Tutorial: AKVIS ArtSuite

How It Works

AKVIS ArtSuite can work independently as a standalone program as well as a plug-in to a photo editor.

Watch flash-movies demonstrating how to add a photo frame to a picture with AKVIS ArtSuite:
plugin (flash-movie, 2.41 Mb) and standalone (flash-movie, 2.92 Mb).

Learn to use ArtSuite to apply photo frames to your pictures:

Follow the instruction below to add a photo frame to an image with the plug-in version of AKVIS ArtSuite (flash-movie).

• Step 1. Open an image in a photo editor.
  
• Step 2. Call the plug-in AKVIS ArtSuite. To this effect, in Adobe Photoshop select the menu item Filter – AKVIS – ArtSuite; in Paint Shop Pro select Effects – Plugins - AKVIS – ArtSuite; in Corel PHOTO-PAINT use the menu command Effects – AKVIS – ArtSuite.
• Step 3. Select one of the frames available in the fall-out menu Frame in the Settings panel. All parameters of the selected frame have default values.
• Step 4. Press the button . The image with the frame applied at default settings will be shown in the After tab. Switch between the tabs using the Tab-key.

  Left-click on any point of the image to temporarily switch to the Before tab and compare the original image with the framed one.

  
• Step 5. Adjust the settings of the chosen frame as you wish and press the button again.
  
• Step 6. The new settings for this frame can be saved as a preset for future use. To save a preset click the button in the program's workspace.

  To load a previously saved preset, press the button .

• Step 7. Press the button to apply the changes and to close the plug-in window.

Follow the instruction below to add a frame to an image with the standalone version of AKVIS ArtSuite.

Watch a flash-movie that shows how to add a photo frame to a picture with the standalone version of AKVIS ArtSuite.
Click here! (flash-movie, 2.9 Mb)

• Step 1. Launch the program AKVIS ArtSuite. You can do it in the following way:
  • On a Windows computer:

    - In the main menu: press the button Start and select from the pop-up menu the command AKVIS – ArtSuite.

    - Using the program's shortcut on the Desktop: put the cursor on the icon of the program AKVIS ArtSuite and double-click it with the left mouse button.

  • On a Macintosh computer:

    - Using Finder: select the folder Applications on the side bar of the Finder window, select the application AKVIS ArtSuite and double-click it.

  
• Step 2. Open an image for editing. For this purpose, press the button and select the required file in the dialog box. The program supports images in bmp, jpg and png formats.
  
• Step 3. Select one of the frames available in the fall-out menu Frame in the Settings panel. All parameters of the selected frame have default values.
• Step 4. Press the button . The image with the frame applied at default settings will be shown in the After tab. Switch between the tabs using the Tab-key.

  Left-click on any point of the image to temporarily switch to the Before tab and compare the original image with the framed one.

  
• Step 5. Adjust the settings of the chosen frame as you wish and press the button again.
• Step 6. Save the framed image. For this purpose press the button and in the Save As dialog box enter a name for the file, set its format (ipeg, bmp or png) and indicate a folder to which you want to save the file.
• Step 7. The new settings for this frame can be saved as a preset for future use. To save a preset click the button in the plug-in window.

  To load a previously saved preset, press the button .

• Step 8. It is possible to print the image. For this purpose press the button , adjust print settings in the Print dialog box and press the button Print.

  The left part of the Print dialog box is the preview area where the current position of the image on the page is shown, in the right part of the dialog box the print settings are adjusted:

  • The check-boxes Album and Portrait set the page orientation when printing. The check-box Album corresponds to the horizontal page orientation (width larger than height), the check-box Portrait - to vertical.
  • The parameters Scale, Width and Height and the check-box Fit to Page set the printed size of the image. They do not influence the image itself, only its printed copy. It is possible to change the size of the printed copy by specifying the image scale in % (any value less than 100% reduces the image, any value over 100% increases it) or by setting new values for width and height in the corresponding fields. If you just want to fit the image into the page, enable the check-box Fit to Page.
  • The image in the preview area has a frame with markers that allow changing the image size manually. Put the mouse cursor to a corner marker or to one of the sides (the cursor will transform to a two-side arrow) and drag the marker or the side. To change the position of the image on the page, bring the cursor to the center of the image, press the left mouse button and move the cursor. Besides, it is possible to define the image position on the page with the parameter Move To by clicking on one of the nine squares.

  If your computer is connected to a local network with several printers or several output devices are connected to this computer, you will have to choose one of the available printers to do the job. Click Printer Setup in the dialog box Print, select a printer in the opening dialog box and adjust the printing settings.

• Step 9. Close the program AKVIS ArtSuite by pressing the button .