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Have you noticed how some bloggers really add a touch of life to their sites by the way they use photos? In my opinion, photos can make a plain, boring-looking site look great by adding that visual anchor. In a previous post, we talked about a few easy enhancements you can use to make your photos stand out. Here we’ll look at a few more ways to mix it up!

#1 – Make Your Photo Transparent

Blending a photo in with the background using the Opacity function can have a really cool effect. Opacity gives your photo a transparency, which in effect makes the background blend through. Just choose your photo and open it in Photo Filtre. Open a new palette with a white background. Copy the photo and paste it on the white pallet. Rather than validating the paste when you right click on your mouse, choose paste options and move the opacity slider down to 50%, click ok, then validate the paste if your pleased with the results. That’s all there is to it!

#2 – Make Your Own Illustration

I really like to make my own illustrations, because it’s just a lot of fun to experiment with graphics. Not only is it fun, but the illustration is tailor-made just for a particular post. The sky is the limit here as far as your options are concerned. Whether you use pictures in your illustrations, bright colors, or make it kinda plain, the cool thing is that nobody else has one like it! Generally, I open a new white palette in Photo Filtre, find a font I like, and start experimenting until I come up with what I’m looking for. Give it a try…….

#3 – Make Your Own Logo

Another thing that can be fun as well as add a little bling, is making your own logo or a graphical header image. This one can get a little tricky, but it all comes down to finding a font you like, and using colors you like.

Conclusion

All the examples here are original graphics that I put together in just a few minutes time. They were all made using the free version of Photo Filtre. I like it because of it’s easy learning curve. You can download it here.