You can apply one or more of the following effects to your graphics:
Cropping
By cropping a graphic, you can remove areas of the graphic that you don't want to use. Cropping also lets you change the proportions of the graphic; for instance, you can crop a graphic to be shorter.
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Add text
You can add text on top of a graphic. The text you add will not affect the size of the file in your web site.
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Brightness and contrast
You can increase or decrease the brightness of a graphic, as well as increase or decrease the contrast of color in a graphic, for example to sharpen a graphic.
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Applying a grayscale or washed out effect
You can convert a graphic to black and white (grayscale). You can also wash out the color of a graphic, which reduces the graphic's contrast and increases its brightness. This feature is useful when you want to create a watermark, or use a graphic as a background.
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Borders
You can add a beveled border to a graphic to give it a raised, three-dimensional appearance. This feature is useful if you want to use the graphic as a button. You can also add a 1,2,3, or 4-sided border around a graphic and pick its style and color.
Note If the graphic has a default hyperlink, the border will have the colors that you specified for hyperlinks.
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Set a transparent color
You can select one color in a graphic to be transparent, and then wherever that color appears, the background will show through. Graphics can have only one transparent color. If you select a transparent color for a graphic that already has one specified, the original transparent color will no longer be transparent.
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Rotate and flip
You can rotate a graphic 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. You can also flip a graphic horizontally (which turns the graphic upside down) or vertically (which makes a mirror image).
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| Flip horizontally | Flip vertically |
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Note If you experiment with a few effects but then decide you don't like the changes you made, you can always restore the graphic to its last saved version.