## Skyrius 17. Filters

## 1. Introduction

A filter is a special kind of tool designed to take an input layer or image, apply a mathematical algorithm to it, and return the input layer or image in a modified format. GIMP uses filters to achieve a variety of effects and those effects are discussed here.

The filters are divided into several categories:

- Skyrius 3, „Blur Filters“

- Skyrius 4, „Enhance Filters“

- Skyrius 5, „Distort Filters“

- Skyrius 6, „Light and Shadow Filters“

- Skyrius 7, „Noise Filters“

- Skyrius 8, „Edge-Detect Filters“

- Skyrius 9, „Generic Filters“

- Skyrius 10, „Combine Filters“

- Skyrius 11, „Artistic Filters“

- Skyrius 12, „Decor Filters“

- Skyrius 13, „Map Filters“

- Skyrius 14, „Rendering Filters“

- Skyrius 15, „Web Filters“

- Skyrius 16, „Animation Filters“

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