Photo Special Effects Help

Table of Contents

Welcome

Introduction

Functions

Example

License agreement


Welcome to Photo Special Effects

Thank you for using Photo Special Effects.

Today, there are many photo-processing tools on the market. Many of these tools are complicated and require lots of time to learn. If you are not a professional, your need a simple, quick and effective tool to add special effects to your photos. In the past, adding special effects was limited not only by your imagination, but mostly by the available tools. Photo Special Effects will take you beyond your imagination

Spend some time playing with Photo Special Effects. You will find it easy and fun to add special effects. After applying just a few photo-processing commands, you will be amazed at the results you can create.

Please look at the examples


Introduction

Photo Special Effects is ideal for adding special effects to your photos and it is simple to use. Open an image file and start adding special effects. There are more than 60 special effects to choose from. When you are finished adding special effects, save the image to a file.

The special effects are divided into three categories; color manipulation, transformation and blurring. A preview image of each special effect is listed to the left. Some special effects have more options (sub-effects). Additional options are listed at the bottom. Press the right mouse button to exit the additional options. The result of applying the last special effect is shown in the large window to the right. Since each special effect has a preview icon, in most cases, it is easy to determine the result. You can quickly go through the special effects, applying them to your photo by clicking on them. If you do not like the result, press the Reset button and start adding special effects again.  When you finished, remember to save the result to a file.


Functions

There are eight buttons to assist you managing the photos and twenty image processing functions for your selection.

1. Buttons:

Get Photo:  Open an image file to add special effect to.

Undo/Redo:  Remove the last applied special effect or reapply the last removed special effect.

Reset:  Reset the image to the original one.

Save:  Save the result into an image file.

Exit:  Exit Photo Special Effects.

Help:  Explanation how to use Photo Special Effects.

Zoom: Zoom the view of image. Use the vertical scroll bar to zoom the image in or out. If the image is larger than the window (viewable area), use the mouse to move the image.

 2. Buttons:

Sub-Effects:Some special effects have sub-effects for user to choose. The sub-effect icons show under the viewing window. If you want to exit the sub-effects, press the right button of the mouse to cancel that.

Original test photo.

(Negate)

Change the photo into a negative film effect.

(Find Edge)

Emphasize the outline of the photo.

(Posterize)

Converge the color of photo into fewer numbers. It shows the effect like the poster.

There are six options for this effect. The more number of poster color, the result is closer to the original photo.

(Desaturate)

Change the color into gray shades. It turns a color photo into a gray photo.

(Exposal)

 Expose the photo with different color of light.

There are six options for this effect. They expose the photo with white light, cyanic light, magenta light, red light, green light or blue light.

(Emboss)

 Emboss effect. There are six options for different level to emboss.

(Mosaic)

 Blur the photo by blocks. There are six options for the size of block.

(Stipple)

 Convert the photo into the effect of stipple. There are six options for different color.

 (Fog)

 Blur the photo with the effect of fog.

(Polarizer)

 Polarize the light of the photo. There are three options, blue versus green, blue versus red and green versus red.

(Diffuse)

Blur the photo by diffusing the color. There are two options for the degree of diffusion.

 (Cross stitch)

 Add the cross stitches into the photo. There are three options for the size of cross stitches.

(Old fashion)

 Convert the photo into an aged photo.

Original test photo.

(Ellipse Warping)

Transform the photo into the elliptical shape. There are three options for background color: black, white and original image.

 (Rap Warping)

Transform the photo into the trapezoid shape. There are three options for background color: black, white and original image.

 (Eye Warping)

Transform the photo into the eye shape. There are three options for background color: black, white and original image.

(Circle Warping)

Transform the photo into circular shape. There are three options for background color: black, white and original image.

Original test photo.

(Shear Warping)

Transform the photo into shear shape. There are six options for the degree of shear.

 (Thin Warping)

Transform the objects in the photo into thinner shapes. There are six options for the level of thinness.

(Fat Warping)

Transform the objects in the photo into fatter shapes. There are six options for the level of fatness.

(Curl)

Curl the corner of the photo.


Examples

The fun of Photo Special Effects is adding different unique effects to your photos. Here are three examples illustrating the steps required to get a very different photo. Try to discover other steps towards making a special effect for each photo.

Example 1

Original photo

Apply Find Edge function

Apply Desaturate function

Apply Negate function

Example 2

Original photo

Apply Expose function

Apply Stipple function

Apply Negate function

Apply Mosaic function

Apply Fog function

Example 3

Original photo

Apply Expose function

Apply Negate function

Apply Posterize function

Apply Expose function

Apply Mosaic function


License agreement

License of usage

You can only use Photo Special Effects on a single computer. Photo Special Effects can not be put on a network for others to use. The CD disk can not be duplicated for any purpose.

Termination

This license agreement is terminated automatically at the time you destroy the program and the accompanying document on the hard disk or storage media.