All built-in image effects, which are supported by the Editor, can be created by the Image Effects dialog shown in example below (for the Hue-Saturation command).
Example of the Image Effects dialog
The dialog includes two image placeholders. In the left image box you can see the original image; in the right image you can view the image as modified with the currently chosen effect. If the image is larger than the placeholder, you can drag images synchronously using the mouse (the mouse cursor appears as a "hand" pointer when it is moved over the image). After clicking the Apply button, the original image is changed and the effects combo box will display the "Original" item.
If you choose another effect from the effects combo box, but do not apply the previous effect, the previous change will be discarded. Most parameters in the dialog can be modified within some range of integers.
To modify the image effect:
1. Select one or more images on the active label version. Choose the effect name from the menu (by the Format-->Effects--><image effect> command), or open any effect and then select the needed effect from the combo box in the Image Effects dialog.
Note: This is not an actual effect, but the first entry in the Effects combo box is an Original. When selected, only the original image will be displayed in the dialog.
2. The Image Effects dialog displays different parameters for different image effect commands:
|
Commands |
Parameters |
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Hue-Saturation |
Hue Slider (min: 0; max: 360; default:0) |
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-"- |
Saturation Slider (-1000; 1000; 0) |
|
-"- |
Lightness Slider (-1000; 1000; 0) |
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Brightness-Contrast |
Brightness Slider (-1000; 1000; 0) |
|
-"- |
Contrast Slider (-1000; 1000; 0) |
|
Gamma |
Gamma Slider (0; 1000; 0) |
|
Mosaic |
Dimensions Slider (1; 1000; 1) |
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Noise |
Channels: This combo box contains items: All Channels (default), Red channel, Green channel, Blue channel. |
|
-"- |
Range Slider (0; 1000; 0) |
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Emboss |
-- Direction: Contains options: Northwest, North, Northeast, West, East, Southwest, South, and Southeast. |
|
-"- |
Depth Slider (0; 1000; 0) |
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Oilify |
Dimension Slider (1; 100; 1) |
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Posterize |
Level Slider (2; 64; 64) |
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Solarize |
Threshold Slider (0; 255; 255) |
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Invert |
Has no parameters. |
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Grayscale |
Has no parameters. |
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Sharpen |
Sharpness Slider (-1000;1000;0) |
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Underlay |
Tile: Allows you to tile the underlay. This repeats the underlying image, so that it fills the target image. |
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-"- |
Stretch: Allows you to stretch the underlay to fit the dimensions of the target image. |
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-"- |
Underlying image: In this box enter a path to underlying image manually or select it through the File Open dialog with preview feature by clicking the Browse button. If you entered the wrong image or left this text box empty, the effect is not applied. |
3. Select the needed effect, choose the effect parameters (if any), and click either the OK or Apply button in order to apply changes or the Cancel button to discard changes.