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2. Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running out of ink Select Size and Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading To Change the Blend Mode Select a blend mode to control how pixels are affected by the painting tool Ls 2 From the Toolbar under Create select the Paintbrush or Airbrush instrument From the Mode drop down select a blending option Normal Dissolve Multiply Screen Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Darken Lighten Differenc e Select Normal to display the transparent object over the underlying object or photo without blending the colors together Select Dissolve to randomly replace pixels with the base color depending on opacity Select Multiply to multiply the colors in the transparent object with the colors in the underlying object or photo The blend area is usually darker than the original object or photo Select Screen to multiply the inverse or opposite of the colors in the transparent object and the underlying object or photo The blend area is usually lighter than the original object or photo When the transparent object is over a black area the colors in the object remain unchanged When the transparent object is over a white area the colors in the
3. 12 13 Add photos to the Image Basket Selectan image in the Image Basket and double click to open On the Image Basket Toolbar click Batch Process Create Vignette In the Batch Processing Vignette dialog box click Next Select the photos you would like to process SelectAll items in the Image Basket to process all of the photos that arein the Image Basket Select Opened Compositions to process only those photos that are currently open To see which photos are open click Window Open photos are listed at the bottom of the menu Select New Selection to process specific photos from the Image Basket Click Next Select the vignette style Select Linear if you want to create a vignette horizontally vertically or diagonally across the photo Select Rectangular if you want to create a rectangular frame Select Elliptical if you want to create an oval or circular frame Click Next Select vignette options Click on the Angle wheel to indicate the angle you want the fade to come from Move the Fade Start Point and Fade End Point sliders to the left and right to indicate where the vignette fade should begin and end Click Next It is not a good idea to replace original photos with edited versions so use the Saving Your Images options to save the processed photos with a new name toa new folder or in a different file format Inthe Add a Suffix to the File Name box type a file name suffix that will identify t
4. 27 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide The Marquee Tool and the Oval Marquee Tool are the easiest to use so if you are learning to use ACDSee Photo Editor you may want to start by mastering these tools You have to click the arrow beside the Marquee Tool to display the other pixel selection tools Once you have selected the Marquee Tool or Oval Marquee Tool 1 Doone of the following Click next to the desired area and drag diagonally downwards or upwards until a rectangle or oval surrounds the desired area Press and hold the Ctrl key then click in the middle of the desired area and drag outwards until a rectangle or oval Surrounds the desired area 2 Release the mouse button A flashing marquee surrounds the area that you selected Selecting Odd Shaped Areas with the Lasso Tool The Lasso Tool is a very powerful selection tool because you can use it to select odd shaped areas in a photo For example have you ever wanted to remove one or two people in the background of a photo or people who accidentally walked into frame when you took a photo You can use the Lasso Tool to draw a selection around these people leaving most of the photo untouched Once you have selected the Lasso Tool 1 Click next to the odd shaped area and slowly drag the cursor around the area as if you were drawing an outline around it 2 Complete the selection by dragging back tothe starting point and releasing the mouse button A flashing marquee surrounds
5. Contents Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Weicome tOACDSee Photo Editor g2c c0nccesetuaeeenentneeeasedets eed teekusudmincdummeruwdingdeaeitnedegweueneudeceeenianedeasaes 6 Using How tos to Learn About ACDSee Photo Editor 2 01 lee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eeeee 6 How to Use ACDSee Photo Editor __ 2 2 220 ee ee ee eee ee ee eee n eee eeenes 6 Aboutthe ACDSee Photo Editor User Interface ook wiieie ce anv aden sewavmnb oun eenientudedersmseundeclostcrnantcenguebonsbeovnk edu 6 Abou utthe ACDSee Photo Editor Toolbars nn ecc nce cace cede aceesc deeseebacotetedsoussesuescccatecescbeetecasascekoiueetecgesacs 8 Joma tie Malla VOOM ei wnceuenen es sseaee ee ecee A a E A etuaceeuee eeeus one ene oot eee eeeuesees 9 Working in the Editing WindoOW lt 2 2 c0 cccstencedeceduvcodecacdesesncccdtaesransendiedeeaeedeebeetedosecdidstacxadedisuscteacads 13 Right clicking to Access MenUuS ce cn ce creevesaccddeseewade dacudeeesecceckeeteeucaecteeesudoedescbhwcsawsdese Qacceueeeeeece dames 14 Using The Image Basket o ccecucataccetecetavcetancateswstngciucncdaceseeuadeds tac sadetenaweomseatusene ced Gauetekcevuseeueceene 14 Opening Closing and Docking Palettes 2 oe ee ee ee ce ce ee ce eee oaaao 16 Using the Adjustments Palette oc 5 hin dns cowcacecac is ccdin unde weld aqie s aerctel Wea wretaa nie ielee worwlerbn non ou austere sales Die leialare adie and oaks waleaategelatale 16 Working at Different Magnifications ___ __
6. To Apply a More Complex Gradient to an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object Das T o 9 Vignette Tool E Gradient Tool chy Bucket Toal 2 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Gradient Tool from the drop down menu 3 Inthe Properties bar click the gradient icon a The Gradient dialog box displays 4 Toquickly apply a predefined gradient style in the Gradients dialog box click one of the saved gradients 5 Toselect a different gradient style click the Style drop down and select Radial Directional Rectangular or Elliptical Then click and drag the red guideline to set the angle and position of the gradient You can see how you arechanging the gradient angle and position in the preview 6 Tochange the colors of the gradient press the Add Color Point button then either double click the color point or click the clr Color Picker Select a color from the dialog and click OK Drag the color point located underneath the gradient preview to the left or right until you are satisfied with the color blend You can have morethan one color point You can also see how your color points affect the gradient in the preview 7 Usethe Behavior drop down menu to determine the direction of the gradient 8 Youcan also make certain areas of the gradient more or less opaque by setting opacity points Press the Add Opacity Point button then use the Opacity slider to select the opacity D
7. Hiding Imperfections by Blurring You can hide imperfections in specific areas of an image by blurring To Blur an Area of a Photo ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide From the Toolbar select the Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q 1 2 Inthe Toolbar under the Fix section select the Blur Tool from the drop down menu 0 3 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 4 Clickand drag across the flaw in the photo When you click the contrast is reduced between pixels in that area 5 Click Done Blur Options Brush Options drop down menu i Brush size 31px o Spacing 25px 7 Select Brush Options Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and to the right to harden the brush or nib Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and tothe right to make the brush or nib round If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle of the brush or nib Brush Size Click the arrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the leftor right until the brush or nib is the desired size Spacing Click the arrow beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and to the right to create a dotted stroke Pressure Click the arrow beside the Pressure box and drag the slider to the left to reduce pressure and to the right to Mode increase pr
8. To Reset the Options to the Default Set 1 With an image open in the Toolbar under Create select the desired painting or drawing instrument 2 Click Saved Brushes g 3 Clickthe Saved Brush Options icon gt in the upper right corner and from the drop down menu select Reset Brushes Creating Vignettes and Other Types of Masks Creating a Vignette of a Photo Use the Vignette Tool to add a frame around a subject To Create a Vignette of a Photo 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Vignette Tool 3 Inthe Properties bar fromthe Vignette Type drop down menu select a shape Select Linear if you want to create a vignette horizontally vertically or diagonally across the photo Select Rectangular if you want to create a rectangular frame Select Elliptical if you want to create an oval or circular frame 4 Doone of the following Click Apply to automatically position the vignette frame over the photo Creating with Photo Editor Click and drag across the work area Press and hold the Shift key to create a vignette frame that is an equal width and height Clickand drag the vignette frame until you are satisfied with its placement over the photo If desired click and drag the vignette handles to resize the frame 5 If you want to crop the photo to the vignette frame selectthe Crop to Vignette checkbox 6 Click Apply Vignette 7 If you want to
9. 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Text Tool T 2 Clickin the work area and type the desired word phrase or sentence Press Enter to create a new line or paragraph 3 Press Esc when you have finished typing You will see a blue frame around the text object Changing Fonts Colors and Alignment Once you have added a text object to an image you will probably want to change its appearance There are a number of toolbar options that you can use to change the fonts colors and text alignment in a text object You can use the toolbar options to change all of the text in a text object or just a single word or phrase 49 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide To Change All Text in a Text Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the text object 2 Inthe Properties bar selectthe desired fonts colors and text alignment options as described in the table below To Change a Single Word or Phrase in a Text Object En D amp T Text Tool eer Pt I I F 4 SeA T vertical Text Tool 1 In the Toolbar clickthe Text Tool 2 Doone of the following Double click the word Click and drag to select a phrase 3 Selectfont color and text alignment options as described below Properties Bar Options Arial le You can change the font to any font that is available on your computer system Bald le You can change the text weight from regular to bold or italic Size iv You can select a text size or type a specifi
10. 2 Inthe Properties bar click the arrow beside the Glow box and drag the slider to the left to reduce glow and to the right to increase The glow is created by adding an outline around the stroke The glow is diminished by reducing the width of the outline around the stroke The glow is increased by increasing the width of the outline around the stroke s 3 Inthe Toolbar use the Color Picker TL to select the glow color Click the foreground box to select the stroke color Click the background box to select the outline or glow color Selecting Colors for Painting You can easily select different colors of paint ink or pencil lead To Select the Color of Paint Ink or Pencil Lead 1 Inthe Toolbar in the Color Picker double click the foreground color box EF i 2 Inthe Colors dialog box do one of the following Selecta color 77 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Move your mouse pointer off the Colors dialog box and use the Eyedropper ld to select a color from an existing photo or object Click Show Details and type an RGB HSB or hexadecimal code for a specific color 3 ClickOK Saving Loading and Sharing Instrument Options If you find that you are repeatedly selecting the same options for a painting or drawing instrument you should consider saving those options so that you can quickly apply them whenever you use that instrument For example if you like to use the Paintbrush and are constantly using
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12. Brush Size Click the drop down arrow besidethe Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib is the desired size Spacing Click the arrow beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and tothe right to create a dotted stroke Pressure Click the arrow beside the Pressure box and drag the slider to the left to reduce pressure and to the right to increase pressure Changing pressure changes the amount of smudging Mode From the Mode drop down select a blend mode Saturate Desaturate Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Fade From the Fade drop down select fade options Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Pressure to create the impression that a stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is Slowly running out of ink Select Size and Pressure to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading Adjusting Color Balance Color balance is the overall range of colors or hues in a photo You can use the Color Balance function to change hues in the entire photo or in only the shadows midtones and highlights of a photo To Adjust Color Balance 1 Clickthe Selection Tool and click the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Color Balance 3 Inthe Editing window fromthe Apply To drop down on the lower right of the
13. Editor Al Ba Marquee Tool ra bsa 3 Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool G y Polygon Lasso Tool pa Smart Lasso Tool Remote Mowe Toal 1 On the Toolbar under Select choose a tool to select the noisy area of the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Noise Reduce Noise 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Reduce Noise Options Drag the Radius slider to the left to reducethe blur radius and to the right to increase the blur radius Drag the Threshold slider to the left to reduce the number of pixels that will be blurred and to the right to increase the number of pixels that will be blurred Drag the Color Noise Reduction slider to the rightto remove color noise from the image Hiding Imperfections by Adding Noise Sometimes noise can improve a photo When you add noise to a photo it looks slightly grainy which can hide small imperfections To Add Noise to a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Noise Add Noise 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Intensity slider to the left and right until you are satisfied with the amount of noise in the photo 4 Select Gaussian to add more noise to darker and lighter colors and Uniform to add noise randomly across a range of colors 5 Select the Monochromatic checkbox to add noise that is just one color or hue 6 Press OK
14. Editor User Guide 3 Inthe Editing window in the Color Boost area drag the slider to the left or right to add or remove color from the photo 4 Press OK Tips for Adjusting the Shadows and Highlights in Your Photos You can makea photo look unnatural if you add too much light to shadows or too many shadows to highlights For example if you have a close up photo of a person s face there will be shadows on the person s face If you eliminate too many of those shadows the person s face will look flat Therefore itis advisable to leave natural shadows and highlights in your photos The shadows and highlights in your photo will look more natural if you drag the Range slider to the right to select a greater range of pixels to change For example if you add light to only the darkest areas in the photo you reduce the overall contrast in the photo Adjusting Brightness by Dodging and Burning In a traditional darkroom photos are created by shining light through film onto light sensitive paper for a period of time That period of time determines the lightness and darkness of the photo If the paper is exposed to light for a shorter period of time the photois lighter If the paper is exposed to light for alonger period of time the photois darker However some parts of a photo may be much darker or much lighter than other areas of the photo Photographers in a traditional darkroom could lighten and darken these areas by reducing or increasing the
15. Editor User Guide 4 Click OK G You can swap the interior and outline colors by clicking the Swap Colors icon to the left of the Color Picker SEF k You can also quickly set the interior color to white and the outline color to black by clicking the Default Colors icon to the right of the Color Picker Saving Loading and Sharing Colors If you are repeatedly selecting the same color you should consider saving it so you can quickly apply it to objects For example if you select or create a unique shade you can save it and quickly apply it with one click You can also share your colors with other Photo Editor users For example if you are working on a scrapbook with a sibling but you are working on different computers you can share your colors by saving them to a file moving the file to the other computer and loading the file into Photo Editor To Save a Color ra 1 Inthe Toolbar under Colors click the Color Picker d 2 Inthe Colors dialog box select the desired color il 3 Click Save Color The color displays in the Saved Colors section of the Colors dialog box Creating with Photo Editor I 4 Click OK To Select Saved Colors 1 Inthe Toolbar under Colors click the Color Picker 2 Selectthe color fromthe Saved Colors section of the Colors dialog box 3 Click OK To Delete Saved Colors 1 Inthe Toolbar under Colors click the Color Picker 2 Selectthe color in the Saved Colors sectio
16. Object or Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar do one of the following Click Object Rotate Flip Resize and select either Flip Horizontally or Flip Vertically Click Object Rotate Flip Resize Rotate 180 to flip the object or photo vertically Rotating the Work Area To Quickly Rotate the Work Area 90 On the Toolbar under Rotate click the Rotate Work Area Left button H or On the Toolbar under Rotate click the Rotate Work Area Right button fa Painting and Drawing in the Work Area Selecting a Painting or Drawing Instrument There are five painting and drawing instruments available from the Toolbar After you select a painting and drawing instrument you will see a number of options listed in the Properties bar These options give you control over the width and shape of the brush or nib the spacing and opacity of strokes and more The Pencil is one of the five painting and drawing instruments but it has no options You can however change the pencil color To Change the Width of a Brush or Nib Creating with Photo Editor go O a T Paintbrush Tool amp Airbrush Tool Pencil Tool Marker Tool EUNA Neon Tool 1 Fromthe Toolbar under Create select the Paintbrush Airbrush Marker or Neon instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar click the arrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib
17. Portrait or Landscape under Orientation To increase or decrease margins type new margin settings in the Left Right Top Bottom boxes under Margins To change the printed size of the photo or image choose a new size from the Image print size drop down For example your photo may be anon standard printsize You can use this option to scale the photo toa standard print size Select Fit to paper to increase the size of the photo or image until it fits the page If you want to center the photo or image on the paper check the Center on paper checkbox If you want to print more than one copy of the photo or image per page select the number of copies from the Prints per page drop down If you want to printcrop marks around the photo or image select Crop marks If you want to print the file name at the bottom of the page select File name If you want to label the page select Label and type a label into the text box 2 Click OK Editing EXIF and IPTC Metadata Many cameras record EXIF Exchangeable Image File Format information in photos This information includes the camera make and model the date and time the photo was taken and camera settings such as orientation exposure time and ISO speed You can add and edit EXIF information If you plan to sell or widely distribute your photos you should consider editing the IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council information of your photos This information includes captio
18. Tool 4 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 8 Clickand drag across the flaw in the photo When you click the pixels at that point are copied and then blended with the Smudge area 9 Click Done Smudge Tool Options Brush options drop down Brush Size Spacing Pressure Fade Within Select Brush Options Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and tothe right to harden the brush or nib Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and tothe right to make the brush or nib round If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle of the brush or nib Click the arrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib is the desired size Click the arrow beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and to the right to create a dotted stroke Click the arrow beside the Pressure box and drag the slider to the left to reduce pressure and to the right to increase pressure Changing pressure changes the amount of smudging From the Fade drop down select fade options Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Opacity to create the impression thata stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running o
19. Tool to select and drawa shapefrom acollection of pre defined shapes Use the Polygon Tool to draw a multi sided shape with anchor points that you can manipulate The lines between anchor points are straight Use the Smooth Polygon Tool to draw a multi side shape with anchor points that you can manipulate The lines between anchor points are curved 11 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 7 amp Select Freehand Tool Cookie Cutter Tool Use the Freehand Tool to draw freehand paths and shapes Use the Cookie Cutter Tool to select a shape from a collection of pre defined shapes and cut the photo or object to that shape This section contains functions that you can use to Select any part of a photo or object If you use the functions with special keys you can add or subtract from the selection or overlap two different selections Settings on the Properties bar can soften the edges omit certain colors or detect edges based on contrast 7 se Colors Marquee Tool Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool Smart Lasso Tool Remote Move Tool Magic Wand Tool Use the Marquee Tool to select a rectangular area within a photo A dashed border displays around the selected area Use the Oval Marquee Tool to select a round area within a photo To select a round area around a specific point press Ctrl Shift as you click and drag Use the Lasso Tool to select a freehand area of a photo If y
20. and both of which are slightly overexposed To Apply the Orton Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Orton 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Orton Options Blur Drag the Blurslider to the right to increase the blur Contrast Drag the Contrast slider to the right to increase the contrast Brightness Drag the Brightness slider to the right to increase the brightness Making a Photo Look Like a Pastel Drawing The Minimum and Maximum effects emphasize the light and dark pixels in a photo and the result is a photo that looks like a pastel drawing To Make a Photo Look Like a Pastel Drawing Creating with Photo Editor 1 Clickthe Selection Tool and click the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Minimum or Maximum 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Minimum and Maximum Options Radius Drag the Radius slider to the right to increase the effect Applying a Pencil Drawing Effect You can use the Pencil Drawing effect to create a pencil drawing from your images To Make a Photo Look Like a Pencil Drawing 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Pencil Drawing Applying a Posterize Effect You can use the Posterize effect to reduce the number of br
21. click Edit Preferences 2 Onthe left side of the Preferences dialog box click Reset to Defaults 3 Click OK Using Rulers Guides and Grids You can use rulers guides and grids to align photos and objects in an image Displaying Rulers Guides and Grids Click View and select either Ruler Guides or Grid then select On Defining Ruler Units To change the ruler measurement units 1 Click File Define Work Area 2 Inthe Define Work Area dialog box select a different measurement unit from the drop down to the right of the Width and Height boxes For example select inches to change the ruler unit to inches 3 Click OK You can also change the ruler measurement unit by selecting an option from the Units drop down in the Properties bar Adding Guides to the Work Area Guides are blue horizontal and vertical lines that you can drag into the work area to help you align objects and photos To Add a Guide to the Work Area by Clicking and Dragging Click on aruler and drag into the work area To Add a Guide to the Work Area Using a Menu Option 1 Select View Guides Add Guide 2 Inthe Add Guide dialog box set the orientation by selecting Horizontal Guide or Vertical Guide 3 Typean exact guide position in the text box 4 Click OK To Position a Guide Exactly 1 Double click a guide 2 Typean exact guide position in the text box 3 Click OK To Remove a Guide from the Work Area Click and
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23. drag the guide back to its ruler Customizing the Work Area Changing Grid Settings You can easily changegrid spacing and color To Change Grid Settings 1 Click View Grid Settings 2 IntheGrid Settings dialog box type anumber intothe Spacing field to determine the distance between grids For example if you are using inches as your ruler unit type 1 into the text box to establish a grid every 1 inch 3 Clickthe Color Picker and select the grid color 4 Click OK Snapping to Guides and Grids If you display guides and grids you can use the snap option to force photos and objects to align to the nearest guide or grid This ensures that your photos and objects are always precisely aligned with guides and grids To Snap to Guides and Grids Click View and select either Guides or Grid then select Snap Changing Work Area Background Size and Resolution When you create a work area you are prompted to choose several settings such as the work area background size and resolution You can change these settings at any time To Change the Work Area Background Color 1 Inthe Menu bar click File Define Work Area 2 On the Define Work Area dialog box from the Background drop down on the bottom left select a color Select White Black or Custom if you want the work area to havea colored background Select Transparent if you want the work area to have a transparent background For Custom click the Color Picker box t
24. edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the top edge of the work area Increase the x coordinate to move the object to the right and increase the y coordinate to move the object down vhictth 10t in Height 1 odin If you want to add an object with a precise width and height enter the dimensions in the Width and Height boxes instead of clicking and dragging to create the object F Retain Toal After you add an object to the work area Photo Editor automatically switches to the Selection Tool and displays the Selection Tool options in the Properties bar Select Retain Tool if you want to add multiple objects to the image EARE Click Line Style to select the line thickness and style Line Style zz In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing 45 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Adding Polygons to the Work Area Polygons are multi sided shapes like triangles trapezoids or pentagons You can create a unique background by adding polygons of different sizes and colors To Add a Polygon to the Work Area 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Polygon Tool or Smooth Polygon Tool W from the Tool drop down menu Bag GO AlAi I Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon T
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26. if the Landscape image has a landscape orientation Before and After Displays the before and after with the unadjusted image on the left This option is preferable if the Portrait image has a portrait orientation Before only Displays only the unadjusted image After only Displays only the adjusted image Preview Select this option to view the other objects or images within the work area When this option is not composition selected only the selected photo or object is displayed Making Additional Adjustments to the Photo You can make additional adjustments to a photo in the Editing window For example when you apply the motion blur effect to a photo you may want to alter the amount or the angle of the blur You can increase or decrease the blurriness and change the angle of the blur by using the options on the Settings tab located in the bottom right corner of the window The options shown in the Settings tab change for each type of adjustment For example the options for motion blur are different from the options for radial blur Of course the fastest method for making additional adjustments toa photois to click one of the preview images on the Variations tab in the upper right of the Editing window Each preview image shows the effects of a unique combination of options You can see the options change in the Settings tab as you click each preview image When you click a preview image those options are applied to the photo If y
27. impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area 1 Select Opacity to create the impression thata stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running out of ink 1 SelectSize and Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading Within Specifies the percentage of how fast the brush will fade Removing Flaws Using the Eraser Tool You can remove pixels entirely using the Eraser Tool To Remove Pixels from a Photo 89 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Selectthe Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q a 2 Inthe Toolbar under Create select the Eraser Tool 3 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 4 Clickand drag across the flaw to remove the pixels 5 Theeraser reveals the checkerboard pattern of the work area behind the photo Removing the pixels reveals the work area 6 Click Done 7 Useanother tool such as the Rubber Stamp Tool to replace the pixels Eraser Tool Options Brush options drop down menu Select Brush Options Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and tothe right to harden Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and to the right to make the brush or nib round If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle of the brush or nib Brush Size Click the drop down a
28. maintain the transparency behind the vignette frame click File Save As and select PNG Portable Network Graphics PNG is a file format that is similar to JPEG You can place PNG files into Photo Editor images web pages Microsoft Word documents and most publishing programs Cutting a Shape Out of a Photo Photo Editor has various ways that you can change the shape of a photo You can use the Cookie Cutter Tool to quickly crop an image with preset shapes If you want a custom design use the Shape Tool or create a vector shape on top of the photo and trim it with the press of a button To Cut a Shape Out of a Photo with the Cookie Cutter Tool 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Cookie Cutter Tool a 3 Inthe Properties bar fromthe Shape drop down select a Category such as Celebrations or Home 4 Selecta shape in that category 5 Dooneof the following Click Fit to Objects to automatically position the cookie cutter shape over the photo Click and drag across the work area Press and hold the Shift key to add a shape that is an equal width and height 81 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Clickand drag the cookie cutter shape until you are satisfied with its placement over the photo If desired click and drag the shape handles to resize the shape 6 Click Apply The background behind the cookie cutter shape is the work area background color To chang
29. objects or photos Click Edit Select All Objects Objects and photos that are below other In the Object Palette click the object or photo objects or photos When one object is selected the object typeis displayed in the Status bar When more than one object is selected the Status Bar indicates the number of selected objects In the Properties bar keep Resample checked when resizing or stretching images to smoothen changes and optimize the appearance of the resized pixels Moving Objects and Photos Around the Work Area There are several methods of moving objects and photos around the work area You may discover that you prefer one method over another You may also need to use one or more methods if you are working on complex projects To Move Objects and Photos by Dragging 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Drag the object or photo to the desired location in the work area Press and hold the Shift key to move objects or photos at 45 angles only To Move Objects and Photos in Small Increments from Their Present Location 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Doone of the following Press an arrow key on your keyboard to move the object or photo 1 pixel to the left right up or down Press and hold the Alt key then press an arrow key to move the object or photo 10 pixelsto the left right up or down Press and hold the Ctrl key then press an arrow ke
30. of photos To Apply the Collage Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Collage 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Collage Options Number of photos Drag the Number of photos slider tothe right to increase the number of photos in the collage Photo size Drag the Photo size slider to the right to increase the size of the photos Background color Click the Background color picker to select the background color Randomize Press the Randomize button to randomly scatter the position of the photos Applying a Colorize Effect You can use the Colorize function to make all of the pixels in a photo a shade of a particular color Completely black and completely white pixels are unchanged To Colorize a Photo 59 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Colorize 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Colorize Options Hue Drag the Hue slider to the left or right until the pixels in the photo are the desired color Saturation Drag the Saturation slider to the left to decrease saturation and to the right to increase Lightness Drag the Lightness slider to the left to increase the number of black pixels and to the right to increase the number of white pix
31. pixels in a photo you can setthe lightest pixels in the photo as the new whitepoint There are two sets of sliders that allow you to identify the new blackpoint and whitepoint Use the Input Levels slider if you want to increase the tonal range and contrast in the photo Use the Output Levels slider if you want to decrease the tonal range and contrast in the photo To Adjust Levels 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Levels 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the black slider until itis underneath the darkest pixels in the photo Then drag the white slider until it is underneath the lightest pixels in the photo 4 If you are adjusting the Input Levels drag the Input Levels gray slider to the left or right to determine how many levels are above or below the midpoint Moving the slider to the left increases the number of levels above the midpoint which makes the photo brighter Moving the slider to the right increases the number of levels below the midpoint which makes the photo darker 5 Press OK Using the Normalize Histogram The normalize histogram normalizes or redistributes the peaks and valleys between each color To Create a Histogram 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Normalize Histogram 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Percentage slider to modi
32. right to determine the width and height of the image or type the width and height into the fields Use the unit drop down to select the measurement unit such as pixels inches cm or mm 3 Clickthe Background color box and in the Colors dialog box select the background color of the image Delete Color 4 Click OK Zo ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Using and Creating Templates Photo Editor comes with a variety of templates for different types and sizes of projects You can use these templates to create layouts and designs You can also save any favorite layout or design as your own template to use again later To Create a Project with a Template 1 Choose File New From Template 2 Clicka template in the list A preview appears on the right so you can see the design 3 Click OK You can use the tools and Color Picker to enhance the design or drag a paper or background behind the template objects and select the Trim to Shape button Ut ARE Le and the paper will take the shape of the template object To Save a Template 1 When you havecompleted your design click File Save As Template 2 Typeaname that identifies your template in the Enter Template Name box Templates are stored in the folder My Documents ACDSee Photo Editor Templates Click the Templates Folder button to open this folder You can create sub folders or remove template files at any time Adding Objects to the Work Area Rectangles ovals arcs s
33. seed slider Creating with Photo Editor Applying a Weave Effect You can use the Weave effect to give a photo the appearance of being woven into a tapestry or basket You can control the width of the vertical and horizontal strips the width of the gap between the strips and the background color that displays through the gap To Apply a Weave Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Weave 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Weave Options Strip width Drag the Strip width slider to the left to reduce the width of the strips and to the right to increase Distance between Drag the Distance between strips slider to the left to reduce the gap between strips and to the right to strips increase Background color Click the Background color picker to choose the hue of the gap between strips Applying Dynamic Adjustments to Images and Objects With Dynamic Adjustments you can apply image filters and adjustments to images shapes text and grouped objects without permanently altering the object The objects keep their original features This technology is so flexible that you can even change the settings of the effect switch the order of effects and hide or remove effects individually To Apply a Dynamic Adjustment 1 Clickthe Selection Tool and click the object 2 Click Object Dynamic Adjustments A
34. the Create tools Click the Color Picker to display the colors dialog Select the color that you wantto apply tothe object If you click the foreground or fill square in the icon the color that you select is used as the brush color when painting or used to fill an object If you click the background or stroke Square in the icon the color that you select is used to outline objects To set the foreground and background colors to black and white click the default colors icon be in the lower right corner Click the Text Color Picker to open the colors dialog so you can select the color of text Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Working in the Editing Window When you apply certain adjustments a new window opens This is called the Editing window Here you will see the unadjusted photo and the adjusted photo You will alsosee additional adjustment options in a panel to the right of the photos You will see a few familiar tools in the Editing window such as f Hand Tool P Magnifying Glass Tool and zoom drop down slider Q Actual Size Fit On Screen and Print Size options Changing the Position of the Photos When you open the Editing window the unadjusted photo displays above the adjusted photo You can change the position of the photos by selecting one of the options from the View drop down list View Options Before and After Displays the before and after with the unadjusted image at the top This option is preferable
35. the area that you selected If you release the mouse button before you reach the starting point ACDSee Photo Editor will connect the starting and end points with a straight line Selecting Odd Shaped Areas with the Polygon Lasso Tool If you find it difficult to use the Lasso Tool try using the Polygon Lasso Tool It works like the Lasso Tool but instead of clicking and dragging acomplete freehand line around an area you only have to click on points around the area A straight marquee line is drawn between each point You may find this tool easier to use because you can spend more time getting the cursor into the correct position or because you do not have to hold the mouse button down constantly Selecting Odd Shaped Areas with the Smart Lasso Tool The Smart Lasso Tool is a combination of the Lasso Tool and the Polygon Lasso Tool You can click and drag around an area then release the mouse button and click at specific points around the object The selection marquee clings to the edges of nearby subjects which increases the precision of your selection However to complete the selection you have to press the Esc key Clicking on or near the start point will not complete the selection Selecting the Entire Photo You can alsoselect the entire photo To Select All Areas of a Photo 1 Click the Selection Tool and double click on the photo Me 2 Click Image Selection Select All Pixels or Edit Select All A flashing marquee displays around
36. the number of pixels per inch and that higher resolutions result in larger file sizes 5 Click OK Advanced Options To Define Bleed Options 1 Clickthe Advanced Options button J to open the Bleed Options settings 2 Selecta unit of measurement from the Units menu 3 Typea bleed amount in the Left text field By default Lock Proportions is checked so each side will have the same bleed amount Uncheck Lock Proportions to put different amounts on each side If Add Bleed To Work Area is checked the bleed amount for each side is added to the size of the work area If this option is unchecked the bleed amount is within the work area Placing Photos in the Work Area The work areais like a piece of paper where you can arrange photos text and objects You must place photos in the work area before you can changeand arrange them When you place a photo into the work area you are actually creating a copy of the photo in 21 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide the work area You can make as many changes to the photo as you want in the work area but the original photo will remain unchanged To Place a Photo in a Work Area 1 With the work area open in the Menu bar click File Place 2 Selectthe photo that you want to place or CTRL click to select multiple images and press Place 3 Move the place cu rsor lee to the location in the work area where you want to place the photo then click The photo displays in the work area at
37. the ripple Amplitude Drag the Amplitude slider to the left to reduce the height of the ripples and tothe right to increase Wavelength Drag the Wavelength slider to the left to reduce the distance between ripples and to the right to increase Light strength Drag the Light strength slider to the left to reduce the contrast between the top and bottom of each ripple and to the right to increase that contrast Background Select Image if you want the ripples to use the colors from the photo De select the Image color option and use the Color Picker to apply another color to the ripples Ripple horizontally if you want ripples to travel horizontally across the photo vertically if you want the ripples to travel vertically across the photo Select both horizontally and vertically to create a circular ripple Applying the Spherize Effect You can use the Spherize function to make a photo look like it is stretched over a warped mirror To Apply a Spherize Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Spherize 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Spherize Options Creating with Photo Editor Amount Drag the Amount slider to the left to reduce stretching and to the right to increase stretching Projection Mode Spherical Ellipsoid Select Spherical EIllipsoid to stretch the photo clockwise around around bulge Cy
38. time that the areas were exposed to light They did this by moving their hands or another object above the light sensitive paper effectively blocking light to some areas of the photo dodging while allowing light to other areas of the photo burning You can do the same thing with digital photographs You can use the Dodge Tool to lighten dark areas of a photo and the Burn Tool to brighten dark areas of a photo To Dodge and Burn a Photo 1 Inthe Toolbar under Fix select the Dodge Tool 4 or the Burn Tool amp from the drop down menu 2 Inthe Properties bar setthe Dodgeand Burn options as described in the table below 3 Clickand drag across a specific area of the photo 4 Click Done Dodge and Burn Options Brush Options Brush Size Spacing Exposure Mode Fade Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor B Brush Size 3ipx padng 25px 7 Select brush options Inthe Properties bar clickthe Brush Options icon Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and to the right to harden Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and tothe right to make the brush or nib round Ifyou flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle of the brush or nib Click the drop down arrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib is the desired size Click the drop down ar
39. wantto apply to the black area of the eye 4 Setthe Tolerance tothe number of pixels that you want to change A lower tolerance reduces the number of pixels that you will change 5 Clickthe red areas of the eye Avoid clicking in light or colored areas 6 Zoom out occasionally to see how the photo looks at normal resolution Making Photos Warmer or Cooler Colors have a temperature that can be measured in degrees on the Kelvin scale Colors with a low temperature have ared or yellow hue while colors with a high temperature have a blue hue You can use the Temperature Tint function to increase or decrease the color temperatures in your photo Increasing color temperature adds warmth to a photo while decreasing color temperature adds coolness to a photo Use the Tint control to add shades of green or magenta after selecting the Temperature 103 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide To Make a Photo Warmer or Cooler 1 Selectthe Selection Tool then click the photo Me 2 IntheMenu bar select Adjustments Color Temperature Tint 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Temperature K slider to the right to increase temperature or tothe left to decrease Alternately type a temperature into the box beside the slider 4 Drag the Tint slider to the right to add magenta hues to the photo and to the left to add green hues to the photo 5 Press OK Adjusting Hue Saturation and Lightness Hues are gradations of a spe
40. 2 Editing and Removing a Custom MaSK lt 0csneccdc amen ccucdebenccaciduidcatacetaddbpandeudaa oeenacendoebunebensdeenncwnnnades 84 Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Removing Flaws __ _ eee ee eee eee eee ee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ence cece eeeeeeee 87 Removing Flaws Using the Repair TOO we suvenacec damasanieaend a dcwnareawd auded pleted devedwaealx ed edu ahaha dew Reieed opedhadewes 87 Removing Flaws Using the Rubber Stamp Tool ___ 22 eel eee eee eee ee ee eee eee eee cee eee cece onnan 87 Removing Flaws Using the Eraser Tool 2220 le ccc ec cee cece cece ee cece ence cece eee cceneeccceenees 89 Hiding Flaws Using the Smudge Tool 2cc0 ncaecesevascucsien dace daceeeu see dondde caucecnus bok udebusctoddsas ceadeecebassndeecass 90 Correcting Problems Automatically 2 el eee cece cece ee cece eee cece ence eeeeeecceeeseceeees 92 Automatically Correcting Colors 223i eek cease uen esses wetule tabs eedemee asad use iuce tout esccesteeusscudsecees 92 Automatically Correcting Lighting lt lt cicodeciurnewedsceccneacd se sdeucwdenweatucneeddsedaueeeteedecedehecctatdevetuedSeencenaders 92 Automatically Correcting Both Color and Lighting cdccccccescomesweseweoxanrecoeiewamere ue cedimeenioe sow nw Gesu oyereseeeedeeldass 92 Correcting Problems with Lighting _ 22 01 ll ee ee ee ee ee a oaaao anann 93 Adjusting Brighntnessand Contrast 624222 ccee cec
41. Remove Color Cast function to remove unwanted hues from your photos To Remove a Color Cast from a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Remove Color Cast 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab click the picker then clickan areain the photo that should be white black or gray 4 Drag the Intensity slider to the right to remove more of the unwanted hue and drag the slider to the left to remove less of the hue 5 Press OK Adjusting Color The Advanced Color tool gives you the ability to subtly fine tune and enhance colors or completely change individual colors in an image If you have an image with a yellow car you can use the Saturation tab to saturate the yellow or use the Brightness tab to brighten the yellow In the Hue tab you can change the color of the car from yellow to pink To Adjust Color 1 Clickthe Selection Tool and click the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Advanced Color 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab select either Saturation Brightness or Hue from the drop down menu and adjusteach according to the options described in the table below 4 Doone of the following Click OK to apply your changes Click Reset to clear your changes and reset to the default settings Click Cancel to discard all changes and close the tool Advanced Color Options To adjust each color Adjust each color
42. Settings tab select Entire Image Shadows Midtones or Highlights Select Entire Image if you want to change hues in the entire photo Select Shadows Midtones or Highlights if you want to change hues in any one of those specific tonal ranges 4 Drag the Red Green or Blue sliders to the right to shift colors in the photo to that hue 5 Press OK Adjusting Colors by Applying a Filter You can adjust the colors in an image by applying a filter in Photo Editor To Adjust Colors by Applying a Filter 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Fill 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Fill Options Contents Color Pa Click the Color Picker and select a color from the Colors dialog box then click OK C You can also choose from the pre set options available in the Color drop down menu Blending Opacity Drag the Opacity slider to the left to reduce opacity and make the filter more transparent Drag the Slider to the right to increase opacity and make the filter less transparent 107 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Transfer From the Transfer Mode drop down menu select a blend mode The blend mode controls how the Mode colors in the photo are adjusted by the color of the filter Using the Histogram Palette You can use the histogram palette to analyze the brightness of pixels in a photo or the number of pixels in the r
43. User Guide Crop This section contains the Crop Tool ti Crop Tool Auto Adjust Click the Crop Tool then clickand drag a rectangle around the area you want to keep Anything outside the rectangle will be deleted after you click Apply Crop Objects and text inside the rectangle are merged with the photo and are no longer editable This section contains functions for quick fixes to levels and colors Lil Auto Levels Tool E Auto Colors Tool Ta Auto Fix Tool Fix Click the Auto Levels Tool to automatically correct the contrast in the photo This can affect the colors in the photo Click the Auto Colors Tool to automatically correct color balance in the photo Click Auto Fix Tool to automatically correct both contrast and color balance in the photo This section contains functions that you can use to manually correct a variety of problems in your photos You can also use these functions to creatively blur or lighten an area for special effects 0b Red Eye Tool i Sharpen Tool O Blur Tool Sponge Tool Smudge Tool S D 4 Dodge Tool E gt Burn Tool 7 4 Repair Tool A Rubber Stamp Tool Create Use the Red Eye Tool to reduce the red eye effect caused when light from a flash reflects off the back surface of the eye Use the Sharpen Tool to reduce blurriness by increasing the color difference in adjacent pixels Use the Blur Tool to increase blurriness in a photo Use the Sponge Tool to add or remov
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45. alette supported by major Web browsers The range of colors in the Web palette however can cause color shifts in images with many shades of a few colors Grayscale In Grayscale pixels use 256 brightness levels to represent a range of shades from pure black to pure white Grayscale uses 8 bits per pixel and requires less memory than most color modes 119 Customizing the Work Area Customizing the Work Area Setting General Preferences Like many other applications you can set general program preferences in Photo Editor These preferences include options for saving backup files preferred file locations the brush cursor for painting tools resizing methods and more To Set General Preferences 1 Inthe Menu bar click Edit Preferences 2 Inthe Preferences dialog box fromthe menu on the left select Image Editing 3 Setthe Image Editing options as described below 4 Click OK Image Editing Options Brush Selecta Brush Pointer Pointer Standard Displays the icon for the current painting tool when editing an image Precise Displays a crosshair pointer when editing an image The intersection of the crosshairs is the center of the current brush Brush Size Displays an outline of the current brush as the pointer when editing an image Image From Image Resizing Interpolation select a resizing method Resizing l l l l Interpolation Box Displays considerable tiling or jaggies when you resize an image Trian
46. also activate the actual controls of the application as you are working through them The How tos are grouped to make them easier to find They also contain tips on how to get the best out of Photo Editor Before and After pictures show you the effect of each how to Adjustments Palette Provides quick access to all the fixing editing and creative functions for photos 10 Adjustments A palette that provides an alternative way to find all the functions for fixing or enhancing photos including icons showing the effect they will have on a photo You can reach a function that you are using faster and keep it open Object Palette Lists all the objects in the current work area 41 Object This palette provides functions to group or lock objects change their order or set their opacity edit Palette mode and mask mode You can also set the size of the thumbnails in the Object Palette P Object This toolbar contains icons drop down lists and menus for working in the Object Palette Palette toolbar Title Bar and Status Bar Contain useful information that you can refer to as you work 8 Title bar The bar at the very top of the window that contains the application logo and name as well as the name of the file currently in the work area 13 Status bar The bar atthe very bottom of the window that contains sections that update as you work It displays the mouse position the values for the color currently selected the size of the cur
47. an object you can no longer double click it and edit its anchor points Creating with Photo Editor Editing Object Shapes After you add an object you can easily change its shape by revealing the object s anchor points and editing them To Edit an Object Shape 1 Firstselect the object by clicking the Selection Tool Me and click Edit in the Properties bar 2 Then edit the object using the following commands Tomove an anchor point click and drag the anchor point toa new location Toaddan anchor point right click where you want to add the anchor pointand select Add Point Todelete oneor more anchor points click and drag to select the anchor points then right click and select Delete Point Tostraighten a curved linein the object hover your cursor over the line until the cursor changes toa gray triangle then right click and select Straighten Tobreak aline in the object hover your mouse cursor over the line until the cursor changes toa gray triangle then right click and select Break Two anchor points are added and you can use them to move the broken linein different directions Tojoin aline that was previously broken click and drag to select the two anchor points then right click and select Join Tosmooth a corner ona polygon based shape right click the anchor pointand select Smooth 3 When you are satisfied with the changes you have made to the object shape do one of the following Press Esc Click Done in t
48. ant to overwrite your original file For example if you rotate a photo and then click Save the original un rotated photo is replaced with the rotated photo Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Choose Save As if you want to preserve your original file by saving the modified photo or project with a different file name or file type Save All is like Save because it overwrites all original photos or projects that you have opened Closing a photo or project file is not the same as saving In fact if you change a photoor project and then close it you are prompted to save those changes If you close a photoor project without saving changes those changes are discarded Undoing and Redoing Actions If you make a mistake or simply do not like the results of an action you can undo it You can undo up to 10 actions which is useful for undoing aseries of mistakes or changes without losing all of your work You can alsoredo actions To Undo an Action In the Menu bar click Edit Undo Not all actions can be undone Actions that can t be undoneinclude zooming and scrolling closing or reverting to an earlier version of a file selecting and deselecting objects and saving documents To Redo an Action In the Menu bar click Edit Redo Using the Again Option After you complete some actions you can click Edit lt Action gt Again to repeat the action Reverting Changes to a File If you change a file and decide that you want
49. ape or path you may need to increase the font size Similarly if you contract you may need to decrease the font size To Rotate a Shape or Path 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the text object 2 Inthe Properties bar click the Rotate Skew button ESEN 3 Clickand drag a corner object handle to rotate the text object You can also type an angle into the Rotate box and select Left or Right on the Properties Bar to rotate the text object 4 Clickand drag an object handle on the top bottom or side to skew the text object You can also typean angle into the Skew box and select Horizontal or Vertical on the Properties Bar to skew the text object 5 Inthe Properties bar click Done Applying Artistic Effects to Photos Making a Photo Look Like a Negative There are two ways to make a photo look like a negative You can use the Invert function to reverse the colors in a photo The Invert function converts each pixel s color to its opposite hue in the color spectrum You can also use the Solarize function to reverse the colors in a photo but with more control over the colors To Make a Photo Look Like a Negative Using the Invert Function 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Invert To Make a Photo Look Like a Negative Using the Solarize Function 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color S
50. are selected Expanding Reducing and Smoothing Selections Do not worry if you selected an area that is too small too large or jagged You can easily expand reduce and smooth existing selections Expanding an Existing Selection There are several methods that you can use to expand an existing selection To Expand an Existing Selection Press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag from the existing selection outwards Click Image Selection Expand Enter the number of pixels by which you would like to expand the selection then click OK To Expand an Existing Magic Wand Tool Selection 1 Toadd pixels of asimilar color click Image Selection Add Similar 2 Toadd pixels that are adjacent to the selected pixels click Image Selection Grow Reducing an Existing Selection There are two ways toreduce an existing selection 29 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Press and hold the Ctrl key as you click and drag from the existing selection inwards Click Image Selection Contract Enter the number of pixels by which you would like to reduce the selection then click OK Smoothing an Existing Selection If you are using any of the lasso tools you may have trouble creating asmooth selection around an object or subject in a photo There are two ways to smooth the existing selection Click Image Selection Smoothen Enter the number of pixels by which you would like to smooth the selection then clic
51. atically added to the work area in the top left corner Clickand drag across the work area Press and hold the Shift key to add a shape that is an equal width and height 6 Selectthe desired alignment size and line style options as described in the table below Properties Bar Options x 0 00 in y 0 00 in Width 1 00 in Height 71 00 in Corner Radius 0 35 in Retain Tool Line Style zz You can enter precise x and y coordinates to determine to position of the object in the work area For example set the x coordinate to 0 00 if you want the left edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the left edge of the work area Set the y coordinate to 0 00 if you want the top edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the top edge of the work area Increase the x coordinate to move the object to the right and increase the y coordinate to move the object down If you want to add an object with a precise width and height enter the dimensions in the Width and Height boxes instead of clicking and dragging to create the object If you add a rounded rectangle use the Corner Radius option to determine the shape of the corners Drag the slider to the left to create sharp curves and to the right to create broad curves After you add an object to the work area Photo Editor automatically switches to the Selection Tool and displays the Selection Tool options in the Properties bar Select Retain Tool if yo
52. ave too many nodes click the eraser icon and click the nodes that you want to remove from the curve You can also create disjointed curve segments by selecting the pencil icon 4 and clicking and dragging to createa curve segment Select Smooth to connect those disjointed segments to create one continuous curve Adjusting Brightness with Levels Before you start to work with levels you need to understand histograms A histogram is like a bar graph It indicates the number of pixels in a photo that are at each level between completely black 0 to completely white 255 For example in the histogram below there are no completely black pixels but there area lot of dark pixels and some completely white pixels Every photo has a different histogram Thereis no perfect or normal histogram For example a histogram that shows a concentration of pixels in the darker levels would be normal for a photo of asunset A histogram that shows aconcentration of pixels in the lighter levels would be normal for a photo of a group wearing white 97 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide The Levels tool gives you control over the blackpoint and whitepoint in the photo The blackpoint is the point at which pixels are completely black while the whitepoint is the point at which pixels are completely white If there are no completely black pixels ina photo you can set the darkest pixels in the photo as the new blackpoint Similarly if there are no completely white
53. bjectis over a black area the colors in the object remain unchanged When the transparent object is over a white area the colors in the object become white as well Select Overlay to mix the colors in the transparent object with the colors in the underlying object or photo The blended area maintains the brightness of the underlying object or photo and as aresult you can see shadows and highlights in the blended area The Soft Light blend option will darken or burn the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above is darker than 50 gray It will lighten or dodge the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above itis lighter than 50 gray The Hard Light blend option will darken or multiply the colors in the underlying object or photoif the transparent object above is darker than 50 gray It will lighten or screen the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above itis lighter than 50 gray The Darken blend option identifies the darkest color in the blend area and leaves the darker colors unchanged but replaces the colors that are lighter The Lighten blend option identifies the lightest color in the blend areaand replaces the colors that are darker leaving the lighter colors unchanged The Difference blend option identifies the lightest color in the blend area If the color in the transparent objectis lighter that color is subtracted from the color of the underl
54. bulge oval to stretch vertically across the photo Background color In the Background color group select Image if you want the bulge to use the colors from the photo De select the Image option and use the Color Picker to apply another color to the bulge Applying an Emboss Effect You can use the Emboss effect to add a grayscale relief to an image To Emboss an Image 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Emboss 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Emboss Options Angle Drag the Angle slider to the left to cast shadows from the left and to the right to cast shadows from the right Depth Drag the Depth slider to the left to darken the photo and to the right to lighten the photo Detail Drag the Detail slider to the left to reduce the depth of the embossing and to the rightto increase Applying a Mirror Effect You can use the Mirror effect to create a horizontal or vertical reflection in a photo To Apply a Mirror Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Mirror 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Mirror Options Creating with Photo Editor Mirror Position Drag the Mirror Position slider to the left to move the reflection point to the left or to the right to move the reflec
55. but after the grouping there is asingle object listed and that it is called Group 4 Toungroup a group select the grouped objects and photos and in the Menu bar click Object Ungroup You can also select two or more groups and group them together To Lock and Unlock Objects or Photos 1 Selectthe Selection Tool 2 Press and hold the Shift key and click on the objects and photos that you want to lock 3 Tolock the objects and photos do one of the following Click Object Lock On the Object Palette click the gray lock icons in boxes next tothe objects and photos that you want to lock A 4 Tounlock the objects and photos do one of the following Selectthe locked object or photo and click Object Unlock On the Object Palette click the lock icon next to the locked objects or photos Ma Adding Objects to the Work Area Adding Rectangles and Squares to the Work Area You add rectangles and squares to your images To Add a Rectangle or Square to the Work Area 43 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Selectthe Rectangle Tool or the Rounded Rectangle Tool of the Create group s Tool drop down menu Gee 2 4 2 Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool qGrAanrvynvnvoctad Smooth Polygon Tool Free hand Tool 2 Doone of the following Inthe Properties bar click the Create button Seale left corner Arectangle is automat
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57. c number into the box T T Ti You can quickly underline text using the Underline Tool Next to the Underline Tool are the Superscript and Subscript tools If you added text using the Text Tool you can use the Horizontal Align Tool to left align center right align or justify text AN At You can change the horizontal spacing between characters and the vertical spacing between lines T a You can change text color by clicking the Text Color Picker in the Toolbar and selecting a new _ color from the Colors dialog box Wrapping Text to a Shape or Path You can wrap text toa shapeor path To Wrap Text to a Shape 1 Select the Selection Tool and clicka text object 2 Inthe Properties bar click the Shape button shape Creating with Photo Editor 3 Inthe Text Shape dialog box selectthe shape in which you want to wrap the text 4 Increase the Pen Size to make the shape outline bolder 5 Click OK To Wrap Text to a Path 1 Click the Selection Tool and click a text object 2 Inthe Properties bar clickthe Path button 4 Increase the Pen Size in which to display the path 5 Select the text direction in the bottom left of the Text Path dialog box 6 ClickOK To Expand or Contract the Shape or Path 51 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the text object 2 Clickand drag an object handle to expand or contract the shape or path 4 If you expand sh
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59. cific color You can play with hues to achieve special effects but you normally do not want to change the hues in your photos Saturation is a measurement of the purity of a color Many photographers increase saturation to make dull photos more vibrant Unfortunately increasing saturation can distort the colors in the photo Increasing saturation can also remove fine details and shading in photos If you do increase saturation make sure the colors in the photo look natural and that you do not eliminate details To Adjust Hue Saturation and Lightness 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Hue Saturation 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Hue Saturation and Lightness sliders tothe left and right until you are satisfied with the colors and lighting in the photo 4 Press OK Adjusting the Saturation of Specific Hues You can use the Color Equalization function to increase or decrease the saturation of specific hues This is useful if you want to make a specific hue very vibrant without affecting other hues in the image To Adjust the Saturation of Specific Hues 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Color Equalization 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab do one of the following Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Drag a slider up to increase the saturatio
60. d the whitepoint is the top right corner of the grid The midpoint is the center of the grid With levels you can control the input values for blackpoint midpoint and whitepoint separately from the output values With Curves you control input and output values simultaneously If you drag the midpoint to the right the input values will increase If you drag the midpoint up the output values will increase This is because input is measured along the horizontal left to right axis in the grid and the output is measured along the vertical top to bottom axis in the grid To Adjust Brightness Curves 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Curves Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab on the graph click on the line at the midpoint and drag up into the top left area of the grid then down into the bottom right area of the grid Release the mouse when you are satisfied with the brightness of the photo You will see a small dot on the line which is called anode Think of anode as an anchor point in the curve 4 Clickon another point closer to the blackpoint or whitepoint and drag up then down Release the mouse when you are satisfied with the overall tones and contrast in the photo Again you will see a small dot on the line 5 Press OK For More Control NF Toview the nodes press the Node tool ry If you find you h
61. dd or click the Dynamic Adjustments icon SP on the Object Palette 3 Choosethe effect you want to apply 5 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab change the effect s settings 6 Click OK if you want to accept the adjustments and return to the work area To Change the Settings of a Dynamic Adjustment 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Click Object Dynamic Adjustments Manage or click the Dynamic Adjustments icon SP on the Object Palette 3 Inthe Dynamic Adjustments dialog box click the effect in the list 4 Click Edit 5 Changethe settings in the Editing window 61 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 6 Click OK if you wantto accept the changes 7 Click OK in the Dynamic Adjustments dialog box to return to the work area To Delete a Specific Dynamic Adjustment 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Click Object Dynamic Adjustments Manage or click the Dynamic Adjustments icon SP on the Object Palette 3 Inthe Dynamic Adjustments dialog box click the effect in the list 4 Click Delete 5 Click OK to return to the work area To Remove All Dynamic Adjustments 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Click Object Dynamic Adjustments Clear or click the Dynamic Adjustments icon SP on the Object Palette 3 Inthe Dynamic Adjustments dialog box click Clear 4 ClickOK toreturn to the work area Applying Distortion Effects to Photos Applying a Bathro
62. de vertically to create a circular explosion Applying a Pixelate Effect A pixel is the smallest piece of a digital image arranged in rows and columns When you reduce the resolution of your image the size of the pixel increases and produces blurring You can use the Pixelate effect to increase the size of the pixels in your image To Apply a Pixelate Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Pixelate 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Pixelate Options 65 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Width of pixels Drag the Width of pixels slider to the left to reduce the width of pixels and to the right to increase Height of Drag the Height of pixels slider to the left to reduce the height of pixels and to the right to increase pixels Keep Square If you want the pixels to remain perfectly square select the Keep Square option Applying a Ripple Effect You can use the Ripple effect to divide your images into concentric circles that resemble what you see when you drop a pebble into water To Apply a Ripple Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Ripple 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Ripple Options Position as Click the picker and click in the photo at the center of
63. duce the brightness of the bevel and to the right to increase Bevel width Drag the Bevel width slider to the left to reduce the width of the bevelled frame and tothe right to increase Edge Drag the Edge smoothness slider to the left to create a sharp edge and tothe right to create a feathered edge smoothness Corner Drag the Corner smoothness slider to the left to create sharp corners and to the right to create smooth corners smoothness Applying a Bulge Effect Use the Bulge effect to stretch or shrink areas of your images horizontally and vertically To Add a Bulge to a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Bulge 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Bulge Options Position Par Selectthe picker and clickin the area of the photo where you would like to placethe bulge 63 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Radius Drag the Radius slider to the left to reduce the radius of the bulge and to the right to increase Strength Drag the Strength slider to the left to create the impression that the photo is collapsing into the bulge and tothe right to create the impression that the photo is expanding from the bulge Select both Horizontal and Vertical to create a circular bulge Select only Horizontal if you want the bulge oval to stretch horizontally across the photo Select only Vertical if you want the
64. duce the intensity of the sharpening and tothe right to increase the Level intensity of sharpening Radius Drag the Radius slider to the left to reduce the blur radius and to the right to increase the blur radius Threshol Drag the Threshold slider to the left or right to select which pixels will be sharpened based on brightness level d The Threshold slider specifies how different the lightness values of two adjacent pixels must be before they are sharpened Higher values increase the required difference It is recommended that you set the threshold so that it enhances edges while keeping background noise toa minimum Reducing Noise in Photos Noise looks like random colored pixels in your photo If you capture a photo in low light or increase the ISO setting on your camera to take an action photo you will probably notice noise in the photo You can use the Despeckle Dust and Scratches and Reduce Noise functions to reduce noise in your photo while preserving details that you want to retain The Despeckle function reduces noise by blending pixels with the lightness values of neighboring pixels to achieve a blurred look The Dust and Scratches function reduces noise by replacing a pixel s value with a median value to achieve a blurred look The Reduce Noise function reduces graininess and incorrectly colored pixels To Remove Noise from a Photo Using the Despeckle Function 109 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Ear 2 Marquee To
65. e Shadows amount of light to add to the selected pixels Range Drag the Range slider to the left or right to select the range of pixels to which you want to add light Selecta lower rangeif you want to add light to only the darkest areas in the photo Selecta higher rangeif you want to add light to most of the dark areas and some lighter areas in the photo Darken Amount Drag the Amount slider to the left or right to select the amount of shadow to add to the Highlights selected pixels Range Drag the Range slider to the left or right to select the range of pixels to which you want to add shadows Selecta lower rangeif you want to add shadows to only the brightest areas in the photo Selecta higher range if you want to add shadows to most of the bright areas in the photo and some of the darker areas Adding Color to Pale Areas of a Photo You can also use the Shadows Highlights function to add color to a photo This is useful if the colors in the photo are pale because of inadequate or excessive light For example you may want to add color to a photo if the sky is too pale You can also add color toa photo to make the photo more dramatic For example you may want to add color toa photo of a sunset to make the colors of the Sunset more vibrant To Add Color to Pale Areas of an Image 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Shadows Highlights 99 ACDSee Photo
66. e gray from specific areas of a photo Choose Saturate to remove gray and Desaturate to increase the amount of gray Use the Smudge Tool to pull color from one area of a photo and drag it into adjacent areas Use the Dodge Tool to lighten specific areas of a photo Increasing the exposure increases the lightening effect of the tool If you select Shadows Midtones or Highlights from the Mode menu the Dodge tool lightens pixels that fall within the selected range only Use the Burn Tool to darken specific areas of a photo Increasing the exposure increases the darkening effect of the tool If you select Shadows Midtones or Highlights from the Mode menu the Burn tool darkens pixels that fall within the selected range only Use the Repair Tool to repair flaws in a photo by copying and blending pixels fromthe Surrounding areato cover the flaw Press and hold the Alt key then click in the photo close to the problem to select an area similar to the one you want to change Release the Alt key then click or drag in the image to paste the over the flaw Use the Rubber Stamp Tool to make an exact copy of an area so you can paste the copy over another area to hide flaws or create effects Press and hold the Alt key then click in the photo to select an area toclone Click or drag in the image to paste the cloned area over the flaw This section contains tools for adding text or objects such as boxes circles and lines to photos It also contains funct
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68. e light areas in the image The Amplitude sliders increase the intensity of the effects of brightening or darkening The Scale slider defines the variation range of pixels being adjusted Moving this slider to the left makes the adjustment more sensitive to smaller areas of brightness variation For most images however leaving the slider in the default position gives the best result You can also adjust the Contrast slider to decrease or increase contrast or use the Fill Light slider to lighten dark areas of the image 93 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide To Use the Advanced Lighting Adjustment 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo a 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Advanced Lighting 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Click OK to apply your settings and close the tool Or click Cancel to discard your changes and close the tool Advanced Lighting Adjustment Options Brightening Amplitude Brightening Darkening Amplitude Darkening Contrast Fill Light Scale Auto Drag the Brightening slider to the right to increase the lighting applied to darker areas or to the left to apply brightening more uniformly to all areas of the image As you drag the resulting adjustment is reflected in the preview Drag the Amplitude slider to the right to increase the intensity of the Brightening across all areas of the image which increases the height o
69. e the work area background color click File Define Work Area To Cut a Shape Out of a Photo with Trim to Shape 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create clickthe Shape Tool or another vector shape tool from the Tool drop down w 2 Createthe shape over the photo and drag until you are satisfied with its placement over the photo 3 Hold down the Shift key and select both the photo and the shape 4 Inthe Properties bar click the Trim to Shape button Unlike the Cookie Cutter Tool the Trim to Shape button automatically cuts the image Make sure the shape is in the desired position before clicking the button Creating a Custom Mask A mask covers some areas of a photo while keeping other areas visible To create a mask you can use the Selection tools to select the areas of the photo that you want to keep visible You can also create a mask by painting over or erasing the areas of the photo that you want to cover or mask To Create a Mask 1 Placea photoin the work area 2 Indicate that you want to edit the mask by double clicking the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette or clicking the Edit Mask icon H at the bottom of the Object Palette To Create a Mask Using a Selection Tool me 2 Oe Marquee Tool l LW oo E 1 a Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool G P pa Smart Lasso Tool Remote Move Tool 1 Under Select choose a selection tool and select the area of the photo that you want t
70. ects you use will apply only to the image Object Mode To enter Object Mode in the work area single click an image or object The effects you apply are added over both the image s and object s and will appear as a separate independent object in the Object Palette Mask Mode babblesipa F To enter Mask Mode double click on a maskin the Object Palette mis Read more aboutcreating and editing masks How to exit Brush and Mask Mode Do one of the following Inthe Properties bar clickthe Done button Press Esc on your keyboard Using Selection Tools You can correct flaws by selecting the unwanted object and removing it from the photo Similarly have you ever taken a good photo but wanted to focus on a specific subject in the photo You can do that by selecting the desired subject and either removing the rest of the photo or creating an entirely new image There are several pixel selection tools that you will want to use Selection Tools hat Marquee Tool Use this tool to select rectangular areas ec Oval Marquee Use this tool to select oval areas Tool gt Lasso Tool Use this tool to select odd shaped areas by drawing around the area YJ Polygon Lasso Use this tool to select odd shaped areas by connecting aseries of dots around the area Tool 3 Smart Lasso Use this tool to select odd shaped areas by drawing and connecting a series of dots around Tool the area Selecting Rectangular or Oval Areas
71. ed green and blue color channels To Display the Histogram Palette 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar do one of the following Click View Histogram Palette Click Window Palettes Histogram Palette To Display Different Histograms With the Histogram Palette open select a histogram from the Channel drop down The Luminosity histogram indicates the lightness of pixels in a photo from completely black to completely white The RGB and Colors histograms indicate the number of pixels in a photo that are a shade of red green and blue The Red Green and Blue histograms indicate both the number of pixels in the photo that are a shade of red green or blue and the brightness of those pixels Correcting Problems with Sharpness Sharpening a Blurry Photo There are four functions that you can use to sharpen a blurry photo The Sharpen function makes subjects in a photo appear sharper by increasing the color difference between adjacent pixels throughout the photo The Custom Sharpen function works like the Sharpen tool but you control how much the color changes between adjacent pixels in the photo The Sharpen Edges function makes subjects in a photo appear sharper by detecting edges then increasing the color difference between adjacent pixels The Unsharp Mask function also detects edges but you can control how many pixels around the edge are sharpened and you can choose to sharpe
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73. elect an anchor point The anchor point determines the location of the un resized photos and objects in the resized work area 5 Click OK To Change the Work Area Resolution 1 Inthe Menu bar click File Define Work Area 2 Inthe Define Work Area dialog box from the Resolution drop down select the resolution of the work area Remember resolution is the number of pixels per inch and that higher resolutions result in larger file sizes 3 Click OK Keyboard Shortcuts You can use keyboard shortcuts for many of the tasks that you perform to help increase your efficiency Menu File New File Open File Close File Close All File Save File Save As File Revert File Print File Print Options File Exit Edit Undo Edit Redo Edit Again Edit Cut Edit Copy Edit Paste Edit Delete Edit Duplicate Edit Select All Objects Edit Invert Selection Edit Deselect All Objects Edit Preferences Shortcut Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Fi2 Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl N O W Shift W S Shift S P Shift P Q Z Shift Z Alt Z X C V Delete Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl D A Shift I Shift D K View How Tos Palette View Object Palette View Adjustments Palette View Histogram Palette View Image Basket View Docking Area View Zoom In View Zoom Out View Actual S
74. els Current Click the Current color to open the Colors dialog box and select a new color color Applying a Colored Edges Effect You can use the Colored Edges effect to trace the lines and details of people or objects in your images To Color the Edges of Subjects in a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Colored Edges 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Colored Edges Options Intensity Drag the Intensity slider to the left or right until you are satisfied with the amount of color around the edges of subjects Edge Color Clickthe Edge Color picker and select the color that you want to draw around the edges of subjects Applying a Crayon Drawing Effect You can use the Crayon Drawing effect to give your photos the appearance of a crayon drawing To Make a Photo Look Like a Crayon Drawing 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Crayon Drawing Creating with Photo Editor Making a Photo Look Like a Crosshatch Drawing Crosshatch is a method of drawing in which shapes and shades are created from many crossed lines You can use the Crosshatch effect to add crosshatching to an image To Make a Photo Look Like a Crosshatch Drawing 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo au 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Cr
75. emote Move Tool then click and drag the selection to the new location Floating Selections There are several ways to float selections To Float and Move a Selection Using the Arrow Keys Press an arrow key to move the selection 1 pixel tothe left right up or down Press and hold the Alt key then press an arrow key to move the selection 10 pixels to the left right up or down Press and hold the Ctrl key then press an arrow key to move the selection 50 pixels to the left right up or down To Float and Move a Selection Using the Float Menu Option 1 Click Image Selection Float Click and drag the floating selection to a new location 2 When the selection is in the desired location press the Esc key or click Image Selection Defloat Saving and Loading Selections If you are in the process of selecting an area of a photo but have to stop working on your image you do not have to delete the selection and start over again later Instead you can save the selection so you can work with it later To Save a Selection 1 Inthe Menu bar click Image Selection Save Selection 2 Inthe Save Selection dialog box in the Name field type a name for the selection 3 Click OK To Load a Selection 1 Inthe Menu bar click Image Selection Load Selection 2 Inthe Load Selection dialog box select the saved selection from the drop down 3 Click OK To Add or Subtract from a Saved Selection 1 Load the
76. essure Changing pressure changes the amount of blurring Choose a Mode Setting to determine how the brush will interact with the image Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Fade drop down en From the Fade drop down select fade options Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Pressure to create the impression that a stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running out of ink Select Size and Pressure to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading Within Specifies the percentage of how fast the brush will fade Changing Photo Colors Applying a Sepia Effect You can make a photo look old by changing it from full color to sepia the brown tint that very old photos take on over time To Make a Photo Look Old 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Sepia 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab adjust the Age slider to determine how much sepia to add to the photo 4 Press OK You can make a photo look older by changing it from full color to sepia and then creating a vignette with the Vignette Tool Changing an Image to Black and White There are two ways to make a photo look black and white You can use the Gray Scale tool which desaturates the colors in the photo until they area shade of black The Gray Scale tool does not affect the brightne
77. ethod and amount to all of the selected objects 4 Doone of the following Click Apply to resize the object or photo but keep the resize dialog open This is useful if you want to see what it looks like before closing the dialog Click OK to resize the object or photo and close the resize dialog Cropping Objects and Photos If you have a photo with distracting objects or subjects around the edges you can remove them by cropping the photo If your image needs both cropping and color or lighting adjustment you should crop your image first You can alsocrop objects in an image To Crop an Object or Photo Creating with Photo Editor 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me a 2 Inthe Toolbar click the Crop Tool 3 Doone of the following Clickand drag a box around the part of the object or photo that you want to keep Inthe Properties bar select Crop Work Area then from Standard Sizes select Custom Constraint A box displays over the object or photo Drag and resize the box until it surrounds the part of the object or photo that you want to keep Inthe Properties bar select Crop Work Area then from Standard Sizes select a size option A box displays over the object or photo Drag the box until it surrounds the part of the object or photo that you want to keep 4 Onthe Properties bar click Apply Crop Rotating and Flipping Objects and Photos You can rotate objects or photos in a
78. eve professional results in no time Using How tos to Learn About ACDSee Photo Editor The How tos palette is on the right side of the Photo Editor window grouped with the other palettes The How tos take you step by step through editing and creative tasks As you click Next the particular control involved in that step activates in the window so that you can see which one you need to use To Use the How tos 1 Click the arrow in front of the How tos title to list the groups of how tos 2 Clickthe arrow beside the group title to list the how tos within that group 3 Clickthe title of the how to or the arrow beside it to open the introduction 4 Click Start to begin the how to 5 Follow each step and then click Next to move through the how to ye can click Previous to return to the step before How to Use ACDSee Photo Editor About the ACDSee Photo Editor User Interface The Photo Editor interface is designed to give you quick access to everything you need to edit photos or create beautiful images You can quickly access most of the functionality you need via the toolbars and palettes Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Te LUE L L u d D F E T Toolbars There are three toolbars at the top of the window oO Menu bar Contains menus of all functionality in the application Note that there are standard Windows icons on the right of the Menu bar 2 Toolbar The main toolbar contains shortcu
79. ew Selection to process specific photos from the Image Basket Click Next Select the photo object or project that you want to copy SelectSelect an Object if you want to select a photo or object from the open project Select Current Selection if you want to select the currently selected photo object or project Click Current Composition if you want to select the open project Click Next Under Positioning of Copied Image or Object move the selected photo object or project to a specific location in the work area Clickand drag the photo object or project around the preview area to the desired location Usethe Align options to move the photo object or project to the desired location Choosea Scale option Click Next It is not a good idea to replace original photos with edited versions so use the Saving Your Images options to save the processed photos with a new name toa new folder or in a different file format Inthe Add a Suffix to the File Name box type a file name suffix that will identify the processed photos Click Browse navigate to the folder in which you would like to save the processed photos and click OK 71 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide From the File Format drop down select the file format to which you would like to convert the processed photos If you are saving the photos to the JPEG file format select the image quality encoding color and thumbnail options then click OK 13 Click Fini
80. f the curve or to the left to reduce the intensity of the Brightening and height of the curve As you drag the resulting adjustment is reflected in the preview If itis set at 100 200 the proportional amount of clipping increases In most cases itis not necessary to adjust the Amplitude Drag the Darkening slider to the right to increase the darkening applied to the brighter areas of the image or to the left to apply the darkening more uniformly to all areas of the image As you drag the resulting adjustment is reflected in the preview Drag the Amplitude slider to the right to increase the intensity of the darkening across all areas of the image and increase the height of the bottom curve or to the left to reduce the intensity of the darkening and the height of the curve As you drag the resulting adjustment is reflected in the preview In most cases it is not necessary to adjust the Amplitude Drag the Contrast slider to increase or decrease the contrast in the image Drag the Fill Light slider to the right to add light to the dark areas of the image Drag the Scale slider to the left to make the tool more sensitive to smaller areas of brightness variation This allows smaller areas to be adjusted independently Generally the default scale of 10 gives the best result but if an image contains small details that need brightening alower scale may give better results Click Auto to allow Photo Editor to apply optimal settings based on the am
81. fy the amount of the adjustment Correcting Shadows Highlights and Colors You can use the Shadows Highlights function to correct areas in an image that are too dark or too light without affecting areas that are already light or dark Adding Light to Shadows and Shadows to Highlights Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor You can use the Shadows Highlights function to add light to shadows without adding light to existing highlights This is useful if you have a photo of a person standing against a bright background and the person is in shadow It is also useful if you havea photo taken indoors without flash and most areas of the photo are shadowed or a photo taken at night and some areas of the photo appear to be completely black At the same time you can use the Shadows Highlights function to add shadows to highlights without adding shadows to existing dark areas This can be useful if some areas of your photo are overexposed For example a photo taken in bright sunlight so that some areas of the photo lack detail or are too bright To Add Light to Shadows and Shadows to Highlights 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Shadows Highlights 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described in the table below 4 Press OK Shadows Highlights Options Lighten Amount In the Lighten Shadows area drag the Amount slider to the left or right to select th
82. ge the image size When the Proportional checkbox is checked the other setting is updated when you click it 4 Click Apply 5 Click Save File Export Options GIF Export Settings Sharing Your Work Palett A palette is a set of colors used in an image To be saved in GIF format an image can contain no more than 256 e colors If the image contains more colors the original colors are mapped to the colors in the palette that you choose Adaptive creates a palette that tries to match all the colors in the image as close as possible This option is the bestfor preserving the original color range of an image Web Safe uses a standard color palette supported by major Web browsers The range of colors in the Web palette however can cause color shifts in images with many shades of a few colors Grayscale In Grayscale pixels use 256 brightness levels to represent a range of shades from pure black to pure white Grayscale uses 8 bits per pixel and requires less memory than most color modes PNG Export Settings Color Color Depth refers to the range of colors that an image contains Select either 32 or 8 If 8 is selected the Palette Depth option is enabled Palett A palette is a set of colors used in an image e Adaptive creates a palette that tries to match all the colors in the image as close as possible This option is the bestfor preserving the original color range of an image Web Safe uses a standard color p
83. gle Produces good results for image reduction and enlargement but displays sharp transition lines Bicubic Produces good results with photo realistic images and with images that are irregular or complex Uses interpolation to minimize the raggedness normally associated with image expansion Bell Smoothes the image B spline Produces smooth transitions but may cause excessive blurring Lanczos Produces the sharpest images but may also introduce some ringing artifacts Mitchell Produces smooth transitions when enlarging photo realistic images This filter is a good compromise between the ringing effect of Lanczos and the blurring effect of other filters Color Click Color Calibration and select Enable Color Management if you want to manage the color spaces Calibration between different devices such as ascanner camera monitor and printer Click OK when you are finished To Set File Location Preferences 1 Fromthe menu on the left click File Locations 2 Under Default Folder click Browse to select the directory where you want Photo Editor to save photo and image files By default all files are saved to C Documents and Settings lt username gt My Documents 3 Under Save Backup Files select the Save backup files checkbox if you want Photo Editor to create backups of your photo and image files 4 Click OK 121 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide To Reset Preferences to the Default Settings 1 Inthe Menu bar
84. gnifying Glass Tool Q then press and hold the Shift key as you click on the photo object or project Clickthe Magnifying Glass Tool Q then right click the photo object or project Clickthe arrow beside the zoom percentage and drag the slider to the left until the photo object or project reaches the desired magnification Using the Hand Tool The Hand Toolis useful for moving the work area especially at high magnifications To Move the Work Area fi 1 Clickthe Hand Tool 2 Clickand drag the work area as if you were pushing a piece of paper around on a desk Using the Navigator Palette The Navigator Palette is useful when you are working at different magnifications and you want tosee athumbnail of the image The Navigator Palette is useful because You can seeathumbnail of the entire work area You can clickand drag the slider or type a zoom percentage in the box to change the magnification of the photo or image in the work area Also like the other palettes you can place the Navigator Palette anywhere in the work area or dock it at the side of the window To Open the Navigator Palette With an image open in the Menu bar select the View Navigator Palette Changing and Saving Projects Saving and Closing Files Before you start creating projects you should familiarize yourself with saving and closing files There are three save options Save Save As and Save All Choose Save if you w
85. hapes paintbrush marks pencil marks and text are all objects Itis very easy to add objects to the work areaso you can work with them To Add Objects to the Work Area To add an object by drawing or painting click one of the Create tools on the Toolbar then click and drag in the work area Creste Q P3T xw a In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing Selecting Objects and Photos in the Work Area In complex projects you may be working with numerous objects and photos in the work area Some of those objects and photos may be arranged above and below each other There are several methods that you can use to select objects and photos in the work area You will know that an object or photois selected when you see a blue bounding box around it The bounding box has handles around it To Select Do This One object or photo J p Click the Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me Two or more objects or photos J p Click the Selection Tool Me then press and hold the Shift key as you Starting Your Project click the objects or photos Click the Selection Tool Me then click and drag across the objects or photos Objects with an outline but no fill Click the object s border Press and hold the Tab key and click inside the shape All
86. he Properties bar Too many anchor points can cause printing problems Use the fewest possible anchor points and place them as far apart as you can to achieve the desired object shape Combining Objects and Photos You can create interesting effects by combining objects and photos To Combine Objects and Photos 1 Draw an object and arrange it so that it partially or completely overlaps another object or a photo 2 Select the Selection Tool 3 Press and hold the Shift key and click the object and the item it overlaps 39 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 4 Inthe Menu bar click Object Combine and select either Punch Intersect or Outline If you select Punch the objects are combined by punching the shape of the object on top through the object or photo below If you select Intersect the objects are combined by retaining only those parts of the shapes or photo that intersect If you select Outline the objects are combined by merging all shapes into one 5 When you are finished save the project file or save the file to another file format such as JPEG Using the Object Palette Arranging Objects and Changing Object Opacity You can create artistic images by carefully arranging objects and photos and experimenting with object opacity Creating with Photo Editor When you add an object to the work area it will appear to be on top of any other photos or objects in the work area It is very easy to m
87. he processed photos Click Browse navigate to the folder in which you would like to save the processed photos and click OK From the File Format drop down select the file format to which you would like to convert the processed photos If you want to maintain the transparency behind the vignette frame select PNG Portable Network Graphics PNG is a file format that is similar to JPEG You can place PNG files into Photo Editor images web pages Microsoft Word documents and most publishing programs Click Finish Review the status of the processing in the Batch Process Summary dialog then click OK Creating with Photo Editor Copying Objects to Multiple Projects If you have a photo or object that you want to add to other projects you can use the Batch Processor to copy the photo or object to those projects To Copy a Photo or Object to Other Projects 1 2 10 1i Add photos to the Image Basket Selectan image in the Image Basket and double click to open On the Image Basket Toolbar click Batch Process Copy Object Composition In the Batch Processing Copy Object dialog box click Next Select the photos you would like to process SelectAll items in the Image Basket to process all of the photos that arein the Image Basket Select Opened Compositions to process only those photos that are currently open To see which photos are open click Window Open photos are listed at the bottom of the menu Select N
88. hold down the Ctrl key and click the images you want to flag 2 Dooneof the following Clickthe Action drop down arrow and select Assign Blue Red or Green Flag Right click an image and then select Assign Blue Red or Green Flag P P The images now havea small color specific flag To remove a flag from an image 1 Inthe Image Basket hold down the Ctrl key and click the images with flags you would like to remove 2 Dooneof the following Click the Action drop down arrow and select Remove Flag Right click an image and then select Remove Flag To group images by their flags After assigning flags to images 1 Inthe Image Basket hold down the Ctrl key and click the images you wantto group by flag 2 Dooneof the following Click the Action drop down arrow and select Group by Flag Right click an image and then select Group by Flag To remove the grouping After grouping images by flag 1 Inthe Image Basket do one of the following Click the Action drop down arrow and select Turn off Grouping Right click an image and then select Turn off Grouping 15 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Opening Closing and Docking Palettes Painters use palettes to store and mix paints while they are working on a painting There are several palettes in ACDSee Photo Editor You can drag the palettes to different locations in the work area or you can place them in the docking area which you can see on the right side of the wi
89. ically added to the work area in the top Click and drag diagonally across the work area To create a Square press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag 3 Selectthe desired alignment size and line style options as described in the table below Properties Bar Options i aoin i oon You can enter precise x and y coordinates to determine to position of the object in the A work area For example set the x coordinate to 0 00 if you want the left edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the left edge of the work area Set the y coordinate to 0 00 if you want the top edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the top edge of the work area Increase the x coordinate to move the object to the right and increase the y coordinate to move the object down width 400 in Height 1 00in a If you want to add an object with a precise width and height enter the dimensions in the Se Width and Height boxes instead of clicking and dragging to create the object O ERARE 0 35 Hio B If you add a rounded rectangle use the Corner Radius option to determine the shape of the corners Drag the slider to the left to create sharp curves and to the right to create broad curves Fl Retain Tool After you add an object to the work area Photo Editor automatically switches to the Selection Tool and displays the Selection Tool options in the Properties bar Select Retain Tool if you want to add multiple objects to the
90. icon iX at the gt bubbles jpg bottom of the Object Palette You can see the mask in the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette i Editing and Removing a Custom Mask One of the advantages of creating a mask is that you can edit it at any time To Edit a Mask Indicate that you want to edit the mask by double clicking the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette or clicking the Edit Mask icon ri at the bottom of the Object Palette To Uncover a Masked Area so That it is Visible Again 1 Clicka painting tool such as the Paintbrush Tool or the Airbrush Tool P 2 Clickthe foreground color box in the Color Picker r k and select the color white E Brush Size 31px spadng 25px 3 Selectthe brush options you would like in the Properties bar 4 Paintover the areas of the photo that you want to uncover and make visible 5 When you havefinished editing the mask click the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette or click the Exit Edit Mode icon iX at the bottom of the Object Palette You can see the maskin the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette To Remove a Mask Creating with Photo Editor 1 Click the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette bubbles jpg K 2 Inthe Menu bar click Image Mask Remove Mask 85 Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Removing Flaws Removing Flaws Using the Repair Tool You can remove blemishes wrinkles stains and other
91. ightness levels in your image Select or change the Posterize options to apply this effect to your image To Apply a Posterize Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Posterize 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Posterize Options Brightness Drag the Brightness slider to the left and right until you achieve a desirable effect Applying a Sheet Metal Effect You can use the Sheet Metal effect to turn your images into sheet metal impressions To Make a Photo Look Etched in Sheet Metal 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Sheet Metal 59 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Sheet Metal Options Metal Click the Metal color picker to choose the hue of the sheet metal color Angle Drag the Angle wheel around to change the angle of the etched lines in the sheet metal Rounding Drag the Rounding slider to the left and right until you are satisfied with the curve gradations in the photo Detail Drag the Detail slider to the left and right until you are satisfied with the level of detail in the photo Indented Select the Indented option to give the impression the photo was etched from the top of the sheet metal Clear this option to give the impression
92. individually by dragging the sliders right for more intensity or left for less intensity individually You can also enter a number into the fields for precise adjustments To adjust specific colors within the image Vibrance Saturation Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Selecta precise color to adjust by doing the following Click the Adjust color tool at the bottom of the Settings tab or in the Toolbar located at the top of the Editing window Move the mouse over a color of interest in the Before or After photo Left or right click on the color and drag up or down to alter The affected color sliders automatically adjust as you move your cursor This works under Saturation Brightness and Hue Drag the slider to adjust the vibrance of the image without affecting skin tones Drag the slider to adjust the saturation of the image To Exit the Adjust Color Tool fh Selectthe Hand tool or Zoom In Out tool Q from the Toolbar Removing Red Eye Red eye is caused by light reflecting off the interior surface of the eye which produces a red glare To Remove Red Eye 1 Clickthe Magnifying Glass Tool and click on the photo until you have zoomed in on one eye Q aab g g gt Red Eye Tool Sharpen Toal Blur Tool Sponge Tool Smudge Tool SE QVCO Dodge Tool gt Burn Tool 2 Inthe Toolbar under Fix click the Red Eye Tool 3 Inthe Properties bar set the Opacity to the hue of black that you
93. ions for painting and drawing as well as avery useful eraser oe L Paintbrush Tool Airbrush Tool Pencil Tool Marker Tool Neon Tool Vignette Tool Gradient Tool Bucket Tool Eraser Tool Text Tool Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool Smooth Polygon Tool Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Use the Paintbrush Tool to paint on photos using a brush Press and hold the Alt key then click on a color in the photo to select that color Release the Alt key then click and drag to paint that color onto the photo Use the Airbrush Tool to painton photos using an airbrush Press and hold the Alt key then click on a color in the photo to select that color Release the Alt key then click and drag to paint that color onto the photo Use the Pencil Tool to draw a single dot or pixel or to draw a freehand line Increase the magnification to increase the accuracy of your pencil drawings To draw a straight line press and hold the Shift key as you draw the line Use the Marker Tool to draw a single dot or to draw a freehand line Increase the magnification to increase the accuracy of your marker drawings To draw a straight line press and hold the Shift key as you draw the line Use the Neon Tool to draw a single dot or to draw a freehand line Increase the magnification to increase the accuracy of your neon drawings To draw a straight line p
94. is the desired size To Change the Brush or Nib Shape 1 Fromthe Toolbar under Create select the Paintbrush Airbrush Marker or Neon instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar selectthe Brush Options drop down menu W Brushsize 3ipx Spacing 25px 3 Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib or to the right to harden 4 Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib or to the right to make the brush or nib round 5 If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left or right to change the angle of the brush or nib To Change the Spacing and Opacity of Strokes 1 Fromthe Toolbar under Create select the Paintbrush Airbrush Marker or Neon instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar selectthe Spacing drop down menu and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke or tothe right to create a dotted stroke 3 If using the Paintbrush or Marker Instrument in the Properties bar select the Opacity drop down menu and drag the Slider to the left to reduce opacity or to the right to increase opacity To Create the Impression That a Stroke is Shrinking and Fading 75 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Lis 2 From the Toolbar under Create select the Paintbrush Airbrush Marker or Neon instrument If using the Paintbrush Airbrush or Marker Instrument in the Properties bar select the Fade drop down menu and select one of the following
95. its normal size Instead of clicking to place the photo you can click and drag diagonally across the work area to create a rectangle When you release the mouse button the photo displays in the rectangle and it is automatically resized to fit into the rectangle 4 Tomove the photo to another location in the work area click the Selection Tool Me then click and drag the phototo the desired location In the Properties bar keep Resample checked when resizing or stretching images to smoothen changes and optimize the appearance of the resized pixels In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing About Photo Resolution and File Types Digital photos are composed of small squares called pixels Every photo has a specific resolution which refers to the number of pixels per inch PPI in the photo As the number of pixels increases the resolution increases which is important because high resolution photos contain more details Itis important to capture high resolution photos if they will be printed or published Low resolution photos are suitable for posting to the Internet or sharing by email Image Resolution Before you select a specific resolution for your photos consider how you will share them with others If you plan to share your photos over the I
96. ize View Fit To Screen View Fit To Selection View Grid Visible View Guides Visible View Rulers Visible View Refresh Object Lock Object Unlock Object Group Object Ungroup Object Arrange Bring to Front Object Arrange Bring to Back Object Arrange Shuffle up Object Arrange Shuffle down Object Move Object Rotate Flip Resize Custom Rotate Object Rotate Flip Resize Resize Image Selection Invert Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Shift F Shift O Shift A Shift H Shift 5 Shift 7 Num Num Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Fil F5 Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl Ctrl F8 Ctrl Alt O O Shift O L Shift L G U Shift Shift M R Shift I Customizing the Work Area 125
97. ize of the work area as well as the color of the work area You will need to create a work area if you want to combine photos text and objects to create an image To Create a Work Area 1 Click New in the Quick Launch screen or from the Menu bar click File New 2 Inthe New Work Area dialog box from the Background drop down menu select a color Select White Black or Custom if you want to create an image with a colored background Select Transparent if you want to create an image that has a transparent background 3 Fromthe Size drop down menu select one of the default work area sizes and either a Portrait or Landscape orientation If desired use the Width and Height boxes to create a custom work area size Add new project sizes to the menu by saving custom work areas as presets Click the Manage Presets button age Fr and select Add Preset Enter a name in the Enter Preset Name field A preset can be used at any time by selecting itin the Size menu Remove a preset by selecting the preset and then selecting Remove Preset If you have copied something to the clipboard you can create anew project from the clipboard by choosing From Clipboard from the Size menu You will have the choice of pasting the image from the clipboard into the work area or simply creating a blank work area that is the size of the image on the clipboard 4 Fromthe Resolution drop down menu select the resolution of the work area Remember resolution is
98. k OK Click Image Selection Feather Enter the number of pixels by which you would like to smooth the selection then click OK Inverting Selections If you want to selecta large area of a photo it may be easier to select the small unwanted area of the photo and then invertthe selection To Invert a Selection LA STENT Marquee Tool 3 Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool Smart Lasso Tool gt GC D Remote Move Tool 1 On the Toolbar under Select choose a tool for selecting an area of the photo 2 Click Image Selection Invert 3 Apply whatever effect adjustment or fix as normal and these changes will be applied to the inverted area Moving and Floating Selections You can easily move the selection marquee to another location over the photo This is useful if the selection marquee is the right shapeand size butis slightly offset from the desired selection area You can also float a selection When you float a selection you remove the selected pixels from one area of a photo so you can move them to another area For example you might select a subject in a photo and float that selection so you can move it over an object to create an artistic image Moving Selections There are two ways to move selections Starting Your Project Move your mouse pointer into the selection When the mouse cursor changes to a black arrow click and drag the selection to the new location Selectthe R
99. ke a face for example Automatically sets the Darkening to optimum for that areain the image Increases the amount of brightening around that tone level while decreasing the brightening in the rest of the image Use this method to quickly brighten a specific subject or area Increases the amount of darkening around that tone level while decreasing the amount of darkening in the rest of the image Increases or decreases the amount of brightening applied at that tone level in the image Decreases or increases the amount of darkening applied at that tone level in the image Sets the Amplitude Brightening slider directly Sets the Amplitude Darkening slider directly Increases or decreases the amount of brightening applied at that tone level in the image Decreases or increases the amount of darkening applied at that tone level in the image 2 Deselect the Custom Curve checkboxes under Brightening and or Darkening Adjusting Tone Levels with Basic Lighting You can use the Basic Lighting tool to adjust tone levels in an image that is too dark or too light without affecting other areas of the photo Tone level is the average brightness of a pixel and its surrounding pixels You can alsosimultaneously lighten areas that are too dark and darken areas that are too bright For example a back lit photo of a person silhouetted against a bright background like the sea or a window In fact most photos taken on a dull day
100. lindrical Select Horizontal to stretch the photo horizontally Select Vertical to stretch the photo vertically Hyperboloid Select Hyperboloid to stretch the photo over a bulge Vignette If you selected Spherical Ellipsoid you can select Vignette to create a vignette frame around the photo Anti Alias If you want to make edges in the photo appear smoother de select the Anti Alias option Applying a Swirl Effect You can use the Swirl effect to rotate and stretch people and objects in your image To Apply a Swirl Effect 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Swirl 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Swirl Options Position es Click the picker and click in the photo at the center of the swirl Radius Drag the Radius slider to the left to reduce the size of the swirl and to the right to increase Strength Drag the Strength slider to the left to create a counter clockwise swirl and to the right to create a clockwise swirl Focus Drag the Focus slider to the left to expand the swirl effect to the entire photo and tothe right to concentrate or focus the swirl in one area of the photo Background Image Select Image if you want the swirl to use the colors from the photo De select the Image color option and use the Color Picker to apply another color to the swirl 67 ACDSee Photo Editor User G
101. m the drop down menu drop down menu Removing Flaws Using the Rubber Stamp Tool You can use the Rubber Stamp Tool to erase large flaws in your photos To Remove Flaws from a Photo 87 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Selectthe Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q 7E 4 0 5 T r Repair Tool it Rubber Stamp Tool 2 Inthe Fix section of the Toolbar select the Rubber Stamp Tool from the drop down menu 3 Press and hold the Alt key then click in an area of the photo containing pixels that you would like to copy and paste over the flaw This is the reference point 4 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 5 Click and drag across the flaw in the photo You will see a symbol This is the reference point As you click and drag the also moves The pixels underneath the are copied and pasted over the flaw 6 Click Done Rubber Stamp Tool Options Stamp Style Selecta Stamp Style If you select Clone Aligned the tool remembers the distance and angle between the reference point and the next point that you click You can click anywhere in the photo and the reference point follows your cursor at the original distance and angle This means that whenever you click you establish a new reference point If you select Clone Non Aligned the tool temporarily remembers the distance and angle between the reference point and the next point that you click Every time you click in the
102. n hue and a noticeable vignette To Apply a Lomo Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Lomo 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Lomo Options Color Distortion Drag the Color Distortion slider to the right to increase the color distortion Vignette Strength Drag the Vignette Strength slider tothe right to increase the width and intensity of the vignette 57 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Applying an Oil Paint Effect You can use the Oil Paint effect to give your images a painted appearance To Create an Oil Painting from a Photo 1 Click the Selection Tool and click the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Oil Paint 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab the set the options as described below 4 Press OK Oil Paint Options Brush Drag the Brush width slider to the right to increase the size of the brush stroke width Variance Drag the Variance slider to the left to decrease the number of colors in each brush stroke and to the right to increase Vibrance Drag the Vibrance slider to the left to decrease color intensity and to the right to increase Applying an Orton Effect Create beautiful impressionistic images with the Orton effect This mimics a darkroom technique which involves sandwiching two images together one of which is slightly out of focus
103. n of the Colors dialog 3 Clickthe Delete Colorbutton 4 Click OK To Share Colors with Another Photo Editor User 1 Inthe Toolbar under Colors click the Color Picker 2 Clickthe Saved Color Options icon and select Save 3 Navigate to the folder where you want to save the colors 4 Typeaname for the colors 5 ClickSave 6 Move the PAL file to the other computer 7 Onthe other computer click the Color Picker 8 Doone of the following Clickthe Saved Color Options icon and select Load When you load colors you have the option of preserving or replacing existing saved colors Clickthe Saved Color Options icon and select Append When you append colors they are added to existing saved colors 9 Navigate to the folder where you saved the PAL file 10 Selectthe PAL file and click Open To Clear All Saved Colors 1 Clickthe Color Picker 2 Clickthe Saved Color Options icon and select Clear 3 Click Yes 4 Click OK 35 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Adding a Drop Shadow to Objects You can easily add a drop shadow to objects Remember that text is an object You can follow the same steps to add a drop shadow to an object or to text To Add a Drop Shadow to an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Inthe Menu bar click Object Drop Shadow Pi 3 Inthe Drop Shadow dialog box click the Color Picker C and select the Shadow color 4 Selectan area on the Angle wheel t
104. n or down to decrease the saturation of a specific hue Click the Saturate button to increase the saturation of all hues Click the Desaturate button to decrease the saturation of all hues 4 Press OK Adjusting Saturation in Specific Areas of a Photo The Hue Saturation and Color Equalization functions adjust saturation throughout a photo You can also adjust the saturation in a specific area of the photo with the Sponge Tool To Adjust Saturation in a Specific Area of a Photo 1 Fromthe Toolbar select the Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q m L y gt Red Eye Tool Sharpen Toal Blur Tool Sponge Tool Smudge Tool Dodge Tool Burn Tool OY AE QO 2 Inthe Fix section of the Toolbar select the Sponge Tool from the Tool drop down menu 3 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 4 Clickand drag across the image 5 Click Done in the Properties bar Sponge Tool Options 105 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Brush Options E Brush Size 3ipx Spadnmg 25px 7 Select brush options Inthe Properties bar click the Brush Options icon Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and to the right to harden Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and to the right to make the brush or nib round If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle
105. n pixels based on brightness levels You can also use these functions to reveal details in a photo For example if you take a photo of a building that has a textured exterior you can reveal more details in the exterior using the sharpening tools To Sharpen a Photo Using the Sharpen Function 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Sharpen Sharpen To Sharpen a Photo Using the Custom Sharpen Function Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Sharpen Custom Sharpen 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Level slider to the left to reduce sharpness and to the right to increase 4 Press OK To Sharpen a Photo Using the Sharpen Edges Function 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Sharpen Sharpen Edges 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Level of sharpness slider to the left to reduce sharpness and tothe right to increase 4 Press OK To Sharpen a Photo Using the Unsharp Mask Function 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Sharpen Unsharp Mask 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Unsharp Mask Options Contrast Drag the Contrast Level slider to the left to re
106. ndow To Open a Palette 1 With an image open select the View 2 Select one of the following How tos Palette Object Palette Adjustments Palette Histogram Palette Navigator Palette Image Information To Close a Palette Click the X in the palette title bar To Dock a Palette Click the palette title bar and dragit to the panel on the right side where the How tos are located You can change the order of palettes in the docking area You can also click and drag palettes from the docking area back into the work area To Minimize and Maximize a Palette Double click the palette title bar to minimize and maximize the entire palette or a palette section To Show and Hide the Docking Area Click View Docking Area Using the Adjustments Palette The Adjustments Palette gives you quick access to all the adjustments that you can apply to photos objects and text Think of the Adjustments Palette as the short cut to functions that you can use to correct problems in photos or functions that you can use to create special effects Finding Your Way in Photo Editor i Adjustments 75x Artistic Auto To Display the Adjustments Palette in the Menu Bar Do one of the following Choose View Adjustments Choose Window Palettes Adjustments The Adjustments Palette becomes visible in the lower right corner To Expand and Collapse the Adjustments Palette Do one of the follo
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108. ns keywords and photographer credits and would have been added in a photo management application like ACDSee To Display the Image Information Palette ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Click the Selection Tool and click the photo Click View Image Information Click Window Palettes Image Information To Edit EXIF Information 1 Inthe Image Information Palette click the EXIF tab 2 Expand the Camera Image and Miscellaneous sections 3 If you see a pencil icon beside afield you can click in the field and add or edit the information in that field To Edit IPTC Information 1 Inthe Image Information Palette click the IPTC tab 2 Expand the Caption Keywords and Credit sections 3 If you see a pencil icon beside afield you can click in the field and add or edit the information in that field Creating Images for the Web For saving graphics in GIF JPEG and PNG formats the standard Web image formats use the Save to Web window You will see a few familiar tools in the preview window such as Hand Tool Magnifying Glass Tool and Zoom drop down slider Actual Size Fit to Screen To Export an Image for the Web 1 Choose File Save to Web The Save To Web preview window opens 2 Fromthe Settings drop down menu select JPEG GIF or PNG as the export format If choosing GIF or PNG set their options as described below 3 Under New Size seta new Width and Height if you want to chan
109. ns as described below Properties Bar Options After you add an object to the work area Photo Editor automatically switches to the Selection Tool and displays the Selection Tool options in the Properties bar Select the Retain Tool if you want to add more objects tothe image Uie stie Click Line Style to select the line thickness and style In the Line Style dialog box you can alter the line attributes and arrowhead or dash style Retain Tool In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing Adding Special Shapes to the Work Area You can add special shapes to images All you have to dois choose a shape from one of several shape categories and add the shape to the work area To Add a Special Shape to the Work Area A7 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Select the Shape Tool Ww from the Create group s Tool drop down menu Gee 2 4 2 Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool Smooth Polygon Tool Free hand Tool VY G ARYNOTZEL 2 Inthe Properties bar selectthe Shape Tool drop down menu 3 Selecta Category such as Celebrations or Home and choose the shape you want 4 Dooneof the following Inthe Properties bar click the Create button Create The shapeis autom
110. nternet or by email a resolution of 72 PPIis suitable If you plan to print your photos at home a resolution of 150 to 300 PPIis standard You might find that a lower resolution is adequate for printing on laser or inkjet printers If you plan to print your photos through a photo lab a higher resolution above 300 PPI is necessary Defining File Types One of the most confusing things about working with digital photos is the great variety of filetypes The most common image file types are GIF JPEG TIFF PICT BMP RAW as well as EPS GIF and JPEG are compressed formats that are used heavily on the Internet The compression levels allow these images to achieve small file sizes and as a result they download quickly over the Internet However file size compression comes at the expense of image and color integrity Starting Your Project TIFF PICT BMP and EPS files havea lower level or no amount of compression Information for every pixel is recorded and this can resultin large files Because of the higher resolution and detail needed for printing these formats are often used for projects that will eventually be printed commercially Creating a Blank Image You can create a blank image which is like a blank page that you can draw on add textto and so on To Create a Blank Image 1 Inthe Menu bar click Object Create Blank Image 2 Inthe Create Blank Image dialog box drag the Width and Height sliders to the left and
111. nthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the following options 4 Press OK High Pass Options Radius Drag the Radius slider to the left to make the photo look embossed or to the right to make the photo look metallic Creating with Photo Editor Adding a Lens Flare to a Photo A lens flare occurs when light reflects inside a camera lens in bright sunny conditions You can use the Lens Flare effect to add a lens flare to photos To Add a Lens Flare to a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Pe 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Lens Flare 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Lens Flare Options Position Click the picker and click in the photo where you would like to place the lens flare Horizontal Vertical position Click the picker and click in the photo where you would like to place the lens flare Alternately use the Horizontal and Vertical position sliders to determine the placement of the lens flare Size Drag the Size slider to the left to reduce the size of the lens flare and to the right to increase the size of the lens flare Light intensity Drag the Light intensity slider to the left to reduce the intensity of the flare and tothe right to increase the intensity of the flare Applying a Lomo Effect Simulate the retro effects of a lomo camera Photos taken with alomo camera are high contrast with a golde
112. ny direction or flip them Rotating an Object or Photo To Quickly Rotate an Object or Photo 90 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Object Rotate Flip Resize and select either Rotate 90 Right or Rotate 90 Left To Quickly Rotate an Object or Photo at a Custom Angle 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Object Rotate Flip Resize Custom Rotate 3 Inthe Rotate dialog box do one of the following Clickan areaon the Angle wheel to indicate the desired angle Typean angle into the Angle box 4 Click OK To Rotate an Object or Photo Using the Properties Bar Options 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar do one of the following Click Object Rotate Flip Resize Rotate Skew Inthe Properties bar click Rotate Skew 3 Inthe Properties bar do one of the following 73 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Typean angleinto the Rotate box Click the arrow beside the Rotate box and use the slider to determine a custom angle Click a handle on acorner of the object or photo and drag until the object is the desired angle Select Left to rotate the object or photo to the left and Right to rotate the object or photo to the right 4 Doone of the following Double click the object or photo Inthe Properties bar click Done Flipping an Object or Photo To Quickly Flip an
113. o indicate your desired drop shadow angle 5 Drag the Offset slider to the left to reduce the distance the drop shadow is offset from the object or to the right to increase the offset distance 6 Drag the Blur slider to the left to increase the sharpness of the drop shadow edges or to the right to increase the blurriness of the drop shadow edges 7 Drag the Opacity slider to the leftto decrease the opacity of the drop shadow or to the right to increase 8 ClickOK Applying a Gradient to Objects A gradient is a gradual blending of colors You can create gradients that blend two or more colors You can also change the angle and style of gradients To Quickly Apply a Gradient to an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object Das T 9 9 Vignette Tool Gradient Tool A Bucket Tool 2 Inthe Toolbar under Create clickthe Gradient Tool from the drop down menu 3 Doone of the following Inthe Properties bar click Apply The gradient is automatically added to the object You will see a line with handles on either end Click and drag the handles around to change the angle of the gradient as well as the beginning and end of the blending area Creating with Photo Editor Clickand drag across the object You will see a line with handles on either end Click and drag the handles around to change the angle of the gradient as well as the beginning and end of the blending area 4 Click Apply Gradient
114. o keep visible 2 Inthe Menu bar click Image Mask Mask Outside Selection To Create a Mask Using a Painting Tool Creating with Photo Editor go O T Paintbrush Tool Airbrush Tool Pencil Too Marker Tool VRN NW Neon Tool 1 Under Create choose a painting tool such as the Paintbrush Tool or the Airbrush Tool ia 2 Click the foreground color box in the Color Picker C and select the color black Brushsie 31px Spadng 235px 3 Selectthe brush options you would like in the Properties bar 4 Paintover the areas of the photo that you want to cover with the mask To Create a Mask with the Attach Mask Option 1 Placethe shape object or image that you want to be the mask on top of the photo 2 Hold Shift then select the photo and the masking object 3 Clickthe Attach Mask button elieee Mack in the Properties bar To Create a Mask Using the Eraser Tool 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Eraser Tool a 2 Erase the areas of the photo that you wantto cover with the mask If you apply the Eraser Tool directly to the photo you erase pixels from the photo However when you apply the Eraser Tool toa mask you are simply indicating the areas of the photo that you want to cover with the mask To Complete Adding and Editing the Mask 83 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide When you have finished editing the mask click the mask thumbnail in the Object Palette or click the Exit Edit Mode
115. o the right of the drop down select a color from the dialog then click OK 3 Click OK To Change the Work Area Size 1 Inthe Menu bar dlick File Define Work Area 2 Inthe Define Work Area dialog box under New Size from the Size drop down select one of the default work area sizes and either a Portrait or Landscape orientation If desired use the Width and Height fields to create a custom work area size 3 If you want to resize the photos and objects in the work area select Resize Objects and then select a Resizing Method from the drop down menu e Box Displays considerable tiling or jaggies when you resize an image Triangle Produces good results for photo reduction and enlargement but displays sharp transition lines Bicubic Produces good results with photo realistic images and with images that are irregular or complex Uses interpolation to minimize the raggedness normally associated with image expansion e Bell Smoothes the image B spline Produces smooth transitions but may cause excessive blurring 123 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide e Lanczos Produces the sharpest images but may also introduce some ringing artifacts e Mitchell Produces smooth transitions when enlarging photo realistic images This filter is agood compromise between the ringing effect of Lanczos and the blurring effect of other filters 4 If you do not want to resize the objects in the work area select Don t Resize Objects then s
116. object become white as well Select Overlay to mix the colors in the transparent object with the colors in the underlying object or photo The blended area maintains the brightness of the underlying object or photo and as aresult you can see shadows and highlights in the blended area The Soft Light blend option will darken or burn the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above is darker than 50 gray It will lighten or dodge the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above it is lighter than 50 gray The Hard Light blend option will darken or multiply the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above is darker than 50 gray It will lighten or screen the colors in the underlying object or photo if the transparent object above it is lighter than 50 gray The Darken blend option identifies the darkest color in the blend area and leaves the darker colors unchanged but replaces the colors that are lighter The Lighten blend option identifies the lightest color in the blend area and replaces the colors that are darker leaving the lighter colors unchanged The Difference blend option identifies the lightest color in the blend area If the color in the transparent object is lighter that color is subtracted from the color of the underlying object or photo If the color in the underlying object or photo is lighter that color is subtracted from the color of the tran
117. object or photo To unlockan object or photo simply click the lock icon and it will unlock Ma Changing Object Opacity and Blending Overlapping Objects and Photos 41 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide At the very bottom of the Object Palette is the Opacity box By default all objects and photos are 100 per cent opaque which means that you cannot see through them As you reduce the opacity the object or photo becomes more and moretransparent An object or photo with an opacity of zero is completely transparent You must select an object in the Object Palette in order to alter its opacity Next to the Opacity box is the Mode drop down The options in this drop down control how a transparent object or photo blends into other objects and photos There are9 blending options available from the Mode drop down Normal Multiply Screen Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Darken Lighten Difference Burn Dodge Select Normal to display the transparent object over the underlying object or photo without blending the colors together Select Multiply to multiply the colors in the transparent object with the colors in the underlying object or photo The blend areais usually darker than the original object or photo Select Screen to multiply the inverse or opposite of the colors in the transparent object and the underlying object or photo The blend area is usually lighter than the original object or photo When the transparent o
118. of color Intensity applied by the dauber Frequency Drag the Frequency slider to the left to reduce the number of daubs and tothe right to increase Background Image For photos make sure the Image option is selected This ensures that the dauber only applies colors color from the original image You can also de select the Image option and use the Color Picker to apply another color with the dauber Random The position of daubs is controlled by the Random seed slider Drag the slider to the left and right seed until you are satisfied with the position of the daubs Click the Random seed button if you want to randomly set the slider Applying a Granite Effect You can add a Granite effect to make your photos look etched in stone To Apply a Granite Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Granite 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set Light Angle as described below 4 Press OK Granite Options Light Drag the Light Angle wheel to specify from which direction an imaginary light source will shine Different angles Angle will change the highlights and shadows on the peaks and valleys of the rock Applying a High Pass Effect You can add a High Pass effect to make your photos look embossed or metallic To Make a Photo Look Embossed or Metallic 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color High Pass 3 I
119. ol r a I I L eh Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool Smart Lasso Tool gt GC D Remote Move Tool 1 Onthe Toolbar under Select choose a tool to select the noisy area of the photo with 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Noise Despeckle 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Threshold slider to the left or right to indicate how different the brightness values of two adjacent pixels must bein order to be blurred A lower threshold reduces the number of pixels that will be blurred while a higher threshold increases the number of pixels 4 Press OK To Remove Noise from a Photo Using the Dust and Scratches Function Al Oe rv 1 Marquee Tool ETS a 3 Oval Marquee Tool Lasso Tool Polygon Lasso Tool Smart Lasso Tool gt GC D Remote Move Tool 1 Onthe Toolbar under Select choose a tool to select the noisy area of the photo 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Noise Dust and Scratches 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Dust and Scratches Options Drag the Radius slider to the left to reduce the blur radius and to the right to increase the blur radius Drag the Threshold slider to the left to reduce the number of pixels that will be blurred and to the right to increase the number of pixels that will be blurred To Remove Noise from a Photo Using the Reduce Noise Function Correcting Flaws with Photo
120. olarize 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Solarize Options Threshold Drag the Threshold slider to the left or right to select how many pixels will be changed to the opposite hue in the color spectrum Solarize Lunarize Select either Solarize or Lunarize If you select Solarize all pixels above the threshold will be changed and if you select Lunarize all pixels below the threshold will be changed Creating with Photo Editor Applying a Blinds Effect Use the Blinds effect to divide your image into bars that look like venetian or vertical window blinds You can customize the characteristics of the blinds you would like added to your image To Apply a Blinds Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Blinds 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Blinds Options Angle Click an area on the Angle wheel to change the angle of the blinds Blind color Click the Blind color picker to choose the hue of the blinds Blind width Drag the Blind width slider to the left and right until you are satisfied with the width of the blinds Blind Drag the Blind opacity slider to the left to increase the opacity of the blinds and to the right to reduce opacity Applying a Collage Effect You can use the Collage effect to creatively break up a photo into a number
121. om Window Effect You can apply a bathroom window effect which creates the impression that the photo has been printed onto the rippled privacy glass often found in bathroom windows To Make a Photo Look Like Rippled Glass 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Bathroom Window 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Bathroom Window Options Bar Width Drag the Bar Width slider to the left to reduce the width of the ripples and tothe right to increase Select Horizontal if you want the horizontal glass ripples and Vertical if you want vertical glass ripples Creating with Photo Editor Applying a Beveled Frame Around a Photo You can use the Bevel function to add a transparent bevelled frame around the outside of your photos To Add a Beveled Frame Around a Photo 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Bevel 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Bevel Options Light Direction Click the Direction wheel to indicate the direction of the bevel lighting or enter the degree of the angle Elevation Drag the Elevation slider to the left to create the impression of a steep bevel and to the right to create the impression of a shallow bevel Brightness Drag the Brightness slider to the left to re
122. ool qrAarryrnrnotctutd Smooth Polygon Tool a Free hand Tool 2 Clickto create an anchor point which looks like a small square 3 Continue clicking to create points in the polygon Press and hold the Shift key as you click to create points at 45 degree angles only 4 Doone of the following Clickthe anchor point to close the polygon Press Esc or double click at the final point in the polygon 5 Selectthe options as described below Properties Bar Options After you add an object to the work area Photo Editor automatically switches to the Selection Tool and displays the Selection Tool options in the Properties bar Select Retain Tool if you wantto add multiple objects tothe image Click Line Style to select the line thickness and style Line Style z Retain Tool Adding Lines and Arcs to the Work Area You can uselines and arcs to add interesting details to images To Add a Line or Arc to the Work Area Creating with Photo Editor 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create select the Line Tool or Arc Tool a from the Tool drop down menu Grae OAL Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool qGrAanrvynvnvoctad Smooth Polygon Tool Free hand Tool 2 Clickand drag across the work area Press and hold the Shift key to create lines at 45 degree angles only or to fill arcs and create quarter circles 3 On the Properties bar selectoptio
123. or with a flash can beimproved in various ways with fine adjustments using the Basic Lighting tool To Adjust Lighting in Your Image 95 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 IntheMenu bar click Adjustments Light Basic Lighting 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the lighting options as described below 4 Press OK Basic Lighting Options Shadows Drag the slider to the right to brighten or to the left to darken shadows Midtones Drag the slider to the right to brighten or to the left to darken midtones Highlights Drag the slider to the right to brighten or to the left to darken highlights Auto Click the Auto button for ACDSee Photo Editor to automatically adjust the lighting in your image Manual Lighting Adjustment You can also adjust lighting directly on an area of the image for greater control To Manually Adjust Lighting in Your Image Ta 1 Clickthe Adjust Lighting tool 7 inthe Settings tab or in the Toolbar located at the top of the Editing window 2 Doone of the following Left click on a shadow to brighten Right click on a highlight to darken To Exit the Adjust Lighting Tool il Selectthe Hand tool or Zoom In Out tool Q from the Toolbar Adjusting Brightness with Curves Curves allow you to set the blackpoint whitepoint and midpoint using a grid instead of a histogram The blackpointis the bottom left corner of the grid an
124. osshatch P Apply the Crosshatch function more than once to compound or exaggerate the effect Applying a Crystallize Effect You can use the Crystallize effect to make a photo appear as though it s composed of colored crystals To Make a Photo Look Crystallized 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Crystallize 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Crystallize Options Crystal size Drag the Crystal size slider to the left to reduce the crystal size and to the right to increase Crystal saturation Drag the Crystal saturation slider until you are satisfied with the color of the crystals Anti Alias Select the Anti Alias check box if you want to smooth the edges of the crystals Applying a Dauber Effect You can use the Dauber effect to make your images look like they were painted with a paint dauber Select or change the settings of the effect you want applied to your image such as intensity frequency and more To Make a Photo Look Painted with a Dauber 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Dauber 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Dauber Options 55 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Color Drag the Color Intensity slider to the left and right until you are satisfied with the amount
125. oto Editor User On the First Computer Hn T S Paintbrush Tool Airbrush Tool Pencil Tool Marker Tool Neon Tool WRN NA 1 With an image open in the Toolbar under Create select the desired painting or drawing instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar click Saved Brushes 3 Clickthe Saved Brush Options icon E in the upper right corner and from the drop down menu select Save Brushes 4 Inthe Save Brushes dialog box navigate to the folder where you want to save the options 5 Typea name for the brush options For example you might type Paintbrush Options so you know the file contains options for that tool 79 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 6 Click Save 7 Movethe ABR file to the other computer On the Second Computer 1 Onthe other computer with an image open in the Toolbar under Create select the desired painting or drawing instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar click Saved Brushes 3 Doone of the following Clickthe Saved Brush Options icon E in the upper right corner and from the drop down menu select Load Brushes When you load options they replace existing saved options Clickthe Saved Brush Options icon E in the upper right corner and from the drop down menu select Append Brushes When you append options they are added to existing saved options 4 Inthe Load or Append Brushes dialog box navigate to the folder where you saved the ABR file 5 Select the ABR file and click Open
126. ou like one of the preview images but not the others select the preview image that you like and drag the variation slider to the left New preview images display that are similar to the one you selected Or if the preview images are too similar and you want to see more varied images drag the variation slider to the right New preview images display that are less similar to the one you selected Accepting or Rejecting the Adjustments 13 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Click OK if you want to accept the adjustments and return to the work area Similarly click Cancel to reject the adjustments and return to the work area Saving Adjustment Options If you select adjustment options and want to use them in future projects simply save the options as a preset To Save Options 1 Click Save Preset 2 Typeadescriptive name for the saved options 3 Click OK To Apply Saved Options 1 Clickthe Presets tab 2 Double click the thumbnail representing the saved options 3 Click OK To Delete Saved Options 1 Clickthe Presets tab 2 Clickthe thumbnail representing the saved options 3 Click Delete Selected Right clicking to Access Menus You can access menus quickly by right clicking as you work The menus that display are often called context menus because they change depending on where you right click in the window If you right click on a photo or object the right click menu lists editing commands such as Cut Copy Pa
127. ou release the mouse before connecting the two ends of the selection the start and end points connect with a straight line A dashed border displays around the selected area Use the Polygon Lasso Tool to select a freehand area of a photo by clicking at intervals to create points If you release the mouse before connecting the two ends of the selection the start and end points connect with a straight line Adashed border displays around the selected area The Smart Lasso Tool is a combination of the Lasso Tool and the Polygon Lasso Tool If you release the mouse before connecting the two ends of the selection the startand end points connect with a straight line A dashed border outlines the selected areas Use the Remote Move Tool to move the selection Use this tool if you are working with a small selection of pixels and the pointer is interfering with your vision Use the Magic Wand to select all the pixels of one color throughout the image Click the Magic Wand and click a specific color within the image A marquee surrounds ALL the pixels of that color in the image and selects them This allows you to delete or edit those particular pixels even if they are distributed all through the image This section contains tools to select colors from the photo P o 7 Dropper Tool Color Picker Text Color Picker Click the Dropper Tool then click on the color in the photo that you want to select You can apply that color using
128. ount of light and dark pixels in the photo Custom Curve Adjustment The Advanced Lighting Adjustment also allows you to manually adjust the curves on the preview of your photo Adjustments made on the preview arereflected in the Amplitude slider value of the Brightening or Darkening in the Settings tab To Adjust the Internal Curves Manually 1 Clickthe Adjust Lighting tool in the Settings tab or in the Toolbar located at the top of the Editing window 2 Movethe mouse pointer toa tone level of interest in the Before or After photo 3 Choose one of the following actions Double click with left mouse button Double click with right mouse button or SHIFT double click with left mouse button CTRL double click with left mouse button CTRL double click with right mouse button Scroll up or down with the mouse wheel over the image SHIFT scroll with the mouse wheel over the image Hold down A scrolling or dragging with the left mouse button Hold down A SHIFT scrolling or dragging with the right mouse button Click and drag up and down on the image left mouse button SHIFT click and drag up and down on the image left mouse button To Exit Custom Curve Adjustment lh 1 Select the Hand tool ti or Zoom In Out tool qQ from the Toolbar Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Automatically sets the Brightening to optimum for that area of the image This works best with a brighter area li
129. ove objects and photos above or below each other It is also very easy to change the opacity of objects so you can see through them to the objects or photos below You can arrange objects and change object opacity and more using the Object Palette To Display the Object Palette Do one of the following Click View Object Palette Click Window Palettes Object Palette Arranging Objects In the Object Palette you will see all of the objects and photos that you have added to the work area The order of the objects in the Object Palette is important The object or photo at the top of the Object Palette is the object or photo that was most recently added to the work area You can move objects and photos above or below each other in the work area by clicking and dragging them up and down the Object Palette Below is an example of how the position of objects and photos is controlled in the Object Palette Ea nytt pc amp F i Hiding Showing and Locking Objects and Photos By default all objects and photos in the work area are visible However you can hide and show objects or photos by clicking the eye Ban icon next to the object or photo in the Object Palette If you want to prevent any accidental changes to an object or photo while you are working on your project click the lock icon next to the eye icon in the Object Palette This lock icon E displays as locked to indicate that you cannot change that
130. ow beside the Opacity box and drag the slider to the left to reduce opacity or to the right to increase In the Properties bar from the Mode drop down select a blending option In the Properties bar click the drop down arrow beside the Tolerance box and drag the slider to the left to reduce the number of pixels affected and to the right to increase Click on a color in the photo that you want to replace with the new color The paint is poured over pixels with the same or Similar color 115 Sharing Your Work Sharing Your Work Printing Photos and Images It is very easy to print your images from Photo Editor and there are useful printing options that can help you save paper as well To Quickly Print a Photo or Image 1 Open the photo or image 2 Inthe Menu bar click File Print 3 Inthe Print dialog box on the Printer Setup tab you will see the default printer in the Name drop down If you want to use a different printer select it from the drop down 4 Under Copies type the number of copies that you want to print in the field 5 Click OK To Change Paper Size Orientation Margins and More Before You Print 1 Clickthe Print Options tab To print to a different paper size select a new paper size from the Size drop down Also define where the paper is coming from from the Source drop down menu It is likely that the default settings are fine for your purposes To change the paper orientation select
131. photo the distance and angle from the original reference point to the new point is reset and the reference point follows your cursor at the new distance and angle This means that you always use the same reference point Select Impressionist to smudge pixels to hide the flaw If you choose Impressionist you do not have to set a reference point Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor Brush options W BrushSize 3ipx Spacing 25px drop down menu Select Brush Options Drag the Hardness slider to the left to soften the brush or nib and to the right to harden Drag the Roundness slider to the left to flatten the brush or nib and to the right to make the brush or nib round If you flattened the brush or nib you can drag the Angle slider to the left and right to change the angle of the brush or nib Brush Size Click the drop down arrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib is the desired size Spacing Click the drop down arrow beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and tothe right to create a dotted stroke Opacity Click the drop down arrow beside the Opacity box and drag the slider to the left to reduce opacity and to the right to increase opacity Mode Choose a Mode setting to determine how the brush will interact with the image Fade drop Select Fade down menu 1 Select Size to create the
132. rag the opacity point left or right until you are satisfied with the opaque areas in the gradient You can have more than one opacity point a7 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 8 Click OK To Save a Custom Gradient Style 1 Selectthe desired gradient options 2 Ontheright side of the Gradients dialog box click Save Gradient 3 Scroll down the list of saved gradients At the bottom you will see a preview of the saved gradient style Skewing and Warping Objects You can achieve artistic effects in your images by skewing and warping objects To Skew an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Dooneof the following Inthe Menu bar click Object Rotate Flip Resize Rotate Skew Inthe Properties bar click Rotate Skew 3 Inthe Properties bar do one of the following Typean angleinto the Skew box Click the drop down menu beside the Skew box and use the slider to determine a custom skew angle 4 Select Horizontal to skew the object horizontally and Vertical to skew the object vertically 5 Doone of the following Double click the object Press Enter Inthe Properties bar click Done To Warp an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object 2 Inthe Menu bar click Object Warp 3 Awarning will appear reminding you that your object will be converted into an image Click Yes 4 Inthe Warp dialog box select a warp shape 5 Click OK srr you warp
133. rences in alignment To Align Objects and Photos 1 Select the Selection Tool 2 Press and hold the Shift key as you click on each object or photo 3 Inthe Menu bar click Object Align and select Left Right Top Bottom Center Horizontally or Center Vertically Copying Objects or Photos If you add an object or photo and want to duplicate it simply copy and paste it into the work area To Copy and Paste an Object or Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Dooneof the following Press and hold the Ctrl key then click and drag the object or photo Inthe Menu bar click Edit Duplicate Inthe Menu bar click Edit Copy then Edit Paste Selecting Areas of a Photo Types of Selection In Photo Editor there are three types of selection depending on what specific element you want to edit The types are Brush Mode Allows you to add effects such as brushing to an image only Starting Your Project Object Mode Allows you to add effects such as blending over all objects and images Mask Mode Allows you to add effects just toa mask A maskis paired with all objects and images Effects applied toa mask will have different results than effects added to images or objects as a mask is only in grayscale How to Enter Selection Modes Brush Mode To enter Brush Mode in the work area double click an image You will see the corners change to look like this EE Now the eff
134. rently selected objector photo and other useful information About the ACDSee Photo Editor Toolbars Menu Bar The Menu bar is the first toolbar at the top of the Photo Editor window It contains controls for most of the functions in Photo Editor File Edit View Object Image Adjustments Window Help L fa G E ur m at ey a Q i Lt Main Toolbar The Toolbar is just below the Menu bar and contains icons which are shortcuts to frequently used tools The tools are divided into sections based on similar functionality Some icons have a down arrow beside them that you can click to access more tools similar to that one Navigate Rotate Pel hi Q a Qa Crop a Auto Adjust W WA Ss Fix o Oreste Select Colors Z ast aealc rs amp d A TO Finding Your Way in Photo Editor Properties Bar When you click on a tool in the main Toolbar the options for that tool appear in the Properties bar just below the Toolbar itself Details on how to use the Property bar are given in the topics on how to use each tool Below is the Properties bar for the Text Tool T Giddyup Std Regular Se 3 TTT Br amp 8o a Using the Main Toolbar Located below the Menu bar the main Toolbar gives you one stop access to the most used functions You will see a drop down arrow on the right side of some icons on the Toolbar Clicking the drop down arrow displays a menu of similar f
135. ress and hold the Shift key as you draw the line Use the Glow setting to adjust the color Use the Vignette Tool to leave part of a photo visible while the rest of the photo is faded You can select the shape of the visible area Use the Gradient Tool to add a gradient to objects Use the Bucket Tool to pour color over an entire photo Use the Tolerance option to control whether the color is applied to pixels of the same color only or pixels of similar colors Use the Eraser Tool to remove pixels from a photo to reveal a transparent background Opacity and paint mode options are not available with the Eraser Use the Text Tool to add horizontal text to a photo Use the Rectangle Tool to draw rectangular shapes To create a perfect square press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag Use the Rounded Rectangle Tool to draw rectangles with rounded corners To create a perfect Square with round edges press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag Use the Oval Tool to draw oval shapes To create a perfect circle press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag Use the Arc Tool to draw arcs To create a perfect quarter circle arc press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag An arc can be manipulated into almost any shape by adding points and handles that you can drag to change its shape Use the Line Tool to draw lines To create lines ata 45 angle press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag Use the Shape
136. row beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and tothe right to create a dotted stroke Click the arrow beside the Exposure box and drag the slider to the left to reduce the amount of light that is blocked and to the right to increase the amount of light that is blocked From the Mode drop down select Shadows Midtones or Highlights If you selected the Dodge Tool select Shadows to add the least amount of light to the photo Midtones to add a medium amount of lightto the photo and Highlights to add the most amount of light to the photo If you selected the Burn Tool select Shadows to add the least amount of darkness to the photo Midtones to add a medium amount of darkness to the photo and Highlights to add the most amount of darkness to the photo Select fade options Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Opacity to create the impression thata stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running out of ink Select Size and Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading 101 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Correcting Problems with Color Removing Color Cast Color casts are unwanted hues in a photo Hues are gradations of a specific color Color casts are often caused by artificial light sources such as fluorescent lights You can use the
137. rrow beside the Brush Size box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or nib is the desired size Spacing Click the drop down arrow beside the Spacing box and drag the slider to the left to create a smooth continuous stroke and to the right to create a dotted stroke Opacity Click the drop down arrow beside the Opacity box and drag the slider to the left to reduce opacity and to the right to increase opacity Fade drop down From the Fade drop down select fade options menu Select Size to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking as if you are slowly lifting the brush or nib off the work area Select Opacity to create the impression thata stroke is fading as if the brush or nib is slowly running out of ink Select Size and Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading Within Specifies the percentage of how fast the brush will fade Hiding Flaws Using the Smudge Tool In some cases you can hide flaws simply by smudging pixels over the flaw For example if a person in the photo has an uneven skin tone you can reduce the variations in color by smudging the skin tones To Hide Flaws in a Photo Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor 1 Selectthe Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q aab g g gt Red Eye Tool Sharpen Tool Blur Tool Sponge Tool Smudge Tool Dodge Tool Se Vor E gt Burn Tool 2 Fromthe Toolbar under Fix select the Smudge
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139. saved selection 2 Inthe Menu bar click Image Selection Load Selection Then in the Load Selection dialog box under Operation Select Add to Selection if you wantto add to the selection Select Subtract from Selection if you want to subtract from the selection 3 Click OK To Create a New Selection 31 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 1 Clicka selection tool and select an area of the photo 2 Load the selection 3 Inthe Menu bar click Image Selection Load Selection 4 SelectIntersect with Selection to create anew selection from the intersecting areas of the two selections 5 Click OK Creating with Photo Editor Creating with Photo Editor Working with Objects and Photos Selecting Object Colors You can select and apply colors to the interior and to the outline of an object These colors can be the same or different To Select and Apply a Color to an Object 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the object 2 IntheToolbar under Colors on the Color Picker click the foreground color box to select an interior color and click the background color box to select an outline color g 3 Doone of the following Selecta color from the Colors dialog box Move your mouse pointer off the Colors dialog box and use the Eyedropper rd to select a color from an existing photo or object Click Show Details and type an RGB HSB or hexadecimal code for a specific color 33 ACDSee Photo
140. sh 14 Review the status of the processing in the Batch Process Summary dialog then click OK Resizing Cropping and Rotating Objects and Photos Resizing Objects and Photos To Resize an Object or Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Object Rotate Flip Resize Resize 3 Inthe Resize dialog box select a resize method Select Percentage from the drop down if you want to resize the object or photo based on a percentage of its original size For example you could enter 50 to reduce its size by half or enter 150 to increase its size by half Select Absolute from the drop down if you want to change the object or photo to a specific width and height Select Proportional if you want to change the width and height of the object or photo proportionally This ensures that the object or photo is not distorted as you increase or decrease its size Select Resample if you want to resample the selected photo Its resolution will increase or decrease depending on whether you make the photo smaller or larger If Resample is not selected when you resize a photo its resolution will remain unchanged Enter the new Width and Height If you selected Proportional you only have to enter width or height but not both For example if you enter a width the height is automatically calculated for you If you are resizing a group of objects select Keep As Group to apply the resize m
141. small flaws from your photos by using the Repair Tool It repairs photos by copying arange of pixels and pasting them over the flaw To Remove Flaws from a Photo 1 Selectthe Magnifying Glass Tool and click to zoom in on the flaw Q Pa d e T P Repair Tool it Rubber Stamp Tool 2 In Toolbar under the Fix section select the Repair Tool 3 Inthe Properties bar set the options as described below 4 Clickan area adjacent to the flaw and drag across the flaw For large flaws you may need to click and drag across the flaw several times 5 Click File Save Repair Tool Options Feather Click the drop down arrow beside the Feather Radius box and drag the slider to the left to reduce feathering Radius drop and to the right to increase down menu Brush Width Click the drop down arrow beside the Brush Width box and drag the slider to the left or right until the brush or drop down nib is the desired size menu Auto Repair Select Auto Repair if you want to automatically copy pixels from where you click to where you drag If you want checkbox to select pixels from another area uncheck Auto Repair Then press and hold the Alt key and click in an area of the photo containing pixels that you would like to copy and paste over the flaw Opacity drop Click the drop down arrow beside the Opacity box and drag the slider to the left to reduce opacity and to the down menu right to increase opacity Blend Mode Selecta Blend Mode fro
142. sparent object When the transparent object is over a black area the colors in the object remain unchanged When the transparent Creating with Photo Editor object is over a white area the colors in the object are inverted Hue The Hue blend option creates a color by mixing the saturation and luminance of the base color with the blend color Saturatio The Saturation blend option changes the saturation of the area painted to match the saturation of the n applied color without changing the hue or luminance values Color The Color blend option changes the hue and saturation of the painted area to the hue and saturation of the applied color without affecting the shadow highlights or midtones of the original image Luminosi TheLuminosity blend option changes the lightness of the underlying color to the lightness of the applied ty color without affecting the hue or saturation of the image To Change the Pressure of the Airbrush 1 From the Toolbar under Create select the Airbrush instrument 2 Inthe Properties bar click the arrow beside the Pressure box and drag the slider to the left to reduce pressure or to the right to increase Changing pressure changes the amount of ink projected onto the work area When you reduce pressure less ink is sprayed onto the work area and when you increase pressure more ink is sprayed onto the work area To Change the Neon Glow 1 Fromthe Toolbar under Create select the Neon instrument
143. ss of the pixels which maintains the natural shadows and highlights in the photo You can alsouse the Threshold tool to make pixels in a photo either black or white The Threshold tool compares each pixel s brightness value to athreshold value that you set It changes brighter pixels to white and darker pixels to black The threshold setting is based on a scale of brightness values from O black to 255 white To Make a Photo Look Black and White Using the Gray Scale Tool 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Color Gray Scale To Make a Photo Look Black and White Using the Threshold Tool 1 Select the Selection Tool and double click the photo 2 Fromthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Threshold 113 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Threshold slider to the left to make more pixels white and to the right to make more pixels black 4 Press OK Pouring Paint onto a Photo Use the Bucket Tool to pour paint onto an image To Pour Paint onto a Photo Das T o 9 Vignette Tool E Gradient Tool dy A Bucket Tool 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create click the Bucket Tool from the drop down menu _ ee ra 2 Clickthe foreground color in the Color Picker C 3 Selectthe paint color from the Colors dialog box Delete Color Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor In the Properties bar click the drop down arr
144. ste Delete Duplicate Arrange or Align To View Context Menus Right click in the work area or right click a selected photo or object Using the Image Basket The Image Basket is the area at the bottom of the Photo Editor window You can identify it by the Add Images button and photos and projects you have opened are automatically added Drag all the images you think you may need into the Image Basket so they are right there when you need them You can process multiple images in the Image Basket at the same time For example if you need to adjust the levels in a group of photos you can add them to the Image Basket and use the Batch Processing wizard to adjust the levels in all of the photos at the same time If you are working on a complex design and you have several images in the Image Basket you can assign thema colored flag then group them by their flag color This is a great way to organize and prioritize your images as you are working To add photos or projects to the Image Basket Finding Your Way in Photo Editor 1 Click Add Images 2 Select the photo that you want to add to the Image Basket or CTRL click to select multiple images and press Open To remove photos or projects from the Image Basket 1 Inthe Image Basket select the photo you want to remove To select more than one photo press and hold the Ctrl key as you select the photos 2 Press Remove Images To assign a flag to images 1 Inthe Image Basket
145. sted at the bottom of the menu SelectNew Selection to process specific photos from the Image Basket 6 Click Next 7 Selectan effect For example click Auto to display the automatic correction options and select Auto Levels to automatically correct levels in the selected photos This is an easy way to correct exposure problems in a batch of photos If you select an effect that has extrasettings adjust the settings until you are satisfied with the effect 8 Click Next 9 Itis not a good idea to replace original photos with edited versions so use the Saving Your Images options to save the processed photos with a new name toa new folder or in a different file format Inthe Add a Suffix to the File Name box type a file name suffix that will identify the processed photos Click Browse navigate to the folder in which you would like to save the processed photos and click OK From the File Format drop down select the file format to which you would like to convert the processed photos If you are saving the photos to the JPEG file format select the image quality encoding color and thumbnail options then click OK 12 Click Finish 13 Review the status of the processing in the Batch Process Summary dialog then click OK Applying Vignettes to Batches of Photos To apply vignettes to a group of photos use the Batch Process feature To Apply Vignettes to Batches of Photos 69 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 10 1i
146. that the photo was etched from the bottom of the sheet metal Applying a Sobel Effect You can use the Sobel effect to create a highlighted outline of your image After creating a black image the effect uses colored lines to outline the detail of an image where significant color differences exist Greater differences between colors in the original image produce brighter outline colors To Make the Edges of Photo Subjects Glow 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Glowing Edges Applying a Stained Glass Effect You can use the Stained Glass effect to divide your image into fragments of a random size and shape to give the photo the appearance of a stained glass window Control the size and position of the fragments using the effect settings To Apply a Stained Glass Effect 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Artistic Stained Glass 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Stained Glass Options Fragment Drag the Fragment Size slider to the left to decrease the fragment size and to the right to increase Size Random The position of fragments is controlled by the Random Number slider Drag the slider to the left and right until you Seed are satisfied with the position of the fragments Click the Random Number button if you want to randomly set the random
147. the entire photo Deselecting an Area If you are not satisfied with the selection you can deselect the area and begin again To Deselect an Area Do one of the following Starting Your Project Click Image Selection Deselect All Pixels Press Esc on your keyboard Selecting Areas Based on Color You can select areas of a photo that have a similar color using a special selection tool called the Magic Wand Tool This tool is particularly useful if you want to change the colors of objects in a photo You can alsouse this tool to select objects that you want to remove from a photo like telephone lines You will typically use this tool with the Color Picker Tool and the Bucket Tool To Use the Magic Wand Tool Ft In the Toolbar under Select selectthe Magic Wand Tool then click a color in the photo All pixels of that color are selected If you want to select several shades of a color increase the Tolerance valuein the Properties bar If the Tolerance is zero 0 the Magic Wand Tool selects only pixels in the photo that are precisely the same color As you increase the Tolerance the Magic Wand Tool selects pixels with similar shades of the same color To Cancel the Magic Wand Tool Press Esc to cancel any previous selection To Select a Color in One Area of a Photo 1 Clear the Select Color Throughout Image option in the Properties bar 2 Clicka colored pixel in the desired area Only the pixels around that point
148. the same brush width spacing and opacity you can save these settings and quickly apply them with one click You can also share your instrument options with other Photo Editor users For example if you are working on a scrapbook with a sibling but you are working on different computers you can share your options by saving them to a file moving the file to the other computer and loading the file into Photo Editor To Save Options Creating with Photo Editor gr G o T Paintbrush Tool A Airbrush Tool Pencil Tool Marker Tool Neon Tool 1 With an image open in the Toolbar under Create select the desired painting or drawing instrument 4 2 Onthe Properties bar configure the instrument options 3 On the Properties bar click the Save Brush button 4 Onthe Properties bar click Saved Brushes and note the number or icon of the last item in the drop down menu They represent the options that you just saved To Select Saved Options 1 With an image open on the Properties bar click the Edit button 2 Click Saved Brushes and select the saved brush you want to use and double click To Delete Options 1 With an image open on the Properties bar click the Edit button 2 Click Saved Brushes and select the saved brush you want to delete 3 Clickthe Saved Brush Options icon E in the upper right corner and from the drop down menu select Delete Brush To Share Options with Another Ph
149. tion point to the right Select Horizontal to create a horizontal reflection and Vertical to create a vertical reflection Applying a Pixel Explosion Effect The Explosion function creates the impression that all of the pixels in your photo are exploding outwards To Use the Pixel Explosion Effect 1 Select the Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Distort Explosion 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab set the options as described below 4 Press OK Pixel Explosion Options Position ah Clickthe picker and click in the photo at the center of the explosion Alternately use the Horizontal position and Vertical position sliders to determine the center of the explosion Intensity Drag the Intensity slider to the left to reduce the number of exploding pixels and their color Drag the slider to the right to increase the number of exploding pixels and their color Random The position of exploding pixels is controlled by the Random Number slider Drag the slider to the left and right Number until you are satisfied with the position of the pixels Click the Random Number button if you want to randomly set the random seed slider Explode horizontally Select only Explode horizontally if you want the pixels to explode horizontally across the photo vertically Select only Explode vertically if you want the pixels to explode vertically down the photo Select both Explode horizontally and Explo
150. tion sliders to determine the center of the blur area Type an angle degree into the Spin box or click the dot and drag it around the circle until you achieve the desired spin angle Zoom Blur 1 Tocreate the illusion of zooming into a photo click Adjustments Blur Zoom Blur 2 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab click the picker and click in the center of the blur area or usethe Horizontal and Vertical position sliders to determine the center of the blur area Use the Amount slider to determine the amount of blur Creating with Photo Editor Applying Effects to Batches of Photos Applying Effects to Batches of Photos If you have a batch of photos that all have the same problem you can save time by using the Batch Processor to correct all of the photos at once You can alsouse the Batch Processor to apply artistic and distortion effects to batches of photos To Apply Effects to Batches of Photos 1 Add photos to the Image Basket 2 Selectan image in the Image Basket and double click to open 3 On the Image Basket Toolbar click Batch Process Apply Adjustment Filter 4 Inthe Batch Processing Adjustment dialog box click Next 5 Select the photos you would like to process SelectAll items in the Image Basket to process all of the photos that arein the Image Basket Select Opened Compositions to process only those photos that are currently open To see which photos are open click Window Open photos are li
151. tions to quickly and easily correct lighting problems in photos P aii Auto Levels tool also affects the appearance of colors in a photo To Automatically Correct Lighting 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar do one of the following Click Adjustments Auto Auto Contrast or click the Auto Contrast icon in the toolbar Click Adjustments Auto Auto Levels or click the Auto Levels icon in the toolbar Lid Automatically Correcting Both Color and Lighting If you need to correct both color and lighting use the Auto Fix or Adjusted Smart Fix functions The Adjusted Smart Fix function is a combination of Auto Levels Auto Color Balance and Auto Contrast To Automatically Correct Colors and Lighting in Your Photo Correcting Flaws with Photo Editor 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar do one of the following Click Adjustments Auto Auto Fix or click the Auto Fix icon in the toolbar e Click Adjustments Light Adjusted Smart Fix If you use the Adjusted Smart Fix function you can use the Intensity slider to make precise adjustments to color and lighting Press OK Correcting Problems with Lighting Adjusting Brightness and Contrast When there is too much light a photo may be overexposed which means that some pixels in the photo are completely white when they should be a shade of gray or colored When there is inadequate light the photo ma
152. to undo those changes you can undothem by reverting to the previously saved version of the file To Revert to the Previously Saved Version 1 Inthe Menu bar click File Revert 2 Click Yes to confirm that you want to revert the file Saving Projects That Are in Progress You can save your in progress projects as APD ACDSee Photo Document files When you save an in progress project as an APD file ACDSee Photo Editor saves your work area as well as all of the photos and objects that you copied into the work area This means that you can continue working with the photos and objects until your project is complete If you save your in progress project to any other file format such as JPEG GIF or BMP your work area and the photos and objects in that work area will be combined to form an image and you will be unable to make any further changes to the photos and objects in that image To Save Images as an APD File 1 IntheMenu bar click File Save As 2 The Save As dialog box will open Select the location where you would like to save the APD file 19 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide 3 Inthe File name field typea name for the APD file 4 From Save as type drop down select APD ACDSee Photo Document 5 Click Save Starting Your Project Starting Your Project Creating a Work Area Think of a work area as a piece of paper where you can arrange photos text and objects like boxes and lines You can set the s
153. ts to the functionality that you use most often It is divided into sections so the functions are always easy to find 3 Properties A dynamic toolbar that changes depending on the function that you select Each Properties Bar bar has a set of options that belong toa particular function Work Area This is the central area where you gather all the elements to usein your images O Work The dark gray area around the Print area where you can place objects or photos while you are area working so that they are easy to find or compare Objects or photos in this area are not printed O Print The framed area where you gather and arrange your final objects or image for printing Any objects area or photos within this frame are printed You can set this area to be white black any color or transparent Image Basket Holds photos from different folders while you are working with them so that you can see them all at the same time O Image This toolbar contains the buttons and menus for using the Image Basket Basket Toolbar 7 Image The area atthe bottom of the window that displays the photos you have opened with any Basket changes you have made to them You can add remove tag or group photos You can also edit multiple images simultaneously using the Batch Edit wizards ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide How tos Palette Step by step instructions on how to use the application How tos This palette contains easy to follow instructions that
154. u want to add multiple objects to the image Click Line Style to select the line thickness and style In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing Creating with Photo Editor Adding Hand Drawn Shapes to the Work Area You can add hand drawn shapes to images using the Freehand Tool You do not have to worry about creating a perfect shape The Freehand Tool smoothes edges so your shapes look great To Add a Hand Drawn Shape to the Work Area Be i Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool ER H D Smooth Polygon Tool Free hand Tool 1 Selectthe Freehand Tool f from the Create group s Tool drop down menu 7 2 Inthe Properties bar enter a curve tolerance setting For example enter 1 if you want more corners and curves in your Shape Enter 5 if you want fewer 3 Clickand drag as if you are drawing in the work area 4 Release the mouse button close to the starting point Adding Text to Images Adding a Text Object to an Image When you add text to an image the text is placed into a text object You can have numerous text objects in a single image You can also put text objects anywhere in the image including on top of other text objects To Add a Text Object to an Image
155. uide Swirl Horizontally if you want the swirls to be horizontal across the photo Vertically if you want the swirls to be vertical across the photo Select both Horizontally and Vertically to create a circular swirl Simulating Motion by Blurring Photos Blurring tools are used to simulate motion in photos To Blur a Photo 1 Useaselection tool to select the area of the photo that you wantto blur 2 Choose one of the options below 3 Press OK General Blur From the Menu bar click Adjustments Blur Blur to achieve a general blur Average Gaussian or Median Blur To control the amount of blur select from the following types 1 Click Adjustments Blur and select Average Gaussian Blur or Median Blur 2 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab use the Amount slider to determine the amount of blur To create the illusion of movement in a photo select from the following types Motion Blur 1 Click Adjustments Blur Motion Blur 2 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab use the Blur Distance slider to determine the amount of blur Typean angle degree into the Angle box or click the dot and drag it around the circle until you achieve the desired spin angle Radial Blur 1 Tocreate the illusion of spinning in a photo click Adjustments Blur Radial Blur 2 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab click the picker and click in the center of the blur area or usethe Horizontal and Vertical posi
156. unctions that you can select To Use the Main Toolbar 1 Selectthe photo or object 2 Clickthe function you want to use Either the Property bar for that function or a dialog box opens In some cases as with the Auto Adjust tools the function is applied immediately Click Ctri Z to undoan effect if you make a mistake Main Toolbar Tools ha Selection Tool Use the Selection Tool to select a photo or object You can select multiple objects by holding down the Shift key as you click on each object You can also select multiple objects by clicking and dragging across or around the objects Navigate This section contains functions that help you change the magnification of photos and objects or move them to different locations Y Hand Tool Use the Hand Tool to reposition the work area Q Magnifying Use the Magnifying Glass Tool to zoom in on a photo Hold the Shift key down and click ona Glass Tool photo to zoom out If you want to zoom in on a specific areain a photo click and drag an exact rectangle around the area a Fit to Screen Click Fit to Screen to display the entire photo within the work area E Actual Size Click Actual Size to display the photo at its actual size Rotate This section contains functions to rotate the work area my Rotate Work Click this icon to turn the work area 90 to the left Area Left TF Rotate Work Click this icon to turn the work area 90 to the right Area Right ACDSee Photo Editor
157. ut of ink Select Size and Opacity to create the impression that a stroke is shrinking and fading Specifies the percentage of how fast the brush will fade 91 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Correcting Problems Automatically Automatically Correcting Colors Sometimes lighting adds unwanted colors to photos For example if you take a photo inside under fluorescent lighting you will notice that your photo has a yellow color cast If you take a photo outside in warm sunlight your photo may have an orange color cast You can use the Auto Color Balance tool to quickly and easily correct the color balance in your photos To Automatically Correct Color Balance in a Photo 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Auto Auto Color Balance or click the Auto Color Balance icon in the toolbar Q Automatically Correcting Lighting When you takea photo one of the most difficult things to control is the lighting When there is too much light some areas of the photo may be overexposed which means that some pixels in the photo are completely white when they should be a shade of gray or colored When there is inadequate light some areas of the photo may be underexposed which means that some pixels in the photo are completely black when they should be gray or colored A properly exposed photo has no completely white or completely black pixels You can use the Auto Contrast and Auto Levels func
158. wing Click the arrow in the palette title bar Double click the palette title bar To Apply an Adjustment to a Photo 1 Clickthe adjustment title bar to display the adjustments you can perform For example click Color to display color adjustments 2 Clickthe adjustment that you want to perform For example click Oil Paint to make a photo look like an oil painting Many adjustments are performed immediately and you can see the results in the work area However if there are additional options available the photo or object opens in the Editing window Working at Different Magnifications Zooming In and Out You can use the Zoom controls at the top left of the Toolbar to adjust magnification The Zoom controls display the current magnification and alter it by percentage A symbol in the magnifying glass indicates that you will zoom in while a symbol in the magnifying glass indicates that you will zoom out To Zoom In Do one of the following Clickthe Magnifying Glass Tool Q and click on the area of the photo object or project that you want to magnify Clickthe Magnifying Glass Tool Q then clickand drag a marquee around the area that you want to magnify 17 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide Click the drop down menu arrow beside the zoom number and drag the slider to the right until the photo object or project reaches the desired magnification To Zoom Out Do one of the following Clickthe Ma
159. work area TARE Click Line Style to select the line thickness and style Line Style z In the Properties bar leave Scale Proportional checked if you want your image or object to remain proportional when resizing Always resize by dragging from an object or image s corner node if you want to maintain proportional resizing Creating with Photo Editor Adding Ovals and Circles to the Work Area You can add ovals and circles to your project To Add an Oval or Circle to the Work Area Gre OAZ Rectangle Tool Rounded Rectangle Tool Oval Tool Arc Tool Line Tool Shape Tool Polygon Tool Smooth Polygon Tool Free hand Tool VY G ARASYNOTZEL 1 Inthe Toolbar under Create select the Oval Tool from the Tool drop down menu 2 Doone of the following Inthe Properties bar click the Create button corner J An oval is automatically added to the work area in the top left Clickand drag diagonally across the work area To create a circle press and hold the Shift key as you click and drag 3 Selectthe desired alignment size and line style options as detailed in the table below Properties Bar Options aoin i looin You can enter precise x and y coordinates to determine the position of the object in the 5 E work area For example set the x coordinate to 0 00 if you want the left edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the left edge of the work area Set the y coordinate to 0 00 if you want the top
160. y be underexposed which means that some pixels in the photo are completely black when they should be gray or colored The Brightness Contrast function adds and removes light from all pixels in a photo equally Itis a great way to quickly increase or reducethe overall brightness in a photo To Adjust the Brightness and Contrast 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the photo Me 2 Inthe Menu bar click Adjustments Light Brightness Contrast 3 Inthe Editing window on the Settings tab drag the Brightness slider to the left to remove light and to the right to add light 4 Drag the Contrast slider to the left to reduce contrast and to the right to increase Contrast is the amount of difference between the lightest and darkest pixels in the photo However contrast also affects colors You will want to increase contrast in dull photos and to reduce contrast in bright photos 5 Press OK Adjusting Brightness and Darkness with Advanced Lighting Advanced Lighting gives you ultimate control of the brightness and contrast in an image through the use of sliders In addition you can manually adjust the internal curves by clicking and dragging on the image itself The Advanced Lighting adjustment s Brightening and Darkening sliders control the shape of the adjustment curves while their corresponding Amplitude sliders control the height of the curves The more you brighten or darken the more you increase the balance of the dark against th
161. y to move the object or photo 50 pixels tothe left right up or down To Move Objects and Photos by Entering X and Y Coordinates 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Inthe Properties bar enter x and y coordinates For example set the x coordinate to 0 00 if you want the left edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the left edge of the work area Set the y coordinate to 0 00 if you want the top edge of the object to be perfectly aligned with the top edge of the work area Increase the x coordinate to move the objectto the right and increase the y coordinate to move the object down 25 ACDSee Photo Editor User Guide To Move Objects and Photos by Entering a Direction and Distance 1 Selectthe Selection Tool and click the object or photo Me 2 Click Object Move 3 Doone of the following Inthe Vertically Horizontally area select Up Down Left or Right from the two drop down menus then enter value and specify a unit of measurement Inthe Distance and Angle area enter a value and a unit of measurement then use the angle slider to determine which direction to move the object or photo Aligning Multiple Objects or Photos in the Work Area When you add objects to the work area you may drag them to various locations until you are satisfied with the arrangement of objects and photos If you have arranged objects and photos into rows or columns you will probably want to eliminate small diffe
162. ying object or photo If the color in the underlying object or photo is lighter that color is subtracted from the color of the transparent object When the transparent object is over a black area the colors in the object remain unchanged When the transparent object is over a white area the colors in the object are inverted The Burn blend option combines the object color with the original pixels in the photo below to produce a darker color The Dodge blend option combines the object color with the original pixels in the photo below to produce a lighter color Grouping and Locking Objects or Photos When you create a complex image it can be advantageous to group objects and photos together in the work area When objects and photos are grouped you can move them around the work area as a group saving you the time of moving them individually You can Creating with Photo Editor also apply changes to the grouped objects and photos simultaneously It can also be advantageous to lock objects and photos that you do not want to accidentally move change or delete To Group and Ungroup Objects or Photos 1 Select the Selection Tool 2 Press and hold the Shift key and click on the objects and photos that you want to group 3 Inthe Menu bar click Object Group A blue bounding box now extends around the grouped objects and photos If you look at the Object Palette you will notice that there were two objects listed before the grouping

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