We will discuss,in this tutorial, how to make a Custom Frame for that special Image that you have.
This is the Image that we will frame
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The Fisherman
NOTE
Image sizes will always be specified as Width and
the Height in this tutorial. When re-sizing at
Image Magick ALWAYS use the exclamation mark ! after the size.
These are the Backgrounds that will be used to Composite the Fisherman on
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The Wood Background
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The Linen Background
Step
One
Take the Wood Background to Image Magick and
Enter the url of The Wood Background
Select View
Select Re-size from the top tab
Enter the size of The Fisherman 258x244!
Select Zoom and press Re-size
Now Transload W=258 H=244
The Wood Background
Step Two
Now what we would like to do is make the Linen Background 20 Pixels Larger than the Wood background. This will give us a nice contrast between the Wood Background and the Frame
Take the Linen Background to Image Magick and
Enter the url of The Linen Background
Select View
Select Re-size from the top tab
Enter the size of The Linen Background
278x264!
Select Zoom and press Re-size
This will produce The Linen Background
Step Three
Now we will Decorate the Linen Background with a Frame. While STILL at Image Magick
Select Decorate from the tab above
Enter the dimensions of the frame.
15x15 was used
Select Frame
Select a Color
Linen was used
Press Decorate
Now transload
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The Linen Frame
Step Four
Now we will Composite the Wood Background on the Linen Frame. This will be accomplished by taking Linen Frame to Image Magick and
Entering the url of the Linen Frame
Pressing View
On the next page
Select Composite from the top tabs
Enter the url of the Wood Background
Select Center from the pull down menu
Select Over from the pull down menu
Press Composite
You will now be taken to a page that will show
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The Framed Wood Background
Step Five
Here is where it gets a little tricky. These are the numbers that are IMPORTANT.
Remember that the Fisherman was
258x244
and that the Framed Wood Background is
308x294
What we are going to do is Draw an Elipse on the
Framed Wood Background and fill it with a black
color.
In order to do this we must supply co-ordinates
for the Elipse. There are 3 sets of numbers
required.
1...The CENTER of the Ellipse.
2...The EDGE of the Ellipse.
3...The number of DEGREES that we want the
Ellipse to traverse.
The CENTER will be
the Width and the Height of the Framed Wood
Background divided by 2.
308 298------->154 147
We want the EDGE of the Elipse to be 10 pixels in from the Fisherman. Therefore we must first subtract the center coordinates from the Width and Height of the frame.
308-154------->=154
298-147------->=147
The frame is 50 pixels wider than the Fisherman and 54 pixels higher making a border of 25x27 pixels which subtracted from the center coordinates.
154-25------->=129
147-27------->=120
Since we wanted the edge of the Elipse 10 pixels in from the Fisherman we must subtract another 10 pixels from the No's above giving us the edge coordinates of 119 and 110.
We want the Elipse to travel a full 360
DEGREES
Degrees------->0 360
This will be accomplished, while STILL at Image Magick by
Select Draw from the above tabs
Enter into the Co-ordinate Box
153,147 119,110 0+360
Select Ellipse from the pull down menu
Enter black for the color
Press Draw
You will then taken to the
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The Oval Framed Background
You may have to fine tune the coordinates from the above formula depending on your framing requirements, so just use your judgement and you will achieve the desired results.
Step Six
What we must do now is to make the Black Oval transparent so that we can Composite it over the Fisherman
This is accomplished, while STILL at Image Magick by
Selecting Matte from the pull down menu
Placing the Hi Lite Box over the Image
Press Return
Move the Arrow over the Black Oval
Press Return
You will now be taken to
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The Clear Framed Background
It is
VERY IMPORTANT
That you Transload the Clear Framed Background as
a gif file so that it does not revert in the next
Composite Operation.
Step Seven
We can not yet Composite the Clear Framed Background 308x294 over the Fisherman 258x244 because of the Size Difference.
What The Professor is gong to do is take a Black Gif that he has and re-size it to 308x294 and Composite the Fisherman Over it.
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The Black Gif
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The Black Background
This will be accomplished by taking the Black Background to Image Magick and
Selecting View
Selecting Composite from the above tabs
Entering the url of the Fisherman
Selecting Center from the pull down menu
Selecting Over from the pull down menu
Press Composite
Now Transload
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The New Fisherman Background
Step Eight
This is the final step in this process. We are now going to Composite the Clear Framed Background Over the New Fisherman Background.
This will be accomplished by taking the New Fisherman Background to Image Magick and
Selecting View
Selecting Composite from the above tabs
Entering the url of the Clear Framed
Background
Selecting Center from the pul down menu
Selecting Over from the pull down menu
Press Composite
Now transload
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The Framed Fisherman
It may not be a great fish, but you have to admit,
