How to Work with Bas Relief

To Work with Bas Relief

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Sketch. After that click Bas Relief.

Step 2

• This is the result of Bas Relief.

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How to Work with Diffuse Glow

To Work with Diffuse Glow

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Distort. After that click Diffuse Glow.

Step 2

• This is the result of Diffuse Glow.

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How to Work with Accented Edges

To Work with Accented Edges

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Brush Strokes. After that click Accented Edges.

Step 2

• This is the result of Accented Edges.

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How to Work with Colored Pencil

To Work with Colored Pencil

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Artistic. After that click Colored Pencil.

Step 2

• This is the result of using the Colored Pencil.

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How to Work with the Styled Panel

To Work with the Styled Panel

Step 1

• Choose the Window tab from the Menu Bar and select Styles in the Menu.

Step 2

• Select the Styles tab in the panel you want.

Step 3

• This is the result of changing the Styles.

How to Work with Show Grid

To Work with Show Grid

Step 1

• Choose the View tab from the Menu Bar and select Grid. After that click Show Grid.

Step 2

• This is the result of Show Grid.

How to Work with Swatches Panel

To Work with Swatches Panel

Step 1

• Choose the Window tab from the Menu Bar and select Swatches in the Menu.

Step 2

• You can add, delete, replace, and sort color swatches in the Swatches panel.

• These changes automatically update in the color box pop-up windows.

How to Work with the Mixer Panel

To Work with the Mixer Panel

Step 1

• Choose the Window tab from the Menu Bar and select Color Mixer in the Menu.

Step 2

• After entered to the Color Mixer dialog box, you will see four main sections as the picture shown.

1. Stroke.
   

2. Fill color box.
   

3. Set default brush or fill colors.
   

4. No stroke or fill.
   

5. Swap brush or fill colors.

How to Work with the Fill Panel

To Work with the Fill Panel

Step 1

• Choose the Window tab from the Menu Bar and select Fill in the Menu.

Step 2

• After entered to this dialog box, you will see four main sections as the picture shown.

1. Selects Solid from the Fill Category pop-up menu.
   

2. The fill appears in the selected object and becomes the active fill color.
   

3. Hard creates a marquee selection with a defined edge. Anti-alias prevents jagged edges in the marquee selection. Feather allows you to soften the edge of the pixel selection.
   

4. Choose a texture from the Texture pop-up menu.

Step 3

• This is the result of Fill panel.

How to Work with the Stroke Panel

To Work with the Stroke Panel

Step 1

• Choose the Window tab from the Menu Bar and select Stroke in the Menu.

Step 2

• After entered to this dialog box, you will see five main menu as the picture shown.

1. Chooses a stroke category, such as Pencil, Oil, or Watercolor from the Stroke Category pop-up menu.
   

2. Choose a stroke from the Stroke Name pop-up menu.
   

3. Drag the slider to adjust the softness.
   

4. Choose a texture from the Texture pop-up menu.
   

5. To change the stroke color.
   

6. Drag the Size pop-up slider to set the size.

Step 3

• This is the result of Stroke panel.

How to Unsharp Mask the Image

To Unsharp Mask the Image

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Sharpen. After that click Unsharp Mask.

Step 2

• Drag the Sharpen Amount slider to select the amount of sharpening effect from 1 to 500 percent.

• Drag the Pixel Radius slider to select a radius from 0.1 to 250.

• Drag the Threshold slider to select a threshold of 0 to 255.

• Values between 2 and 25 are most commonly used.

Step 3

• This is the result of the Unsharp Mask.

How to Sharpen the Image

To Sharpen the Image

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Sharpen. After tat click Sharpen More.

Step 2

• This is the result of Sharpen the image.

How to Convert Image with Find Edges

To Convert Image with Find Edges

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Other. After that click Convert to Alpha.

Step 2

• This is the result of Find Edges.

How to Convert Image to Alpha

To Convert Image to Alpha

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Other. After that click Convert to Alpha.

Step 2

• This is the result of the Conversion to Alpha.

How to Blur the Image

To Blur the Image

Step 1

• Choose the Xtras tab from the Menu Bar and select Blur. After that click Gaussian Blur.

Step 2

• Drag the Blur Radius slider to set the strength of the blur effect. Values range from 0.1 to 250.

Step 3

• This is the result of Gaussian Blur.