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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Studio Tips



Fun with Transparency!

This is a fun and easy way to highlight a specific areas on a photo.

1. Place and arrange your photo on the page
2. Click on the photo, then click Copy.
3. Go to Edit and select Paste Special --Paste in Place. (You now have 2 photos, one directly over the other)
4. Go to Tools (Tool Box) and click Crop.
5. Place the blue box over the area you want to remain "unchanged", then click Done.
6. Click Effects (Tool Box) and move the Border slider to achieve the desired boarder thickness.
7. Click on the photo outside of the cropped area. Go to Effects (Tool Box) and move the Transparency slider.

Try highlighting........... The ring on her finger The Candle on the cake
Your favorite Basketball player A bird in the tree

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