Easel fDI Samples

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Sailing in Westport is a more elaborate composition than Baby David, incorporating 17 pictures in an asymmetric arrangement.  I discovered that many of the pictures had strong shadows from the midday sun, so as I arranged I also used Easel's brightness and contrast adjustments to lighten them up:

Original Image After brightness/contrast adjustment

Sailing in Westport took much longer to compose than Baby David, because it used twice as many pictures in a much more complex arrangement (I probably spent 2-3 hours on it).  On the other hand, I was able to use Easel's various "smart cropping" features to speed things up. In "Fill-the-hole" cropping mode, for example, the aspect ratio (width / height) of the cropping rectangle is constrained to match a hole in the composition, and after you crop the picture, it automatically moves into the hole and resizes for a precise fit within specified borders (that may sound complicated, but it's actually quick and easy).

Composer Sample 2 - Westport Sailing.jpg (230358 bytes)

Copies of Sailing in Westport, which also has a rudimentary example of Easel's extensive captioning capabilities, now hangs on several bulletin boards as a nice memento of a very pleasant afternoon with my brother-in-law Caption Bill.

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