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eZedia
Techniques &
Ideas 1
You don't need expensive photo collections
or clip art to get some interesting variations for your background
images.
Here are 3 examples of variations using the exact same image and
objects.
1. Here's a very simple background for a frame. Drag in
a full-color photo and add it to the background. Use the shape tool to
create rectangular areas along the side and bottom where you can have
your
navigation tools for your project. The photo was added to the
background
first, followed by the rectangles which I colored green through Edit
Graphic.
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2. In this example, our green rectangles are added
to the background of a plain white frame. Next, we brought in the same
photo, but this time using the Edit Graphic option (just right-click on
the photo), we lowered the transparency a bit. We moved it into
position on the frame so that it covered everything and then added it
to the background. Notice that the green rectangles have the faint look
of stained glass now with
the image of the flower coming through.
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3. With this next example, we brought in the photo
in full-color and added it to the background of our frame. We then
created our rectangles, but used the Edit Graphic tool to drop their
transparency levels to 75% before adding them to our frame. Note the
different effect you get with this simple variation.
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More variations will be
coming soon. The photos are mine. You can get a copy of this photo to
use for educational, non-commercial purposes by clicking on the photo
link to the side.
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