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- Producing an Embossed Picture
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- Image contains all the necessary parts to allow it to produce an
- embossed picture - but currently the process is not automated.
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- Thus to produce an embossed picture follow the steps outlined below,
- it is best to start Image anew so that everything is set up correctly.
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- 1) First load the picture you wish to emboss into Image.
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- 2) Bring up the Kernel Operation Control Window look through the list
- of operations for the one named 'Edges W NW N' and select it.
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- 3) Select the 'Run' icon to perform the operation.
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- 4) Now bring up the 'Image Bank Control Window'. Select the input bank
- to be bank 1, and the output bank to be bank 3.
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- 5) Back at the Kernel Operation Control Window select the operation
- called 'Edges E SE S' and then 'Run' that operation.
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- 6) Back at the 'Image Bank Control Window' set the options as follows :
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- Input to bank 2
- Output to bank 4
- 2nd Input to bank 3
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- 7) Now bring up the 'Merge Banks Control Window' and select the
- 'Emboss' operation.
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- 8) Now you need to decide on what background you want for the embossed
- picture. You can either have a plain background (eg. mid grey), or you
- can have another picture as the background. If you want a plain
- background follow steps marked with (A), for a picture background
- follow steps marked (B).
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- 9)
- (A) Only
- Bring up the 'Colour Selection Window' and choose the colour you want
- as the background (if it is not already defined, create it (see
- 'Colour' for details)). Note the colour number (0 to 15) of the colour
- you require.
-
- (B) Only
- Bring up the 'Colour Selection Window' and choose a mid brightness
- colour (eg. mid grey, red, etc) and set that as the Mask colour
- (basically you want to avoid black or white masking).
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- 10) (A) and (B)
- In the 'Merge Banks Control Window' locate the writable icon at the
- bottom of the window and enter "128,". Then follow that with :
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- (A) The colour number chosen in step 9.
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- (B) The value "-1"
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- 11) Select the icon marked 'Merge'.
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- 12)
- If there is too much embossing (too much black and white) then perform
- an 'Undo' and repeat from step 10 with a higher value instead of the 128
- (you can go up to 255), if not enough embossing then use a lower value.
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- When you are happy move onto stage 13 (B) only; (A) is finished.
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- 13) (B) only
- Return to the 'Image Bank Control Window' at set the options as
- follows :
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- Input to bank 5
- Output to bank 6
- 2nd Input to bank 4
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- 14) (B) only
- Load the picture you wish to use as the background.
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- 15) (B) only
- If the background picture is a different size than the picture you
- embossed you will need to resize it (see 'Resize' for details). You
- can find out the size you need to make it by looking at the 'Image
- Bank Control Window' (bank 4).
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- 16) (B) only
- On the 'Merge Banks Control Window' select the 'Over' option and
- press the icon marked 'Merge'. You have now completed the Emboss
- operation.
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