PhotoShop - favorite filters, techniques

[SashaMommy]

Hello All.
I'm brand new to this, and loving every minute of it! I was wondering, for those of you who use Photoshop, what are your favorite filters, effects, and techniques. My favorite so far is the inner and outer glow... I like using the inner glow on text with a little bit of graininess. I use the outer glow on text and photos to give it kind of a border. Sometimes I use both inner and outer glow in different colors on the same element. I also like the Diffuse Glow effect on photos. Anyway, I look forward to reading all of your favorites. :)

[Emma]

Diffuse Glow is a huge one

I love the Bevel effects, can creat just about anything with the Contour option. And Pattern overlay for texture

I use Gaussian Blur a lot too, for backgrounds, not photos. Brush Strokes>Angled Strokes is another I love, especially for making photo edges

[rcreed]

I love the heal brush and the color replacement tool. I also love making custom shapes and styles. I also really like the new fiber filter in CS. It's great for torn edges. It's kind difficult to name all of them. I love everything about photoshop.

[Emma]

fiber filter? Please illuminate me!

[rcreed]

fiber filter? Please illuminate me!
Photoshop CS only
filter>render>fiber
link to screenshots
1 Filter window (http://www.geocities.com/rachelbemis2004/image002.jpg)
2 Applied Filter (http://www.geocities.com/rachelbemis2004/image004.jpg)

[Emma]

thank you, that is so cool! looks like hair too

I'll have to play with that now and make some funky scrap fibers