Pastellise

Ok, ok, so it's another 'artistic' effect. I don't care, I like 'em. My problem is that I have a deep creative urge, but no actual talent to back it up; so, instead of painting pictures, I write filters.

You can use this filter on any kind of subject; here I've chosen a rather cute little cottage in the village where we live.
Again, I'm not going to explain each control in detail - just enjoy playing around! I should just mention that the 'Duochrome' mode uses the currently defined foreground and background colours. Some typical results, showing each of the three modes, can be seen below: