This image effect comes under the category of Alien-Skin> Edges. It has a few Edge options such as dots, lines, lumpy, pixels, rough and torn paper. Choose images which have dark colored edges, so that the edge effects will be crisp. Here is a step-by-step tutorial to give this line edged frame to your picture. For this, you need to have Fireworks MX 2004 installed in your system.
Step 1
Open a new page and paste an image on the canvas.
Step 2
Select the image and click on Filters>Alien Skin Splat LE>Edges as you see in the image below.
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Step 3
The Alien Skin window below will be displayed. Select Halftone Lines option from Edge Mode.
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Step 4
Adjust the Edge Width, Margin and Feature Size sliders. I’ve given the values : Edge Width – 42, Margin – 0, Feature size – 63, Direction – 317. If you need a transparent fill for the image then you can check the option Transparent Fill, which will deselect the color option and the image has a white background.
The Random Seed value can also be adjusted. You can view the changes in the image simultaneously on the right side preview area.
Step 5
Below is the picture with a line edged frame and a transparent fill!
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When the Transparent Fill option is not checked, the color option is made active so that you can select a color. I’ve selected blue, and here is what I get!
