User Guide

Chapter 8 Editing

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Applying an Oil Paint effect

You can use the Oil Paint effect to give your images a painted appearance. You can save your options

as a preset for future use.

To create an oil painting from a photo:

1 On the Edit Panel, click Effects, and then double-click Oil Paint.

2 On the Oil Paint tab, drag the Brush width slider to specify the width of the brush strokes in the

effect. The higher the value, the wider the brush stroke.

3Drag the Variance slider to specify the color variance in each brush stroke. Higher values increase

the number of colors used in each stroke.

4Drag the Vibrance slider to adjust the intensity of the colors in the image.

5 Do one of the following:

•Click Done to apply your changes and close the Oil Paint tab.

•Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the tab.

Applying the Old effect

You can use the Old effect to give your images an antique look. (The Old effect is similar to the Sepia

effect, but produces a more realistic appearance of age.)

To apply the Old effect:

1 On the Edit Panel, click Effects, and then double-click Old.

2 On the Old tab, set the options as described below.

3 Do one of the following:

•Click Done to accept your changes and close the tab.

•Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the tab.

Old options