Sumi-e simulates painting ink on rice paper in the Japanese style of the same name. The result is a rich, dark with blurred edges. Its parameters are stroke width, stroke pressure, and contrast.

Sumi-e works on 8 Bit, RGB, grayscale, and Multichannel images, and Smart Objects. This filter is part of the Filter Gallery, and launches another window with options.

Sumi-e is part of Adobe Photoshop’s Extended Filters.

Accented Edges, Angled Strokes, Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Photoshop terms, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes

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