Frame images are images that decorate the pictures you have taken with the camera on your mobile phone. You can use these frame images when taking pictures with the camera on your mobile phone, or when editing the pictures you have taken with the camera on your mobile phone.

Frame images should be created so they conform to the following conditions.
By downloading image files that conform to the following conditions with a frame image download compatible mobile phone, the image will be recognized as a frame image and saved in the data storage area in the mobile phone.

• The extension of the file is “.ifm”.
• The image is a transparent GIF file.
• The image size is one that can be recognized as a frame image1.

Features of frame images:
FOMA:Besides the pictures that have been taken with the phone’s camera, it is possible to combine frames with any distributable image, including those downloaded from i-mode sites.
Combined files take the attributes of the ones they are created from.
Transferring frame images beyond your mobile phone:Due to the native function operation of the mobile phone, downloaded frame images by themselves cannot be transferred beyond the mobile phone. However, like picture images, frame images combined with picture images can be transferred beyond the mobile phone. When providing frame images as contents, it is a requirement that combined images are able to be transferred beyond the mobile phone.
mova:Frame images cannot be combined with images that have been taken from i-mode sites and i-shot servers (i.e downloaded images).
Combining frame images:Users can combine frame images saved in the terminal with picture images taken with the camera on their mobile phones. The picture image will appear in the transparent area of the frame image. The combined image will be saved in the same JPEG format as the picture image. Frame images are combined with picture images in actual size without being enlarged or made shrunk. Frame images that are different in size from picture images cannot be combined with those picture images.