Effects Menu

Use the Effects menu to add special effects to your project, including a wide range of powerful image editing features .

 Command  Choose to:
Box Add boxes to outline text blocks, headlines, and graphics. A box is a border around the edges of an object. A box helps set the object off from the other objects in your project.
You can add a box to all objects except shapes, mini-borders, borders and decorative lines.

Drop Shadow Add a drop shadow to your objects. You can adjust the shadow for edge position, softness, transparency, and color or simply select from a gallery of preset effects.

Radiant Glow Add a glowing halo effect to your objects. You can adjust the glow's thickness, transparency, and color or simply select from a gallery of preset effects.

Special Effects Add special effects to your objects from within the Apply a Special Effect dialog. This can give a torn, blurred, or other special effect to your image.

Color Object Specify colors for a range of objects (including monochrome graphics, monochrome backdrops, calendar elements, frames, signature text, autographs, text blocks, shapes, and word balloons).

Color Behind Object Specify color and texture for areas behind objects.

Tint Change the tint percentage of an object.

Opacity Specify the opacity of objects.

Photo Workshop Gain access to many graphic modification tools with which you can fix up old images, clean up flawed photographs and more for photos and fine art graphics.