How to use the vignetting (or cameo) feature:
The vignetting feature found in both MemorialMaster and Prayer Card Pro allows you to overlay oval and round vignettes and borders over the square or rectangular photos normally provided by the decedent's family. Now you can create truly professional results using in-house resources. Saves time. Certainly saves money.
The following guidelines outline the procedure for creating a vignetted photo on a prayer card, but the same procedure applies to all formats (service foilder, register book, etc.). Remember, you must be in the Select mode to add any image.
Step 1.
While in the Select mode, right click white space and select Add image. This will display a square gray image block. Once the block appears, left click that block so that it is outlined in blue and then right click it and select Insert/replace image.
For demonstration purposes, select and Open old_man.pcx. Left, then right click old_man.pcx and select Stretch to fit. The image will - for the time being - appear distorted, but this will serve to provide you with a full photo display similar to what a family might provide.
Now left click the old man and grab one of the blue dots on the perimeter of the image and stretch it so that it fills about 1/3rd of the entire prayer card.
Step 2.
While still in the Select mode, right click white space and - instead of selecting Add image as above - select Add frame image. This will display a white block similar in size to the gray block that appeared when you selected Add image. Once the white block appears, left click that block so that it is outlined in blue and then right click it and select Insert/replace image as in Step 2., above.
For demonstration purposes, Select and open border_vignette_black.bmp.
Now left click the oval border grab one of the blue dots on the perimeter of the image and stretch it so that it fills about 1/3rd of the entire prayer card.
Step 3.
So far you have added both a decedent photo and a vignette that has a transparent center. If you now drag the vignette and place iton top of the old man, you will notice how only the center part of the old man shows. This is because the middle part of the vignette is transparent.
From this point on, simply adjust the image and vignette until you get it looking the way you want. That's it.
There are currently three vignette templates available: One black, one brown, and one plain. There is also a rectangular frame that can be used. Periodically, we will add new vignettes and borders for registered users to download.