If you prefer to limit your Houzz to photos of rooms done by designers in your area, you can filter by location.

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After all a newspaper with limited area by design becomes a filter for our attention.

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Another tool, called Radial Filter, adjusts levels for a highlighted area while adding a gradual, natural-looking shift.

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In fact, there's little of note in this utilitarian area, though those low-to-high pass filter controls are definitely a welcome addition.

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When it's not an emergency situation, we can go into an area and teach them, using their local resources, how to build their own water filter.

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