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Adding frames with color and patterns

Adding Color to a Frame
The Image editor allows you to add color to the background of a frame. This effect to add a color-wash to an image, or to fill an empty frames with color.

To set the background color for a frame, select one or more frames to reveal the Image Toolbox. Click on the 'Image' control to open the Image Editor.

 

Toolbox Image Selected


 

The Background Fill  tab will allow you to add an overlay of color. If you drag the opacity slider completely to the right, the frame background will be 100% tinted. If you drag it anywhere in the middle, it will be more or less translucent. Use the R G B sliders or the color chip to select a tint of your choice.

Note: This control will apply an overall cast to the entire image. Use the RGB sliders on the General tab to color correct your image.
Editor Image background fillEditor-Color

 

 

Here is an example of applying different colors and opacities to a frame background will do to an image.

 

FrameBckgrndCol

 

Next is an example of a basic collage that has used empty frames (no images) with opaque background color to decorate the canvas.

 

FrameColorEG

Be sure to uncheck the "Show Drop Image Here" box at the bottom of the Image Editor.

Adding a Background Tile to a Frame

You can use a tile within a frame background or blend it with an image in a frame.
FotoFusion comes with a selection of preset tiles; you can add your own jpg files to the C:\Program Files\LumaPix\FotoFusion V4\Tiles folder, then tag them in the Categories option of the Organizer to make them accessible when Searching and in the Image Editor.

1.As above, select an image frame to reveal the frame toolbox.
 
2.Click on the 'Image' control to open the Image Editor.
 
3. Pick a tile from the list of tiles.
 
4.Adjust the size, opacity and blur of the tile by dragging the controls in the Tile section of the image editor.

Editor image tile

Tiles can be used to create texture in empty (image-free) frames, such as in the example below.
Be sure to uncheck the "Show Drop Photo Here when Empty" box.
Here is an example -- two frames with background textures have been used to showcase an image.

FrameTileEG

You can also apply a background texture to an image, reducing its opacity to allow both the image and the texture to be seen simultaneously.

In this example, the two background textures from the previous example have been applied to images at a reduced opacity:

FrameTileEG2

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