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Quick and Easy Wall Gallery

Software: Ulead PhotoImpact 7 & 8, 8XL

Skill Level:  Beginner

Featured Tools:
Path and Resize Tools, Material, Wrap and Button Galleries

Additional Tools:
None

Note:  In just a few steps you can create a wall gallery to show off your favorite photos or creations.

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create a wall gallery in a few easy steps

Open a new canvas 400 x 400.  Using the Path Tool, create a Rectangle  90 x 140 using any color.   Mode 2D. 

*Note:   If you resize the rectange after you've drawn it, right click and select Convert Object Type....Reset Text/Path Object. This will keep the rectangle from becoming distorted when applying wraps in the Easy Palette Wrap Gallery.

 

start with a rectangle

 

The next few steps will all be done using galleries in the Easy Palette.  In the Wrap Gallery, and apply Path Wrap 13.  Center the image on your canvas.  In the Material Attribute Gallery, Realistic, apply Wood 1 (PI 8 users apply T1).  In the Button Gallery, choose Any Shape 21.  Your image should look like the one shown below.

your frames

 

Choose 4 pictures you'd like for your gallery. Using the Resize Tool resize tool and Distort Tool distort tool resize each   picture to fit within the frame.

size your pictures

Apply Magic Light under Effects to bring out your pictures more.  (PI 8 users Effect/Illumination/Lights).

your wall gallery

This can be used to display your graphics or better yet, used as a site map.

 


I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.

 

 

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