1) The Images:
Every one of your 4 pictures will be used as a
background for each frame document and it's important that
they do not tile.
When you set an image as a background, and
the image is smaller than the page or a frame, it will tile, (see
the tile example). These images will be in the
background so that text and other images can be placed on
the page.
Using a large image is problem, though, because
large images are, well, large. Large in terms of file size; and larger
files take a longer time to download.
The images we'll use will not be the actual,
original photographs, which require millions of colors, and can require
tons of kilobytes (kb's). We'll use one of the various Effects
available in Paint Shop Pro 7 to reduce
the number of colors of an image and in the process reduce the size of
the file.
Effects:
Take a look at this original photograph
(145 kb) and then
the reduced version
(18 kb). This
one was done using
UVanDerLee's US Comic Effect.
It's not part of the standard effect set that comes with Paint Shop
Pro 7, but a plug-in that you can download for free.
Additionally, the effect gives the picture a certain "syle".
You can find more free filters (or plug-ins) at
Free Filters.
For these examples, I also used
Crazy Colored Waves.
Play with the effects in the and find a look that appeals to you,
Process all
four of your images and show them to me once you are done.
Positioning:
The next point to be concerned about is the position of the
object in the image and the frame where it's going to be placed.
Look at the image below.
When this image is used as a background in a frame,
it will display from the upper left corner. If your subject is
somewhere in the middle of the picture, it won't show correctly.
(see the wrong
way) Move the frame border to the right to
see the rest of the image.
Look at the image below after it was cropped.
The left and upper parts of the picture was cropped
so that when the image is in the frame, it displays the the more
interesting parts.
( see
the correct way
) Also, there is plenty of the image available down and right
to avoid tiling for higher resolution monitors.
Plan ahead a little with the selection of images
for each frame and make sure that you cut and crop the images so that
the content is displayed correctly in its frame.
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