- It's time to take a photo and turn it into a Funtastic Photo. Start by taking opening your photo. If your unsure of how to open a photo into Funtastic Photos, read the tutorial Beginning with the Browser. I am going to start with a image of central park in the winter. When you look at the preview below notice how there are two copies of the image visible, the smaller version to the right is actually a before. This allows me to compare with the original.
- I will start by clicking on some of the 1-Click Styles in the styles bar. The great thing is that the moment I click the style it updates the image. Not all the 1-Click Styles work with each image, so when you try don't be disappointed if a couple of the images just look wrong. I finally settled on the "1850s Albumen" in the "Vintage Camera" category. The categories are listed on the left hand side of the Styles bar.
- Below is the picture of Central Park in 1850s Albumen Style. I quite like it, but I want to extend it a little.
- To extend it, I will take control of the effects and override some settings put in place by the 1-Click Style. To get to the effects and their options I simply click on "Advanced Options" button which is underneath the toolbar to the right.
- Once clicked the button should reveal the options partially shown in the screenshot below.
- First I am going to change the layer blending mode, next to the Advanced Button there are the layer options, which include the layer selector, blending mode and blending alpha. Click on the popup-menu which reads "Normal", this is the blending mode, changed it to "Screen". Notice a bit of color passes through while it still looks old. Click on "Bottom Layer" to select the bottom layer. The preview will update to just show the bottom layer. Scroll down the effect list and click on "Borders". In the Borders module, there is a button next to the text "Border:", click it and the Border Selector opens. Choose "Soft Stroke"
- Enable the "Sepia", then select "Levels". Move the "Out Black" rightwards, as the slider moves, the picture should fade. Leave it about one fifth of the way. Click back on "Top Layer" (next to the Advanced Button) to see the whole image. It should be quite faded by now. A lot of antique photos are blurry, so click on the Blur Effect, check the "Use a Focal Point" box. Set the diameter to be half of what is it and watch as the edges of the photo become blurry. For the time being I think this how I like it.