Dette filteret utvider og forsterkar mørke område i det aktive laget eller det aktive utvalet.

For every image pixel, it brings the pixel Value (luminosity) into line with the lowest Value (the darkest) of the 8 neighboring pixels (3×3 matrix). So, a dark pixel is added around dark areas. An isolated pixel on a brighter background will be changed to a big «pixel», composed of 9 pixels, and that will create some noise in the image.

In this image, the studied pixel has a red border and the studied 3×3 matrix has a green border. Thus when the pixel marked with «I» is inside the green border, the studied pixel turns to black.

A larger dark area will expand by one pixel in all directions:

På dette biletet er filteret køyrd tre gonger.

On more complex images, dark areas are widened and enhanced the same, and somewhat pixelated. Here, the filter was applied 3 times:

Dersom bakgrunnen er mørkare enn forgrunnen, vil filteret sjølvsagt dekke heile biletet.

This filter is found in the main menu under Filters → Generic → Erode.