Tutorial: AKVIS ArtSuite

Hand Painted Frame

The Hand Painted Frame provides images with one or more areas of various shape. A photo fragment can be placed in these transparent areas to make a framed photo.

These frames were made by designers. They were hand painted specially for AKVIS ArtSuite.

Attention!

The Hand Painted Frame is only available in the standalone version of ArtSuite.

Working with a Hand Painted Frame is a little different than with other frames and effects in the program. In addition to choosing a frame you can work with multiple images.

Follow these steps to add a photo to a Hand Painted Frame:

• Step 1. Open the source image: Press the button in the Control Panel and choose one or more images in the Select one or more files to open dialog box.

   

  The thumbnails of the uploaded images are displayed under the Image Window. The selected image is also shown in the Image Window under the Hand Painted Frame.

  

  The active image (which you are currently using) is outlined with a blue line. To choose another image simply left click on it.

  If too many images are opened, they can be removed: choose the unnecessary images and press the button or the Delete-key.

• Step 2. Select a frame from the Library. To open the Library double-click on the currently selected frame.
  

  Double-click on the desired frame in the Library with the left mouse button to select it.

  You can also use your own frames. They must first be prepared and saved in any folder on your computer. A frame can be made from any image. It can have one or more transparent areas of any shape. It must be saved in the PNG format.

  To load your own frame in AKVIS ArtSuite, open the Library, press the button (Load your texture/frame) and choose a frame (a PNG image with a transparent area).

  To return to the Settings Pannel without choosing a frame, press the .

  
• Step 3. The program will automatically choose the first image in the Source Image Window to place in the frame.
  

  If the Hand Painted Frame has more than one area for photos and the default order of images (which is chosen automatically) within the frame is not as desired (an image is not in the correct area), you can change it manually:

  

  Choose an image in the Source Image Window, and then while pressing and holding the left mouse button, drag the desired image into the frame.

  You can also place an image in an area by double-clicking it with the left mouse button.

  Note:

  Transferring photos to a frame by double-clicking is more useful when a frame has only one area. If there is more than one area, the program will choose a photo based on its aspect ratio in relation to the area. For example, horizontal photos (which have greater width than height) would be placed in horizontal areas, etc.

• Step 4. To change the size, the position, and the rotation angle of the every image relative the Hand Painted Frame:
  

  To reposition an image in the frame, bring the cursor into the selected area and left click (the cursor's shape will change to that of perpendicular bilateral arrows ) then, while keeping the left mouse button pressed, drag the cursor.

  To resize an image in the frame, bring the cursor to the edge of the selection box (the cursor will change shape to that of a bilateral arrow ), and after pressing and holding the left mouse button, drag the cursor to increase or decrease the size of the image.

  To rotate an image, bring the cursor near to a corner marker of the selection box (the cursor will change to the shape of elliptical double arrows ), press the left mouse button and while keeping it held, move the cursor.

• Step 5. When all adjustments to the images are done, press the button to start processing.
• Step 6. To save the final result press the button and in the Save As dialog window enter a name for the file, select the file type (TIFF, BMP, JPEG or PNG) and choose a folder in which to save the file.

  Attention!

  When working with a frame, the original photos are converted to its format. Therefore, if the frame's format is RGB/8, the photos will be converted to this format also. Keep this in mind when creating your own frames.