: Use Photoshop alpha channel as input to filter value We all know (or at least I hope we do) that in Photoshop, alpha channels are very powerful tools for creating a variety of complex effects

@Turnbaugh909

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We all know (or at least I hope we do) that in Photoshop, alpha channels are very powerful tools for creating a variety of complex effects by interpreting the greyscale value as a value from 0-255, which gets used to determine transparency/opacity (in a layer mask, for instance), or % of selection (in an alpha channel).

But has anyone come up with a way to use the alpha value as the input value for each pixel of a filter, eg: Gaussian Blur, or Mosaic? For example, an alpha value of 50 might mean a 50 pixel blur, or a Mosaic value of 50 pixels... this would allow truly variable filters... curious if anyone knows of a plugin, script or other technique that would make this possible?

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