Pen And Ink - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

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Pen and Ink

Pen and Ink is an illustration style using fine pen strokes that can be applied to
portray entirely abstract forms as well as more photorealistic effects with depth
and shadow. PhotoImpact's Pen and Ink effect can transform your images with a
range of pen and ink techniques into traditional drawings or contemporary art.
To apply the Pen and Ink effect:
1. If you will be compositing the image onto another background after applying
the Pen and Ink effect, first convert the image to an object or make a selection.
Otherwise, skip this step.
2. Select Effect: Artistic - Pen and Ink.
3. Choose the brush stroke Texture and set its Size.
4. Select a Custom stroke color for a two-toned effect. Alternatively, select Source
image to render pen strokes in the underlying colors from the original image.
5. Set the canvas color.
6. If you converted your image to an object or made a selection in step 1, you can
adjust the canvas Transparency to blend the resulting image well with the
background that you will be compositing the object or selection to.
Note: To detect edges around the prominent shapes in the original image and draw
the outlines in the resulting image, select Trace edges.
You can adjust characteristics of the edge outlines. To increase or decrease
the line length that will be picked up as an edge outline from the source
image, adjust the Threshold value. You can also set the outline Color and
Thickness.
7. Click OK.
Note: The steps for applying the Stippling effect is similar to Pen and Ink.
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