You can decorate a photo you took with your
digital camera with a frame and show it to
visitors to your Web site. In addition to
adding a frame, you can retouch your digital
photo or apply an effect to it.
This section contains the following topics:
To paste the image file of a digital photo
onto the WebArt Designer's edit field, do
the following.
Note |
Before doing the following operation, you
must have imported the image file of a digital
photo into your computer or other media such
as a floppy disk, MO disk, and so on. |
- Select Paste File from the Edit menu.
- On the displayed dialog box, select an image
file in your computer or other media, and
click the Open button to paste the image.

Tip |
You can paste image files in such formats
as GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, FlashPix, and Photo
CD onto the edit field of WebArt Designer.
[Ref.] "Image file formats" |
A photo taken with a digital camera might
be dark-colored or fuzzy. You can retouch the brightness and contrast of the photo
as follows:
- Click the
icon to display a dialog box for retouching
the brightness and contrast. The image you
selected is displayed in the center of nine
of the same image but with slightly changed
brightness and contrast:

- Click the image that you think is best.
Tip |
Because a photo taken with a digital camera
might be dark-colored or fuzzy, it is recommended
that you select the bright and high contrast
image in the upper right. |
If you select the Preview check box, the image in the edit field changes
according to your selection.
- If the image is satisfactory, click the OK button.
If you want to redo, click the Reset button to return to the original state and
obtain the optimum state by dragging the
Level slider or by reselecting the image. After
you click the best image, click the OK button to change the brightness and contrast.
Effects change your digital photo dramatically.
To apply an effect to your photo, do the
following:
Tip |
If you want to retain the naturalness of
the digital photo, you do not need to apply
an effect. |
- Click the
icon to display the Effect Palette for selecting one of the effects.
- Click the Preview button to view how the selected image changes
if each effect is applied to it.

- Double-click an effect button to apply it
to the selected image in the edit field.
The following figure shows an example when
the Emboss button is double-clicked.

- Click the Close button to apply the effect.
If you want to redo, click the
icon to return to the original state, double-click
another effect, and click the Close button.
To add one of the sample photo frames to
your digital photo, do the following:
Tip |
You can also create a photo frame using the
wizard that starts when you click the icon. |
- Click the Frame tab at the lower left of the main window
to display sample photo frames provided by
WebArt Designer.
- Select a frame, drag it, and drop it onto
the photo image in the edit field.

- If you want to change the frame size, drag
one of eight white square marks to change
the size as you please. If you want to replace
it with another frame, click the frame using
the right mouse button, select Edit Object from the pop-up menu, and select another
frame in the displayed dialog box.
Tip |
To save the photo image with a frame in a
file, see "Saving a lettered button" and do the same operation. You can paste
the file onto the edit field of TopPage,
as you do with other images. |