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7. The Menus

## 7.8 The Effects Menu

### 7.8.1 Frame

This function allows to create frames around images or documents.

A frame consists of 3 parts:

- the outer frame
The outer frame is always present and cannot be turned off. It controls the basic shape of the frame.
- the inner frame
The inner frame controls the inner shape of the frame. It can be turned off.
- the shadow
The shadow is optional.

If there is only an outer frame, the image will be clipped by the outer frame. The result may look like this:

If there is an inner frame, too, the result is a frame with a surface. The inner frame may be different to the outer frame.

The surface of a frame like this can be filled with any color. Furthermore a layer style (see chapter 7.8.41) can be assigned.

The frame can be create to lie completely inside of the source image or lie outside.

A frame with both inside and outside frame may look like this:

Additionally a shadow can be created. By using a shadow the image appears to be floating above the background.