Styling Placed Images

Once you have placed a graphic within a frame, you can employ many techniques to style the frame or the image. For instance, you can change the color of the frame or the color of the image.

To color the frame fill or stroke:

1.	Use the Selection tool to select the frame.
2.	Click the Fill icon in the Toolbox or Color or Swatches palette. or Click the Stroke icon in the Toolbox or Color or Swatches palette.
3.	Choose a color in the Swatches palette. If the Fill icon is chosen, you'll see the fill color wherever the image doesn't fill the frame . When a frame is selected, choosing a fill color changes the background color of the frame.

If you import a grayscale image, you can add color to it, so you change the black values in the image.

To color a grayscale image:

1.	Use the Direct Selection tool to select the grayscale image.
2.	Choose the Fill icon in the Color palette or Toolbox. Tip The default fill color for grayscale images is black.
3.	Change the tint value to lighten the image. or Choose a color in the Color or Swatches palette. The grayscale values change to a tint of the color chosen . You can change the appearance of a grayscale image by changing the image color or the fill color of the frame.
4.	Use the steps in the previous exercise to change the fill color of the frame. This colorizes the white areas of the image.