Creating Different Photo Effects in Fireworks – Part 1
Creating a Border Around Your Photos
Creating a Negative Effect to Your Photos
Creating Photos To Look Like Pencil Drawings
Creating Photos with an Old Photo Look
Creating Photos with a Black & White Look
Creating a Border Around Your Photos
Creating a border around your photo can add a little fanciness to your photo. To get started follow the steps below.
1. Open a photo in fireworks that you want to use.
2. Draw a square or rectangle over the photo and make it the same size of the photo.
3. Now look down in your properties window and change the color fill to no color. Then change the outline to black or whatever color you wish to use. You should now be able to see your photo through the square.
4. With the square you just drew selected, look down in your properties window and locate the stroke category. Click on that to choose what type of border you want. You can go through them and change the colors to get the border the way you want it. You can also play around with the edge softness and size. And that is all there is to creating borders.
In my example (image 1) I used the following:
Stroke Category – Viscous Alien Paint
Color – White
Size – 14
Edge Softness – 50
Texture – 0
Creating a Negative Effect to Your Photos
Have you ever seen a photo with a negative look to with? Those look really cool. Follow the steps below to turn your photo into the negative look.
1. Open the photo up in fireworks that you want to use.
2. Click the image so that it is selected. In your properties window click on Effects > Adjust Color > Hue/Saturation.
3. In the box that popped up enter the following: Hue -180, Saturation -100, Lightness -7, and uncheck Colorize. Click OK
4. Now look in your properties window and click on the Blend Mode option and change it to Difference.
Now you should have the negative effect. Make sure that your canvas is white, if not it will not work. To do this, Go to Modify > Canvas > Canvas Color and change the color to white. See image 2 to see how the photo will look.
Creating Photos To Look Like Pencil Drawings
This is a really cool effect. You can change the photo to make it look like a pencil drawing. This is neat to print out and hang up. To get started follow the steps below.
1. Open the photo that you want to use in fireworks.
2. Click on the image to select it.
3. In your properties window click on Effects > Others > Find Edges.
4. Now go to your properties window again and click on the Blend Mode option and change it to Difference.
5. To make the lines appear a little darker go to Effects > >Sharpen > Sharpen.
Now you will have the pencil looking photo. Make sure that your canvas is white, if not it will not work. To do this, Go to Modify > Canvas > Canvas Color and change the color to white. See image 3 to see what it should look like.
Creating Photos with an Old Photo Look
Creating a photo to have an old effect look can be done in just a couple of steps. Follow the steps below to get started.
1. Open the photo that you want to use in fireworks.
2. Click on the image to select it.
3. In your properties window click on Effects > Noise > Add Noise.
4. Set the Noise amount to 15 and check the color checkbox.
5. Go to the top of your window and click Commands > Creative > Convert to Sepia Tone.
Now your photo will have that old time look. See image 4 to see what it should look like.
Creating Photos with a Black & White Look
I think black & white photos are cool looking. And they are simple to make. Follow the steps below to create a photo in black & white.
1. Open the photo that you want to use in fireworks.
2. Click on the image to select it.
3. In the top of the window click on Commands > Creative > Convert to Grayscale.
And that is all there is to it. That one is pretty simple. See image 5 to see what it should look like.
There are many more effects that you can apply to photos. I will write another guide soon to explain some more. These are just a few to get you started. Have fun with your photos.
