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For example with the Red Eye tool, the ellipse shapes that are used to modify the red
eye areas of the photo are grouped with the photo itself. This is called a
PHOTO GROUP
and you’ll see this on the status line when you select such a modified photo.
Just like an ordinary group it keeps the photo together with the other objects that
have been added to modify it, but unlike a group it is still treated as if it was an
ordinary photo by the Photo Tools and other tools. Normally photo groups are
automatically placed inside a clipview object, which clips any objects which overlap
the edge of the photo, to the boundaries of the photo itself. That’s why when you
select a photo group the status line usually shows you have a "Clipped photo group"
selected.
Differences between Photo Groups and Photos:
• Photo Groups collect together a simple photo and some vector edits.
• You can push a photo around in its clipping shape within the Fill Tool but you
can't do quite the same thing with Photo Groups (either select inside and move
the base photo, or use the right click context menu to select the clipped objects
and then drag them in the selector tool).
• Some operations will convert Photo Groups to photos.
If you want to convert a Photo Group into an ordinary photo object, you can use
UTILITIES->OPTIMIZE PHOTO. But note that this is destructive in that thereafter you will
not be able to modify any of the photo edits you’ve applied to the photo. Some other
operations such as content-aware scaling and contoning also convert photo groups
into flat photos, because these operations aren’t able to preserve the photo group
structure. When a photo group needs to be converted in this way a warning alert is
shown first.
Importing Photos
MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 supports a very wide range of photo or bitmap
types including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and RAW digital camera images, as well as many
more types. The term "bitmap" is the general term encompassing all types, but
interchangeable with the word "photo".