Photo Pos Pro

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A Guide To
Photo Pos Pro
v. 1.2.1
Team 5 Sheena Bohl Stacey Jackson Ben Dudek Chris
Towler
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This is a tutorial to some of the features of
Photo Pos Pro version 1.2.1. The main focus is on
editing an image. The tutorial will be followed
by a quick comparison to Adobe Photoshop. You
can find this program at www.download.com.
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File Menu
Edit Menu
To begin editing your image, you want to go
to FileOpen Then choose the image you want to
edit OR You can copy and paste an image by going
to EditPasteAs new image
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View Menu
Image Menu
You can zoom in or zoom out, or view the image at
full screen. This allows you to pay closer
attention to detail when you are editing.
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You can change the size of the picture based on
your unit of choice and if you wish, the aspect
ratio will stay the same.
You can also resize the board through units of
your choice.
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There is a textures and patterns function.
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Side Toolbar
Written next to each icon is what the icon either
is or does.
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• Choose a tool on the left side of the screen.
• Press F2 to get more options for that tool.
• Some of the options are shown here.

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This is the box that comes up when you press the
text over path button on the side toolbar.
You can make text such as this.
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To make text such like that which was shown
previously, do the following steps
File -gt New Change the color to transparent. On
the right side of the screen, choose two
different colors that you would like the text to
be. Choose the text over path button Click on
the center of the board and move the wave to the
size you would like In the box that comes up,
type the text you would like. Change the color
transitions to this Click the advanced tab and
change the feather option to 5. Change the
gradient cycle to 60. Press okay. Save the image
as a gif file
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Colors

• Here you can edit the brightness/contrast
  manually or automatically, as well as hues and
  saturations of colors.
• Other options include grayscale, negative, and
  setting the color of what the background would be
  for a transparent .gif file

Negative
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Filters

• Filters can be used for removing red eye,
  sharpening, or even blurring an image

Custom blur
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Effects

• Effects can alter the appearance of a picture
  without the use of another layer.

Magical -gtStars
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• On the right there are two floating tool bars.
  The first is a hidden tool bar for the windows
  that go with the icons to the left side.
• The second floating tool bar is the layers
  properties window.

Also on the right side is the color selection
tool bar, and an area to show what texture,
pattern, or gradient is currently being used.
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Print (single images) and Print (multiple images)
Full Screen
Copy and Copy Merged Layers
Layers Dialogue Box
Paste, Paste as new layer, and Paste as float
section
Scan/Import images
Browse Theme Backgrounds
Picture Browser
Grid, Ruler, and Axis Lines
Cut
Save and Save As
Open
Undo/Redo
New
Flip Horizontal/Vertical
Sharpen, Blur, and Red Eye
Frames
Tools Dialogue Box
Rotate Clockwise or Counterclockwise
Brightness/contrast, Color Adjust, and Auto
Correct
Grayscale, Negative, and Despeckle
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Layers and Masks
Layers Menu Box
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Layers can be lighter or darker

• Layer Advantages
• Layers can be edited independently
• Easy to fix mistakes
• Greater Flexibility
• Can eventually merge layers

All of the green is in one layer
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Masks
Masks hide/show all or part of a layer

• Mask Advantages
• Use masks to adjust layer settings
• Greater range of options to adjust images
• Easy and convenient creative options

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Tools

• Themes and Backgrounds In this section you can
  choose from many different backgrounds to
  personalize your PC. Here are the categories in
  which the section is made up of
• Animals
• Plants
• Fireworks
• Flowers
• General
• Views

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Registration

• 30 day trial
• After the trial, you can purchase the program as
  follows

1 License 39.90 USD 2 - 9 Licenses
32.90 USD 10 - 49 Licenses 30.50 USD 50 -
99 Licenses 28.00 USD 100 - 199 Licenses
26.00 USD 200 - 99 Licenses 25.00 USD 100
Licenses 15.00 USD
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Help

• Tip of the day
• new tip every time you open program
• extremely helpful if youre new to the program
• Link to the Photo Pos Pro website

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Photo Pos Pro vs. Adobe Photoshop
Tabbing makes it convenient You have to create a
new layer every time you edit Help function is
uninformative Confusing how to put frames in
pictures For the most part, this program is very
similar to Photoshop.