User Manual

User Manual-4.0
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Number on the tab: This indicates the number of times the photo has been used in the design.
Besides these options, photos can be sorted as ‘used’ and ‘unused’ by selecting the ‘Sort By’ button on the tab.
Swap Photos
While working on a design, you might want to swap photos to achieve the desired composition on the page or design.
Video Xpress lets you do this by just a single click. Just select the photos to be swapped using the Ctrl key. Then click
on to swap the photos. This is particularly useful to fit a portrait photo into a portrait frame and vice versa.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Swapping photos (a) Original photos, (b) Swapped Photos, (c) Swap Icon
Copy, Paste and Clear Effects
Video Xpress allows you to cut, copy and paste photos
and effects on the photos in the Design. Right click on
the element you want to copy and select the ‘Copy’
option on the drop list. Now paste it on to the location
of your choice by right clicking on it and choosing the
‘Paste’ option.
Lock and Unlock Photos
Video Xpress generally ‘locks’ the photo on the Design to ensure precise designing. This ensures that changes do not
happen on the photos by mistake while one is working on the Video. Clicking on the ‘lock’ icon ‘unlocks’ it and
now you can move it or resize it as per your wish.
Resize Photo
Within border: In the ‘locked’ condition, a photo can be enlarged within its frame, by zooming it and adjusting it in the
frame. It can even be panned within the frame.
With border: Once the photo is ‘unlocked’ by clicking on the icon, the photo can be resized according to your size
requirements by moving the nodes.
Ensure that the photo stays within ‘printable’ limits while increasing the size of the photo. Refer the ‘Photo Quality
Indicator’.
Rotation of Photo
Within border: A photo can be rotated within its frame when it is in the ‘locked’ state. However, if a border or a mask
has been applied to it, it stays in its position while the photo alone rotates within it.
With border: A photo can be rotated along with its border or its mask as a single unit when the photo is in an
‘unlocked’ state. The photo can now be rotated in all three axis x, y and z to give it a 3D effect.