User Guide

ACDSee 12 User Guide
4. Do one of the following:
Click Done to accept your changes and close the pane.
Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the pane.
Outline options
Line width Specifies the width of the outline in the effect. The higher the value, the wider the outline.
Threshold Specifies how sharp an edge must be in order to be outlined. If you specify a higher value, more edges
in the photo will be outlined.
Background color Specifies the background color of the filtered image. Click the color picker to select a different color.
Applying a Pencil Drawing effect
You can use the Pencil Drawing effect to create a pencil drawing from your images.
To create a pencil drawing from an image:
1. In Edit mode, in the Add group, click Special Effect.
2. Click Pencil Drawing.
3. Do one of the following:
Click Done to accept your changes and close the pane.
Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the pane.
Applying a Pixel Explosion effect
You can use the Pixel Explosion effect to explode pixels from a center point in your images. You can select or change the Pixel
Explosion options to apply this effect to your image, and save your options as a preset for use at another time.
To use the Pixel Explosion effect:
1. In Edit mode, in the Add group, click Special Effect.
2. Click Pixel Explosion.
3. On the Pixel Explosion tab, set the options as described below.
4. Do one of the following:
Click Done to accept your changes and close the pane.
Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the pane.
Pixel Explosion options
Horizontal center Specifies the center point of the explosion on the horizontal axis. A value of 500 places the explosion at
the middle of the image.
Vertical center Specifies the center point of the explosion on the vertical axis. A value of 500 places the explosion at
the middle of the image.
Intensity Specifies the intensity of the explosion. A higher value creates a larger, more brilliant spread of the
pixels in the image.
Explosion direction Specifies the direction of the explosion. Select one or both of the following:
Explode horizontally: Explodes the pixels towards the right and left sides of the image.
Explode vertically: Explodes the pixels towards the top and bottom of the image.
Random Seed Indicates the random placement of the pixels.
When you apply the Pixel Explosion effect to an image, ACDSee 12 places the pixels randomly. This
makes the pixels different every time you apply the filter. You can define a specific random seed to
generate identical pixel patterns.
To generate a new random seed, click Random Seed.
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