Editing
Images in Front Page 2000:
Front Page editing tool is not meant for creating new images. It
is a tool that can be used to edit images. To see what Front
Page Picture Editing Tool can do, insert a picture on to a page
and then select. You will see the Picture Editing tool with
several buttons.
 | Insert Picture from file: It allows
insertion of a graphic onto a page. |
| Text: Enables adding text to selected
graphic file. |
| Auto Thumbnail: Reduces the size of the
selected graphic. Links to the full-size graphic. |
| Position Absolutely |
| Bring to Front |
| Send to Back. |
| Rotate Left: rotates image 90 degrees to
left. |
| Rotate Right: rotates image 90 degrees to
right. |
| Flip Vertical. |
| Flip Horizontal. |
| More contrast: increases image contrast. |
| Less contrast. |
| More Brightness: increases image
brightness. |
| Less Brightness: decreases image
brightness. |
| Crop: cuts the image to the size of the
selection. |
| Set Transparent Color: Makes image
background transparent. |
| Black and White: transforms image from
color to black and white. |
| Wash Out: reduces brightness and color of
the image. |
| Bevel: adds edges to the image. |
| Rectangular Hotspot: Adds a rectangular
hotspot to the image. |
Depending on the installation, all buttons may
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Adding Text to an Image:
To add a text to your image, do the following:
| Highlight image. |
| On the Picture toolbar, click Text button. |
| Type the text in the label box. Move it to
where you want the text on the image. |
| The file must be in GIF format otherwise
Front Page will prompt you to convert the file. |
| Save file. Click okay.| Up
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Creating Auto Thumbnail:
This feature reduces the image to a smaller size and also
creates a link to the larger image.
| Select an image and make it active. |
| On toolbar, click Auto Thumb Nail button. |
| The image is reduced in size and a link is
created to the larger image. | Up | |
Changing Image Orientation:
Front Page Image Editing tool has four buttons to change the
image orientation: Rotate Right, Rotate
left, Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical.
| Click image to make it active. |
| Click Rotate Right/Rotate Left/Flip
Horizontal/Flip Vertical button alternately. |
Cropping Images:
When you scan an image in, you would need to crop the image to
get rid of the sections that you do not want to include.
Cropping involves cutting a portion of the image and deleting
the rest.
| Click image and make it active. |
| Click Crop button on the tool bar. |
| Drag the dashed lines handle to create a
selection of the area you want to keep. |
| Click the Crop button again. | Up
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Tools of the Web Graphics
Trade:
There are several web graphics tools available in the market.
Some of them are:
| Microsoft Photo Draw. |
| Microsoft Image Composer. |
| Adobe Photo Shop. |
| Adobe Illustrator. |
| Adobe Image Ready. |
| Corel Draw. |
| Corel Photo Paint. |
| JASC Paint Shop Pro. |
| Macromedia Fireworks. |
| Macromedia Free Hand. |
| Macromedia Flash. | Up | |
These are all tools you can easily learn by
playing around with them. Some of them are free downloads for
fixed periods of time.
Buttons and Image
Composer:
One of things you will certainly need for your web are buttons.
You can create buttons using Microsoft Image Composer.
To do that, Start Image Composer.
| Insert Menu, Buttons. |
| It will insert the button type you pick
from the list. |
| After inserting it, you can edit the button
by right clicking the button and selecting Edit Button from
the menu. |
You can also create your own button size Gifs
and put your own text on it to create you own buttons. | Up
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