Photo Frames, Borders & Edges

Photo Frames, Borders & Edges

Auto FX PhotoGraphic Edges





A few years ago I was in charge of putting together a monthly filmmagazine and I was constantly looking for ways to make the pages lookmore visually appealing. Photo/Graphic Edges came to the rescue! Icould select a frame or edge, make a couple of quick tweaks, andsuddenly I had a highly stylized photo to drop into the layout.

Photo/Graphic Edgesincludes new features and effects, including SmartLayers, Visual LayerPresets, Brush Effects, Unlimited Undo and new creative content.
(See below for our review of the recently released Photo/Graphic Edges 7.0 Platinum Edition Photoshop Plugin package.)

To show the various effects of Photo/Graphic EdgesI've used just one single image. This will make it easier to see justhow much the mood and feeling of a photo can be changed byincorporating different edges and frames.



History Palette & Pre-sets
Photo/Graphic Edgeslets you save configurations as pre-sets so that you can apply them toother photos. There's also a History Palette that shows you what you'verecently called up. So if down the line I feel I should have stayedwith the "mysterious" film strip after all, I can easily go back andselect it using the History Palette.



Intuitive User Interface
Photo/Graphic Edgesfeatures a common user interface design so that learning how to use oneeffect helps you understand how to use the others. The program is builtaround SmartLayers technology. Everything is dynamic so when you clickon a layer all the controls for that layer and effect are automaticallyloaded up for you to adjust. The layers palette lets you turn on, off,clone, move and add new layers.



Non-destructive Imaging Architecture
PGE6 uses a non-destructive dynamic imaging architecture, so you can undo,redo and adjust repeatedly and your original image is never changeduntil you save the file. You can combine effects together, transformand resize images over and over, and the quality never degrades.Photo/Graphic Edges also includes borders, bevels, and photo-realisticpicture frames.

Online Help System
Holdyour mouse over a control for a few seconds and a floating windowappears that contains detailed instructions about the control.

Brush-On Effects
Brush-On Effects allow you to interact with the effects to get exactly the look you are after.

Preview System
An adjustable preview feature has a 1600% marquee zoom capability with built-in panning support.

SmartLayers
SmartLayers enable you to combine different effects together in thesame composition. New layer functionality also includes masking layers,photo layers for placing new photos onto layers in PGE 6, colorcorrection layers for adjusting image colors and advanced layerfunctionality such as cloning, renaming, moving, deleting and adjustingopacity levels for each layer.

Save And Replay Your Settings
Save and Load your effect settings for instant replay. Presets areResolution Independent. Save them while working on a large file andthey apply the same to a smaller file or an even larger file and getthe same results.
Memory Dots
Click a memory dot on the interface and PGE 6 remembers your currentsettings. You can explore with your design ideas and come back to whereyou were with a single click.

14 Artistic Effects For Photos
Here's a list of the Artistic Effects that are part of the package:

• Acid Edge - Brush on acid etched looks to your images and edges.
  
• Montage - Combine multiple edges and effects together in a single composition to form a montage effect.
  
• Ambient Brush - Lifts sections of the image up through patterned edges and shapes.
  
• Photo Border - Add interesting borders around your image using border shapes and 3D depth tools.
  
• Burned Edge - Burn away parts of your image with this photo-realistic edge burning brush.
  
• Photo Tabs - Add photo tabs around your images using both traditional or modern styles combined with 3D depth effects.
  
• Distort Edge - Brush on distortion effects to the edges to customize the look and style of the effect.
  
• Putty Edges - Use Putty Edges to reshape and adjust the edges to better fit your images and needs.
  
• Edge Brush - Brush on natural media styled effects using any of the 230 brush effects included with PGE 6.
  
• Smudged Edge - Gives edges a smudged, softened appearance wherever the brush is applied.
  
• Edges - Over 10,000 edges that enhance images by giving them shape and dimension.
  
• Transfer - Simulates the traditional darkroom transferring the inks from an instamatic photo onto thin paper and then brushing on wrinkles.
  
• Frames - 175 Professionally created frames that can be wrapped around your images to create stunning results.
  
• Vignette - Soft gradient vignettes can be applied to shapes and thousands of different edge styles to give customized feathered images.
  

Summary
This is a great way to quickly produce outstanding photo edges, photoframes, and photo borders. But is it worth $179? Only if you plan onusing it repeatedly. So if you don't need this kind of firepower,learning some simple Photoshop tricks will help you in the short termand save you some money. The point of this program is that it removesthe time consuming trial-and-error part of designing multiple effectsby delivering them to you almost completely ready to go.



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