
Chapter 6: Edit Mode
Adding your own textures or edges
It is possible to add custom textures and edges to the libraries in the Borders tool. If you make your own edges or textures, or own a
collection from the Internet, you can add them to the texture and edge libraries. You can also delete existing files from the libraries
to make room for others.
The textures or edges have to be in the following file formats with these extensions:
BMP
EMF
GIF
JPG
GIF
PNG
TIF
Textures
As the textures are tiled, it is important to use an image that can be seamlessly repeated. The files are used at their full resolution,
not scaled up or down. For example, if your texture image is 100 x 100 pixels and you are creating a bordered image that is 1000 x
1000 pixels, then your texture file will be tiled 10 times. If you use a texture file that is 1000 x 1000 pixels, then there would just be
the one texture tile for the whole border.
To add your own textures to the texture library:
1. In ACDSee, close the Borders tool if it is open.
2. In Manage mode, copy and paste your texture files into this folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ACD Systems\borders\textures
3. In Manage mode, select the image you want to use and then click Tools | Process | Edit.
4. In the Add group, click Borders.
5. Select the Texture radio button and then click the arrow on the right side of the texture box to open the texture library.
Thumbnails of the textures display for you to select.
Edges
Edge files are grayscale images that are resized to fit the image. The image file shows through any areas in the edge file that are
white, and does not show through any black areas. Pixels that are tones of gray in the edge file show through with relative opacity
depending on how close the pixels are to black or white (in other words, the darker the gray pixel, the less it shows through).
To add your own edges to the edges library:
1. In ACDSee, close the Borders tool if it is open.
2. In Manage mode, copy and paste your edge files into this folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ACD Systems\borders\edges
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