The new feature, Feather, is very powerful. It can also generate an effect that is similar to frame. Like the image below:

This image definitely is generated by PhotoController, you could try with PhotoGear. And you could also see the source code in there.

Here I am going to explain how to accomplish it.

[C#] angGoGo.PhotoController.Controller pc = new Controller(pic.Image); angGoGo.PhotoController.FeatherBuilder builder = new FeatherBuilder(pic.Image.Width,pic.Image.Height); // tell builder to use bitmap as background builder.BackgroundStyle = angGoGo.PhotoController.FeatherBackgroundStyle.UseBitmap; string currentfolder = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath); // because I use tile bitmap, I need to call this function to load a tile bitmap. Otherwise, BuildXXXMask method will throw exception builder.LoadTileBitmap(currentfolder + "\\BackgroundTexture1.bmp"); // IMPORTANT // set band to be a small value. // if you set this too large, the picture will be feathered too much builder.Band = 2; // create a rectangle that is 25 smaller than picture // the width 25 will be replaced by tile bitmap Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(25,25, pic.Image.Width - 50, pic.Image.Height - 50); builder.BuildRectangleMask(rect); // this border style might not be similar to a frame shadow, you could try others angGoGo.PhotoController.Borders border = new Borders(PhotoBorderStyle.Customize); border.Brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Gray); // because the feather background will occupy 25 width, the border width here must be larger than 25 so that // it could be seen and have a frame feeling. Here I set 27, just 2 larger than 25 border.Length = 27; // write border firstly to have a shadow feeling pc.SetBorder(border); // after writing a border, then feather myself to have a similar frame feeling pic.Image = pc.Feather(builder);