How to use Photo Frame feature

Now let me show you how you can create a Photo Frame and how apply it to your photos

Step 1: find a best image that can be used as a Frame
(Trick, from google image use keyword "frame". Then you will get many candidate frame images)

Here is the image I got: JOYO

Step 2: Download it (or simply capture it to Photobie using photobie screencapture feature)
See screenshot.

Step 3: Make frame by click on Menu->Frame->make current image as picture frame See screen shot., then you will see a new photo panel created in Photobie. It actually consists two layers (background layer is in green color, layer 1 is the image you captured.)See screenshot

Step 4: Edit frame by set up the front layer's transparent color. In my sample we can use the layerManager in right side of Photobie window (see screenshot ) to set the transparent color (TPColor) as white and set tolerance (TPRangeBlue/Green/Red) to appropriate value see screenshot. You might need to adjust the color and tolerance several times to get the perfect effect.

Step 5: Save frame to .pob file see screenshot

Step 6: Open the photo you want to be framed see screenshot 1. see screenshot 2

Step 7: Apply frame by click on Menu->Frame->apply a picture frame to current image see screenshot, and select the .pob file that you just saved.see screenshot. Then you will see the new Photo panel with current image as the middle layer.see screenshot, you need to drag that layer to the propriate place.

Step 8: Save the framed pictured as .jpg or .pob file. If you save it as .pob file, you can retouch it easily later. see screenshot

Step 9: Open saved frame picture which is saved as .jpg or .pob format.

All done. Here is the my final image screenshot, actural image saveFramedPhoto.jpg

Now you can apply the frame to more pictures. Then it is really simple process maybe two clicks away. Some time you may want to adjust the image size first before apply the frame.

Have fun and enjoy it!
--Cheng