Tutorial: AKVIS ArtSuite

Artistic Crop

The Artistic Crop effect accentuates a certain part of an image by blurring the rest of it. The focus of attention is shifted to this part and the photograph is seen in a new light.

Working with the Artistic crop implies two processes:

1. Frame creation.

2. Adjusting the image in the frame.

1. Frame. The frame is created from a part of the original image. Adjust the parameters for the frame:

• Width. The parameter sets the width of the frame. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 100%. At 0% there is no frame at all, at 100% the frame takes up most of the image.

Width = 15%	Width = 50%

• Blur. Set the intensity of image blurring. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 60. The higher the value, the more blurred is the frame. At 0 the frame is not blurred at all.

Blur = 5	Blur = 30

• Overlay Color. Select the color that will overlay the frame. Click on the color plate and select a color from the Standard Color Selection Dialog.

Green color selected

• Opacity. The parameter sets the opacity of the overlay color. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 100%. Opacity =100% corresponds to the maximum filling of the frame with the overlay color. At 0% all colors are the same as on the original image.

Opacity = 10%	Opacity = 90%

Border Line. It is the separation line between the frame and the image. Adjust parameters for the Border Line:

• Width. The parameter sets the width of the separation line in pixels. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 100. At 0 there is no border line.

Width = 5	Width = 20

• Color. Click on the color plate to select a color for the Border Line in the Standard Color Selection Dialog.

2. Adjusting the image in the frame. The image can be scaled and shifted relative to the frame.

   The parameter Scale Image to Frame defines the way the image is scaled to the frame, if scaled at all.

   • No Scaling. The image is not scaled to the frame. In this way you can accentuate a certain part of the image.

   Check-box "No Scaling" enabled

   • Keep Image Ratio. The image is scaled keeping the proportion of the original image.

   Check-box "Keep Image Ratio" enabled

   • Keep Border Ratio. The image is scaled in such a way that the summarized width of the horizontal sides was equal to the summarized width of the vertical sides. In this case a small part of the image (either in height or in width) is cut out.

   Check-box "Keep Border Ratio" enabled

   Image Shift. The parameter sets the position of the image in the frame. The image can be shifted horizontally and vertically:

   • Horizontal. At values under 0, the image shifts to the left; at values over 0, the images shifts to the right.

   • Vertical. At values under 0, the image shifts downwards; at values over 0, the image shifts upwards.

   Image Shift

   The values of the parameter vary between -100% and 100%. By default the parameters are set to 0, that is the image is in the center of the frame.

   Besides, it is possible to shift the image on the frame using the mouse cursor:

   Press the Ctrl on the keyboard and you will see a dotted frame. Put the cursor inside the dotted frame, press the left button of the mouse and, keeping it pressed, drag the frame. The parameters of the Image Shift will be recalculated accordingly and the image will be automatically processed.