Here's a step-by-step guide on customizing your book, poster, and calendar project with the Effects feature.
Open the project you'd like to edit. If you're working on a book or calendar, click on the page you wish to edit to enter edit mode.
The "Edit" tab below the book pages will also take you to the editor.
Click here to learn more about the book editor tabs.
You'll have edit access immediately if you're working on a poster.
GETTING STARTED!
From the editor, click on the photo or embellishment you want to edit so it's highlighted in blue.
Select the Effects button from the top white toolbar.
Clicking "Effects" opens the editing features in the left tab, allowing you to change the image to Grayscale, Sepia, Cold, Natural, and Warm.
The Effects feature also allows you to edit images with various settings, including blur, brightness, temperature, contrast, shadows, white and black balance, vibrance, saturation, border, corner radius, and shadow. Continue reading to learn how to use these features.
ADDING BRIGHTNESS TO THE PHOTO OR EMBELLISHMENT
Toggle on the "Brightness" option.
Slide the brightness scale to the left to darken the image or to the right to lighten the image.
ADDING A BORDER TO THE PHOTO OR EMBELLISHMENT
Toggle on the "Border" option.
Click the number box arrow keys or enter a number in the box to increase or decrease the border thickness.
Click the color box to change the border color.
SHAPING THE PHOTO OR EMBELLISHMENT
Toggle on the "Corner Radius" option.
Use the Corner Radius sliding scale to change the image to the desired shape.
Tip: For a more circular photo or embellishment, first crop the image to a square shape before rounding it. Click here for our step-by-step guide on adding, replacing, cropping, repositioning, resizing, and rotating photos.
ADDING A SHADOW TO THE PHOTO OR EMBELLISHMENT
Toggle on the "Shadow" option.
You can use the Blur sliding scale to adjust the shadow blur thickness.
Use the Offset X sliding scale to move the shadow to the left or right of the image.
Use the Offset Y sliding scale to move the shadow above or below the image.
You can use the Opacity sliding scale to adjust the shadow's Opacity.
Click the color box to change the shadow color.
Here's a step-by-step guide on customizing text stroke, text background, and text shadow.
Click on the text you want to edit so it's highlighted in blue.
Select the Effects button from the top white toolbar.
ADDING TEXT STROKE
Toggle on the "Text Stroke" option.
Click the number box arrow keys, or enter a number in the box to increase or decrease the text stroke thickness.
Click the color box to change the text stroke color.
ADDING A BACKGROUND TO THE TEXT BOX
Toggle on the "Background" option.
You can use the Corner Radius sliding scale to change the text box background to the desired shape.
You can use the Padding sliding scale to adjust the text box background padding.
You can use the Opacity sliding scale to increase or decrease the opaqueness of the text box background.
Click the color box to change the text box background color.
ADDING A SHADOW TO THE TEXT
Toggle on the "Shadow" option.
You can use the Blur sliding scale to adjust the shadow blur.
Use the Offset X sliding scale to move the text shadow to the left or right of the text.
Use the Offset Y sliding scale to move the text shadow above or below the text.
You can use the Opacity sliding scale to adjust the text-shadow's Opacity.
Click the color box to change the text shadow color.
HOW TO CHANGE THE TRANSPARENCY OF AN ELEMENT
Click on the photo, text, or embellishment you want to edit.
Click the "Transparency" icon in the upper right side of the white toolbar.
Use the sliding scale to increase or decrease the element's transparency.
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