User manual MAGIX XTREME PHOTO DESIGNER 6

[. . . ] Manual 2 Introduction Introduction MAGIX Xtreme Photo Designer 6 is an image editing application, which helps you handle all necessary photo editing tasks quickly and easily. The integrated browser enables convenient searching for image files on your PC. Images can be discreetly improved, retouched, distorted or transformed into an oil painting. The Task Assistant helps you with practical step-by-step user guidance. [. . . ] If you want MAGIX Xtreme Photo Designer 6 to warn you prior to overwriting existing files, tick the respective box. After the processing is started with the "Start" button you can see the current status in the status window. Click on "Abort" to end the process. 61 www. magix. com 62 Effects Effects Choose an effect from the Effects menu or other category. Alternatively, choose the Effect browser button to open the effect browser. The effect browser uses a sample image to show the results of different effects. When an effect is selected, it is applied to the whole image first. Each time you change effect settings, they are displayed on the image. This allows you to adjust the effect and see how it affects the entire image. The masking tool (on page 50) allows you to limit the effect to certain areas of the image. We recommend softening the edges of the image somewhat (in the tool window (on page 81) of the masking tool) to better integrate the effect into the whole image. The magic wand provides another masking option, allowing you to target a particular colour within the image and change it using colour effects. You can also use the pencil to apply effects by choosing this button in the Effect settings dialog box. When you use the pencil to apply the effect, all pencil settings relating to shape, size, and effect are available. However, colour characteristics (structure, colour, spotting, and colour deviations) are inactive. Pressing the right mouse button allows you to erase the applied brush strokes. You can, therefore, first apply the effect onto a large surface and then adjust the borders with the paintbrush. When you choose "Quick preview, " a scaleable preview window appears. In this window, you can display the effect, or the original and the effect side by side, in zoom mode. You can use the magnifying glass www. magix. com Effects buttons or the slider to zoom in and out of the preview. You can use the mouse to scroll through the visible section in the window. If you press this button, the effect is permanently applied to the image. At the top of the dialog you will also find a list box with the various link modes and a transparency controller. These setting options determine how the calculated pixels of the effect are combined with those of the original image. [. . . ] 24 Rotate/Flip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 S Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Save for Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]