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If you add photos or other graphics to your card, you can use the powerful image tools of PrintingPress to rotate, resize, flip or fade the image. You can also adjust the image's brightness or transparency, create a faded border effect on the image or convert the image to grayscale. You can always restore the image to its original settings, so it's easy to try many different looks.

PrintingPress's powerful image effects make it easy to modify your images to get just the right look. The PrintingPress image toolbar contains many buttons for quick access to PrintingPress's powerful image tools:

1. Insert Image
   You can easily add our build-in images or your own photos or graphics to your card. Just choose Insert Image in the Image menu and the Insert Image window appears:
   
   
   
   To use one of our built-in images, choose the category icon to view the list of images in that category. When you select an image, a preview will be displayed in the Image preview box to the right. You can also insert one of your own photos or graphics by clicking on the Browse button and selecting the image file you wish to insert.
   
   
2. Flip Horizontal
   Flips the image horizontally.
   
   
3. Flip Vertical
   Flips the image vertically.
   
   
4. Rotate Left 90 Degrees
   Rotates the image 90 degrees to the left.
   
   
5. Rotate Right 90 Degrees
   Rotates the image 90 degrees to the right.
   
   
6. Rotate By Degree
   Lets you specify the degree and rotation direction to precisely rotate your image.
   
   
7. Resize Image
   Lets you resize your image using the Resize Image window:
   
   
   
   The Resize Image window lets you specify the exact dimensions of the image or a percent of the original size. By default, the proportions of the image will remain the same. To freely stretch the image, uncheck Lock aspect ratio. By default, the percent values entered are relative to the original size of the image. To make the percent vaules be relative to the current size of the image, uncheck Relative to original size. To restore the original image size, click the Reset button.
   
   
8. Fade Image Border
   Lets you fade the edge of the image into the background of your stationery using the Fade Image Border window:
   
   
   
   Specify the desired shape of the border fade (no fade, rectangle, oval, diamond, heart or star) with the Border shape combo box. Specify the width of the faded border in the Width field. Specify the fade direction (center, top, left, bottom or right) with the Fade direction combo box. Specify the opacity to which the border should fade in the Opacity field.
   
   
9. Set Brightness
   Lets you adjust the brighness of your image.
   
   
10. Set Transparency
    Lets you adjust the transparency/opacity of your image.
    
    
11. Convert to Grayscale
    Lets you set your image to be grayscale instead of color. This is a state button, so clicking it again will return the image to its color state.
    
    
12. Restore Original Image
    Restores the image to its original state when it was imported or pasted into PrintingPress.