Decorate Tools

Aplicar Textura

The digiKam Apply Texture tool applies decorative textures to an image.

By adding texture to your image, whether color or black and white, you can make it look like an oil painting on canvas, an Old Masters etching, a Pop Art portrait composed of enlarged half-tone dots, or even a mural on a brick wall. The tool can be run from the Image Editor menu item: Decorate ‣ Apply Texture.

A Ferramenta de Texturas do Editor de Imagens do digiKam

Two options give you control over the texture applied to the image:

Type: this option specifies the decorative texture style to apply to the image.

Relief: dragging this option to the right increases the appearance of depth or three-dimensionality of the applied texture.

Click on the OK button to apply the texture to the current image.

Adicionar um Contorno

The digiKam Add Border tool frames an image with decorative borders.

Keeping the viewer’s interest within the confines of the edges of a photograph is not a simple task. One of the simplest ways to hold the viewer’s attention is to incorporate a decorative frame around an image. It acts as a kind of psychological barrier to the straying eye. The tool is run by selecting the Image Editor menu item Image ‣ Add Border.

A Ferramenta de Contornos do Editor de Imagens do digiKam

Four options give you control over the rendering of the decorative frame:

  • Tipo: esta opção define o estilo da moldura decorativa a aplicar em torno da imagem. O estilo Sólido apenas rodeia a imagem com uma linha colorida, o estilo Niepce rodeia a imagem com uma linha fina e um contorno grande (ideal para imagens a preto-e-branco). O estilo em Relevo adiciona uma dimensão agradável à sua imagem (idealmente para criar um efeito de botão) e o estilo Decorativo adiciona um contorno ornamental com padrões.

  • Width: this option specifies the border width as a percentage of image size. The border is added around the image. The width range is limited between 1% and 50%.

  • Primeira: esta opção define a primeira cor a usar com o tipo de contorno actual.

  • Segunda: esta opção define a segunda cor a usar com o tipo de contorno actual.

Carregue no botão OK para aplicar o contorno à volta da imagem actual.

Nota

A imagem decorada de destino será maior que o original, mas irá usar à mesma as mesmas proporções de tamanho. Esta forma é importante para imprimir as imagens, especialmente se tiver usado o Recorte Proporcional antes desta ferramenta.

Inserir um Texto

The digiKam Insert Text tool adds text to an image.

This is a handy tool as it lets you add formatted text easily to an image wherever you want, even at several places if needed.

A Ferramenta de Inserção de Texto do Editor de Imagens do digiKam

This tool should be intuitive to use. Type in your text and place it with the mouse. Use the block settings as you please. Choose the orientation with the Rotation setting, Color from a color space, and Font with all their properties. You will have to scale the font size to the image size, the larger the image, the larger the font has to be. Finally choose to add a Border around the text and/or a Semi-transparent background. Done, it’s finished.

Any text setting you have chosen can always be changed up to the point you click the OK button. Once saved, the text becomes part of the image, and cannot be further edited.