Can I apply Creative filters to images captured by EOS REBEL SL1 / EOS 100D? (Creative filters)

Last Updated : 21-Mar-2013
Issue Number : 8201785000

Solution

You can apply filter effects (Toy camera effect, Miniature effect, etc.) to images. These are called Creative filters.

NOTE

Icons used on this page:

>: Candlelight / <

>: Handheld Night Scene / <

>: HDR Backlight Control / <

>:Live View shooting/Movie shooting button /　<

>: Quick Control button / [

]: Creative Filter /　<

>: Cross keys / <

>: Main Dial / <

>: Setting button　/ <

>: Magnify button / [

]: Magnify button / [

]: Continuous shooting /

: Self-timer with continuous shooting /

: RAW /

: JPEG Large

* The icons and markings indicating the camera’s buttons, dials, and settings correspond to the icons and markings on the camera and on the LCD monitor.

Creative Filter Features

Grainy B/W	Makes the image grainy and black and white. You can change the black and white effect by adjusting the contrast.
Soft focus	Gives the image a soft look. You can change the degree of softness by adjusting the blur.
Fish-eye effect	Gives the effect of a fish-eye lens. The image will have a barrel-type distortion.
Art bold effect	Makes the photo look like an oil painting and the subject look three dimensional. You can adjust the contrast and saturation. Note that the sky, white walls, and similar subjects may not be rendered with a smooth gradation and may look irregular or have significant noise.
Water painting effect	Makes the photo look like a watercolor painting with soft colors. You can adjust the color density. Note that night scenes or dark scenes may not be rendered with a smooth gradation and may look irregular or have significant noise.
Toy camera effect	Darkens the photo’s corners and applies a color tone that makes it look as if it was shot by a toy camera. You can change the color cast by adjusting the color tone.
Miniature effect	Creates a diorama effect. You can change where the image looks sharp.

Using Creative Filters while looking at the Live View screen

While looking at the Live View screen, you can shoot while applying a filter effect.

IMPORTANT

When you take the picture, the camera saves only the image with the Creative filter applied. If you also want to save the image without a Creative filter applied, take the picture without a Creative filter. Then apply a Creative filter effect and save it as a new image.

1. Set the camera's power switch to <ON>.

2. Set any shooting mode except <

> or <

3. Press the <

> button.

The Live View image will appear on the LCD monitor.

4. Press the <

> button.

The Quick Control screen will appear.

5. Press the <

> keys to select [

] (Creative filter) on the screen’s right side.

6.　Press the <

> keys or turn the <

> dial to select a filter.

The image will be displayed with the selected filter applied.

7. Press the <INFO.> button (except for Miniature effect).

Press the <> keys or turn the <> dial to adjust the filter effect, then press <>.
For the Miniature effect, press <>, press the <keys to move the white frame to where you want the image to look sharp, then press <>.

REFERENCE

When Miniature effect is selected:

If you press the <

> button (or tap on [

] on the lower right), you can switch between the white frame’s vertical and horizontal orientations. The AF method will be FlexiZone.

- Single to focus at the center of the white frame.

When Fish-eye effect is selected:

Depending on the level of this filter effect, the area trimmed along the periphery of the image changes. Also, since this filter expands the center part of the image, the resolution at the center may decrease depending on the number of recorded pixels. Check the image on the screen while setting this filter. The AF method will be either FlexiZone - Single (fixed at center) or Quick mode (fixed at center AF point).

8. Take the picture.

The image is shot with the filter applied.

IMPORTANT

Even if you set Drive/self-timer to <> or <>, the camera will still shoot in single shooting mode.
You cannot shoot with Creative filters if the recording quality is [ + ] or [ ] or if AEB, white balance bracketing, or Multi Shot Noise Reduction is set.
The histogram is not displayed when you shoot with Creative filters.
With Grainy B/W, the grainy effect displayed on the LCD monitor will look different from the grainy effect recorded in the picture.
With the Soft focus and Miniature effects, the blurred effect displayed on the LCD monitor will look different from the blurred effect recorded in the picture. In Creative Zone modes, you can check the picture’s blurred effect by pressing the depth-of-field preview button.

How to apply Creative filters to an image after shooting

You can apply a Creative filter to an image and save it as a new image.

1. Set the camera's power switch to <ON>.

2. Press the <MENU> button to display the menu screen.

3. Press the <

> keys to select the [

] tab. Press the <

> keys to select [Creative filters], then press <

4. An image will be displayed.

Press the <

> key to select the image you want to apply a filter to.

REFERENCE

By pressing the <

> button, you can switch to the index display and select an image.

5. When you press <

>, the types of Creative filters will be displayed.

Press the <

> keys to select a Creative filter, then press <

The image will be displayed with the corresponding filter applied.

6. Press the <

> keys to adjust the filter effect, then press <

For the Miniature effect, press the <

> keys and select the image area (within the white frame) where you want the image to look sharp, then press <

REFERENCE

When Miniature effect is selected:

If you press the <INFO.> button (or tap on [

] at the screen’s bottom), you can switch between the white frame’s vertical and horizontal orientations.

When Fish-eye effect is selected:

Depending on the level of the filter effect, the area trimmed along the periphery of the image changes. Also, since this filter effect will magnify the image center, the apparent resolution at the center may degrade depending on the number of recorded pixels. Set the filter effect while checking the resulting image.

7. Select [OK] to save the image.

Check the destination folder and image file number, then select [OK].
To apply filters to another image, press the <MENU> button to return to the menu, and then repeat steps 4 to 7.

8. Press the <MENU> button to return to the menu.

NOTE

When shooting + or images, the Creative filter will be applied to the image and the image will be saved as a JPEG image.
If an aspect ratio was set for a image and a Creative filter is applied to it, the image will be saved in the aspect ratio that was set.