A quick look guide to post-processing images with Art Filters and Art Effects on Olympus Viewer 3.
Post-Processing images with Art Filters and Art Effects on Olympus Viewer 3 is a way to add a measure of creativity to your *.orf RAW files. While you may do the same on-site with the in-camera setting, doing it on the desktop allows you a more controlled measure while doing it in the quiet of the night, at your own time.
The Art Filter and Art Effects available are similar to those you will find on Olympus E-system cameras. While you can post-process JPEG files from other sources in normal Edit Mode on the OV3, applying Art Filter and Art Effect edits can only be done to *.orf RAW files, or in RAW Development Mode.
Art Filters
The range of Art Filters available on OV3 includes Soft Focus, Pop Art, Pale & Light Color, Light Tone, Pinhole, Diorama, Grainy Film, Cross Process, Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Key Line, and Watercolor.
While Soft Focus, Light Tone, Diorama, and Gentle Sepia are only available as a single type, the others are available as Type I and Type II. The exception is Pin Hole which is available in three types, Type I, Type II, and Type III.
Different types render the image with a different variation of the filter algorithm.
Art Effects
Art Effects are available selectively as a subset of each Art Filter application. Five are available in all - Soft Focus Effect, Pin-Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect, and Star Light Effect, but not all are necessarily available for each filter option.
Filter type availability and Effect options are listed in the image samples shown below. You can combine more than one Art Effect into an Art Filtered image.
Image Management
While the effects of each Art Filter and Art Effect are fixed, you can always adjust the final outcome of your edits by blending in adjustments from other edit features which include Exposure Compensation, White Balance, WB Fine Adjustment, Contrast, Sharpness, Saturation, Color Space, Noise Cancellation, and False Color Suppression.
Soft Focus
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| Soft Focus Filter Effect |
The Soft Focus filter creates a dreamlike quality, giving photographs a surreal look. Works well with portraits, softening the features on the face, which is often flattering.
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| Soft Focus + Star Light Effect |
Type Option:
Effects Supported:
- White Edge Effect, Star Light Effect
Pop Art
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| Pop Art Type I Filter Effect |
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| Pop Art Type II Filter Effect |
The Pop Art filter's super-saturated colors create a brighter and more vivid image of the objects within the composition.
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| Pop Art Type II + Pin Hole Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Soft Focus Effect, Pin-Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect, Star Light Effect
Pale & Light Color
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| Pale & Light Color Type I Filter Effect |
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| Pale & Light Color Type II Filter Effect |
The Pale & Light Color filter brings soft, flat light, and pastel coloring to photographs.
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| Pale & Light Color Type II + White Edge Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Soft Focus Effect, Pin-Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect
Light Tone
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| Light Tone Filter Effect |
The Light Tone filter gives your image a lighter look, providing more detail in its darker areas.
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| Light Tone + Frame Effect |
Type Option:
Effects Supported:
Pin Hole
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| Pin Hole Type I Filter Effect |
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| Pin Hole Type II Filter Effect |
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| Pin Hole Type III Filter Effect |
The Pin Hole filter gives your images a heavy dark vignette as if you took the image with a pinhole camera. It enhances the subject in the center and brings the photograph to life.
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| Pin Hole Type III + Frame Effect |
Type Option:
- Type I, Type II, Type III
Effects Supported:
Grainy Film
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| Grainy Film Type I Filter Effect |
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| Grainy Film Type II Filter Effect |
The Grainy Film filter makes your photo look like a grainy film image. It can be used to add an atmosphere or vintage touch to your photos.
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| Grainy Film Type II + Frame Effect |
Type Option:
Effects Supported:
- Pinhole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect
Picture Tone:
- Neutral, Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green
B&W Filters:
- Neutral, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green
Diorama
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| Diorama Filter Effect |
The Diorama filter blurs the top and bottom of the image, making the subject look smaller than it actually is. Makes life-size objects look like models.
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| Diorama + Frame Effect |
Type Option:
Effects Supported:
Cross Process
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| Cross Process Type I Filter Effect |
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| Cross Process Type II Filter Effect |
The Cross Process filter gives the images a color cast like those from the old days of processing film. It can give a quite surreal look to your images.
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| Cross Process Type II + Pin Hole + White Edge Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Pin Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect
Gentle Sepia
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| Gentle Sepia Filter Effect |
The Gentle Sepia filter gives your images a yellowed black and white color cast, a vintage or old-school style, and a feel.
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| Gentle Sepia + White Edge Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Soft Focus Effect, Pin-Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect
Dramatic Tone
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| Dramatic Tone Type I Filter Effect |
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| Dramatic Tone Type II Filter Effect |
The Dramatic Tone filter effect provides a daily landscape with a dramatic impression. It applies local changes in contrast to the image to represent the real space in a fictitious style by creating unrealistic tones of light and darkness.
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| Dramatic Tone Type II + Star Light Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Pin Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect, Star Light Effect
Key Line
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| Key Line Type I Filter Effect |
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| Key Line Type II Filter Effect |
The Key Line filter enhances the edge lines of the image to make it look more like an illustration. It will highlight the key lines in your images with a black outline, and make the colors more matte, adding to the effect.
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| Key Line Type II + Frame Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- Soft Focus Effect, Pin-Hole Effect, White Edge Effect, Frame Effect, Star Light Effect
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Watercolor
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| Watercolor Type I Filter Effect |
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| Watercolor Type II Filter Effect |
The Watercolor art filter effect eliminates darker areas in the image to daringly represent bright color tones on a white canvas to express the world awash in color.
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| Watercolor Type II + Frame Effect |
Type Options:
Effects Supported:
- White Edge Effect, Frame Effect
Going forward
Remind yourself that you do not have to fidget or fiddle with Art Filter settings when you are shooting RAW on Olympus E-System cameras that have the Art Filter feature. This is because you can also be processed with Art Filters in Olympus Viewer 3 (current version: 2.1.1), the image management and editing software.
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