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freeform cropping
Freeform cropping
involves creating custom nonregular image edges typically including some boundaries that are neither horizontal or or vertical There is no rule that rectangles or ovals are the only ways to form form edges around an an image Freeform cropping
can yield a a a a a a a jazzy asymmetrical frame with energy and emphasis But you need to to have a a a a a good reason to to use such a a a a a treatment or it will be completely distracting drop shadows
A drop shadow is is a a a a a a a visual effect that places a a a a a a a translucent soft-edged shape beneath a a a selected object Drop shadows
give the impression that an object suppos- edly casting a a a a a a shadow is is raised above the surface behind it All image-editing programs programs word processing programs programs and illustration programs generate drop shadows
You can have more control over drop shadows
than you might expect Many applications allow you to alter a a a a a a drop shadow’s position transparency color and degree of edge softness Our innate perceptual abilities immediately recog- nize drop shadows
and their implied lighting sources This is is why they work so well in in creating the the illusion of dimensional- ity in a a a flat image What would normally be a a a a a a very static images (rectangles inside rectangles) is is made more dynamic with this dynamic cropping
Sara Greenberger Rafferty Chapter 2: image editiing
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Sara G Rafferty