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The latest online photo editing tool, flauntR is loaded with amazing features toedit and enhance photos. Let’s check out these features.
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rofessional photo editing is nowpossible online with the help offlauntR. This tool allows you to addframes, overlays and effects to enhancethe photo, so go ahead and explore itshuge collection. To try your hand outon this new photo editing tool visit theirwebsitewww.flauntr.com. Once you signup go right ahead and upload photos fromyour PC or integrate it with your Flickr,Facebook, Orkut or MySpace account toimport photos. Simply drag the desiredimage in the workspace and start editing,the options are unlimited! Read on and findout how you can use this tool to revampyour photos with just a few clicks.
stylR
The stylR tab allows you toapply frames, overlays, filters and digitalscrapbook styles. After you’ve uploadedthe required photo, scroll through theframes and overlays and select the one.you like. The photo can also be embeddedon the cover of popular magazines. Clickon the ‘Magazine covers’ tab and selectthe desired cover. Next, click ‘Adjust phototo pan’, rotate or resize the photo to fit themagazine cover. And behold! you’ve turnedinto an instant designer!
editR
The editR tab allows you toadd effects to the photos. The ‘Edit’ tab ismeant to Resize, Rotate and Crop photos.The ‘Effects’ tab has many options to addeffects, similar to Photoshop. To apply theeffect to the photo, click on the desiredeffect or if you want to apply the effectto a specific area, enable ‘Choose an areato apply’ and click on the area to apply it.To modify or obtain precise effects, movethe slider around. The effects available areblur, mosaic, pixelate, posterize and sketch.It’s also possible to tweak the contrastand remove the red eye effect. Use theReset / History button to revert to theoriginal photo or remove the effects in caseyou’ve used multiple effects. Go ahead,experiment, and create flawless photos.
textR
The textR tab allows you to addshapes and text to the photo like speechbubbles, icons, stickers, expressions andsigns to add fun to the photos. Simply clickon the shape you want to use and dragit into place correctly. To add text, in the‘Text’ tab, type the text into the box andclick ‘Add’. Select the font from the listalong with the font size and color of thetext. After this drag the text to whereveryou want to place it on the photo. This is asimple and easy option for creating e-cardsor adding funny captions to your photos. Sohave fun and make your photos speak.
One of the many effects in the editR tab is blur. You can blur the entire photo or apply it to a small part of the image.In the stylR tab, you can add your photos on a magazine cover. Just upload the photo and click the magazine cover from the list.
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