Tutorial: AKVIS ArtSuite

Summer dreams

Do you have a wonderful photograph that you would gladly put in a frame to admire it any time? If you do not find a suitable photo at home you can frame it on your computer using AKVIS ArtSuite! The program is available in both standalone and plug-in version.

Here is our photo and the image with an interior:

We are going to work with the plug-in version of AKVIS ArtSuite in Adobe Photoshop.

• Step 1. Open a photo that we want to frame in Adobe Photoshop.
  
• Step 2. Call the plugin from the main menu of the photo editor Filter->AKVIS->ArtSuite.
• Step 3. We choose Classic frame for this tutorial but you can choose any other frame from the drop-down menu Frame. Double click with the left mouse button on the texture window to open the Library. The Library contains two folders: Wooden and Miscellaneous. Double click on the texture you like.
• Step 4. Activate the check box Scale Image to Frame. Other parameters stay the same.
  
• Step 5. The result will be shown in the After tab. Press the button to apply the result and close the plugin window. Here we have the framed photo:
  
• Step 6. Now select the whole image. In the main menu choose Select->All. Copy this image Edit->Copy.
• Step 7. Create a new file File->New. Set the size of the image as you like but larger than the framed photo.
• Step 8. Paste the selected image into the new file Edit->Paste.
• Step 9. Press Edit->Free Transform to adjust the position of the photo. You can change the parameters of transformation in the Options panel on the top of the photo editor window. Click on the parameter to change its value.

  You can change the position of the image by keeping Ctrl +left-button pressed and dragging each corner of the image to achieve the necessary effect. You should get the same result:

  
• Step 10. Press (Commit transform) to apply the changes (on the left of the parameters in the Options panel on the top of the photo editor window).
• Step 11. Let’s make a stand for our frame. We should create a new layer Layer->New->Layer.
• Step 12. Choose the Pencil or the Brush tool from the Tool box. For this tutorial we used Pencil tool.
• Step 13. 13. Now we choose a color for our stand. Press Set foreground color.
• Step 14. Let’s draw a triangle. Draw horizontal or vertical lines keeping Shift+left button pressed. If you need a line drawn at an angle press Shift+mouse button at the beginning and at the end of your line. Here is our result:
  
• Step 15. Now change the layers' order. Drag the second layer (with the frame) to the top in the Layers palette.
• Step 16. Move the stand to the frame. Choose the third layer (with the stand) in the Layers palette and press the button Move in the Tool box. On the image with the frame press the left mouse button and move our stand to the appropriate place.
• Step 17. In the main menu of your photo editor choose Layer->Merge Down.
  

  Our frame is ready.

• Step 18. Open an image with the interior in the photo editor. We will use only a part of the image.
  
• Step 19. Choose the Rectangual Marquee tool from the Toolbox.
  
• Step 20. Copy the selected image Edit->Copy.
• Step 21. Open the image with the frame.
• Step 22. Paste the selected image Edit->Paste.
• Step 23. The image with the interior overlays the image with the frame. Change the order of the layers in the Layers palette so that the frame becomes visible.
  

  Some objects are irrelevant so we will remove them.

• Step 24. Deactivate the visibility of the second layer with a double-click on the eye icon in the Layers palette. Now we can start working with the interior.
• Step 25. Choose Clone Stamp from the Tool box. Deactivate the Aligned check-box in the Options. We want to remove these two bottles, so we should adjust the stamp size and point out the area for cloning on the wallpaper.
  
• Step 26. Keeping the Alt-key pressed, left-click on the area you want to clone. Apply the strokes to remove the bottles.
  
• Step 27. Do the same with the book.
  

  Now our shelf is empty and we can put the photo frame on it.

• Step28. In the Layers palette activate the visibility of the second layer (with the photo frame).
• Step 29. Choose the Move tool to place the frame.
• Step 30. Now we should combine all layers Layer->Flatten Image.
• Шаг 31. Here we get the photo with the frame.