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• There are three basic categories of effects in this Pack. (Four examples of each category are shown below.) By knowing these categories, you'll be better able to choose from the 40 Framing effects.

"Border Only --" effects adds a border that highlights center or right/left regions of the image. Three examples are…

Border Only -- Elliptic

Border Only -- Frame

Border Only -- Round

"Desaturate --" effects eliminate colors from outer image areas to highlight the center of interest.

Desaturate -- Frame1

Desaturate -- Frame4 Border Shadow

Desaturate -- Heart

"Light --" effects darken outer image areas to highlight the center of interest.

Light -- Frame1

Light -- Frame4 Border

Light -- Heart

• Want greater contrast between lighter and darker areas in a "Light --" effect? Apply the effect twice or more to the same clip. You also can combine "Desaturate --" and "Light --" effects to get interesting variations, as shown below.

Light -- Heart Border
Desaturate Heart
Desaturate More (E1)

Light -- Frame1
Light -- Frame1

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