SpecialFX Menu

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The SpecialFX menu lets you apply some effects to your image to enhance regions.

 

menu_specialfx

 

Border Around Image - Brings up the Border Dialog where you can apply a bunch of cool border effects.

 

Highlight Around Selection - Creates a highlight box around the current selection (same as choosing highlight box button on toolbar).
Enhance Selection - Blur Outside - Blurs all parts of the image outside of the current selection.  Useful for drawing attention to a region.
Enhance Selection - Grey Outside - Greyscales all parts of the image outside of the current selection.
Enhance Selection - Dim Outside - Dims the brightness of all parts of the image outside of the current selection.
Enhance Selection - Blur, Dim, Grey Outside - Applies blur, grey, and dim to all parts of the image outside of the current selection. A toolbar button exists for this.

 

Blur Inside Selected Region - Blurs the currently selected region (very useful for hiding sensitive information in an image).  A toolbar button exists for this.

 

Adjust Colors and More.. - Brings up the Color and Transform Dialog.
Adjust Color Depth and DPI.. - Brings up the Color Depth Dialog.

 

Add Shadow to Entire Image - Adds a shadow to the current image.  Shadow parameters are set in the main Effects Options Preference Tab.