Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Seven:
Let's go add a post-crop vignette by
clicking on the Effects icon (the fourth
icon from the right) at the top of the
Panel area and, under Post Crop Vi-
gnetting, dragging the Amount slider to
the left to darken the edges, then using
the Midpoint slider to choose how far
into your image this vignetting will ex-
tend (as seen here). Now, here's what they
added in CS5 (it makes all the difference
in the world): At the top of the Post Crop
Vignetting section is a pop-up menu
with three different types of vignetting:
Highlight Priority (which I think far and
away looks the best, and the most like
the original vignetting we applied back
in Step Five), which tries to maintain the
highlight details as the edges are dark-
ened; Color Priority tries to maintain the
color while the edges are darkened (it's
okay, but not great); and Paint Overlay
is the old method from CS4 that almost
everybody hated (apparently somebody
liked it, because it's still there). I would
stay away from this one altogether.
Step Eight:
Below the Midpoint slider is the Round-
ness slider that gives you control over the
roundness of the vignetting (lower the
Feather amount to 0, so you can get a
better idea of what the Roundness slider
does). The farther to the right you drag,
the rounder the shape gets, and when
you drag to the left, it actually becomes
more like a large, rounded-corner rect-
angle. The Feather slider determines
how soft that oval you created with the
Roundness slider becomes. I like it really
soft, so it looks more like a spotlight, so
I usually drag this slider quite a bit over
to the right (here I dragged it over to
73, but I wouldn't hesitate to go higher,
depending on how it looks on the photo).
