Image Text Options

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To add text to your images

 

1.In the main window select the Images tab.
2.Select Add text.
3.Click the Text Options button.
4.Type the text to show on your images on the Text edit box.
5.Recreate your gallery by clicking the All or Images button in the main window.

 

Adding a text label or logo to your images makes copying of your images from your web site much less useful. Physically changing your images is the only way to protect your images against illegal copying.

 

 

Presets

 

You can select any of the predefined text styles from the presets drop down list. Click the Save As or Delete buttons to add or delete presets.

 

 

Options

 

Title tags

Right click the Text edit box to insert title tags. Title tags allow adding image information and image titles in the image text.  While the example image will still show the tag, Arles will replace them with the relevant information when creating the image gallery.

 

The file size title tag can not be used, because the image file size can not be determined while the image is still being created.

 

Position

Select the preferred position from the Type drop down box. You can also position the text by clicking with your mouse in the example image.

 

Clicking in the image will set the X and Y offset values. These values are always with reference to the position type. For example, if you selected the right bottom position in the Type drop down box. then right bottom position will also be the zero reference position.

 

Font

Set the image font type by clicking the font browse button.

 

Anti-aliasing smoothes the edges of the fonts to make them more readable. Anti-aliasing only works with Windows NT/2000/XP or better.

 

Text background

Adding a background generally makes the image text more readable. Select Full Width if you want the background displayed over the complete image width. Selecting Rounded will create a rounded rectangle.

 

A border can be specified by setting the Border Width. Select zero if you do not want the border to show. The Horizontal Margin is the margin inside the background box. Set the horizontal and vertical margins to increase or decrease the background.

 

Transparency

Set the transparency of the text on the image. The Background only option allows setting a transparent background in combination with opaque text.

 

Watermark

Select watermark to let the text appear as a 3D watermark in the images. Select Reversed to switch the 3D effect from in to out.

 

Tip

The best watermarks are created with high contrast colors (e.g. black and white).