some idea of the interesting things you can do with Photoshop.
 The Original |
 Neon Glow (Artistic) |
 Plastic Wrap (Artistic) |
 Sponge (Artistic) |
 Gaussian Blur (Blur) |
 Spatter (Brush Strokes) |
 Sumi-e (Brush Strokes) |
 Diffuse Glow (Distort) |
 Glass (Distort) |
 Polar Coordinates (Distort) |
 Twirl (Distort) |
 Wave (Distort) |
 Zig Zag (Distort) |
 Add Noise (Noise) |
 Mosaic (Pixelate) |
 Pointillize (Pixelate) |
 Difference Clouds (Render) |
 Lens Flare (Render) |
 Lighting Effects(Render) |
 Bas Relief (Sketch) |
 Chrome (Sketch) |
 Conte Crayon (Sketch) |
 Note Paper (Sketch) |
 Photocopy (Sketch) |
 Plaster (Sketch) |
 Reticulation (Sketch) |
 Stamp (Sketch) |
 Emboss (Stylize) |
 Extrude (Stylize) |
 Find Edges (Stylize) |
 Glowing Edges (Stylize) |
 Tiles (Stylize) |
 Trace Contour(Stylize) |
 Wind (Stylize) |
 Craquelure (Texture) |
 Mosaic (Texture) |
 Patchwork (Texture) |
 Stained Glass (Texture) |
Did you know Mike Jittlov invented the Smiley Face? | |
