Serif WebPlus X4 WPX4-HFMINI-ENG-STA-1 User Manual
Product codes
WPX4-HFMINI-ENG-STA-1
Images, Animation, and Multimedia
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To create an alpha-edged bitmap:
1.
Select Alpha-edged Bitmap from the Output Type drop-down menu.
2.
(Optional) Drag the Width slider to set the extent to which the "alpha"
blending is applied inside the cutout edge.
blending is applied inside the cutout edge.
3.
(Optional) Adjust the Blur slider to smooth out the cutout edge.
To create a vector-cropped bitmap:
1.
Select Vector-cropped Bitmap from the Output Type drop-down
menu.
menu.
2.
Drag the Feather slider to apply a soft edge inside the cutout edge.
3.
Drag the Smoothness slider to smooth out the cutout edge.
4.
The Inflate slider acts as a positive/ negative offset from the cutout
edge.
edge.
Selecting areas to keep or discard
A pair of brushes for keeping and discarding is used to "paint" areas of the
image. The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush, and are either used
independently or, more typically, in combination with each other. When using
either tool, the brush paints an area contained by an outline which is considered
to be discarded or retained (depending on brush type). A configurable number of
pixels adjacent to the outline area are blended.
image. The tools are called Keep Brush and Discard Brush, and are either used
independently or, more typically, in combination with each other. When using
either tool, the brush paints an area contained by an outline which is considered
to be discarded or retained (depending on brush type). A configurable number of
pixels adjacent to the outline area are blended.
To aid the selection operation, several display modes are
available to show selection.
available to show selection.
Show Original, Show Tinted, and Show Transparent
buttons respectively display the image with:
buttons respectively display the image with:
•
selection areas only
•
various coloured tints aiding complex selection
operations
operations
•
checkerboard transparency areas marked for
discarding.
discarding.
For Show tinted, a red tint indicates areas to be discarded; a
green tint shows areas to be kept.
green tint shows areas to be kept.