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Photo resolution
One fundamental difference between MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 and other
photo tools is that when you resize a photo it retains the full resolution. Scaling an
image to be smaller, just increases the dpi or ppi (pixels per inch). In other words no
pixels are lost, they are just made smaller.
96ppi image on the left when scaled down to half size becomes twice the resolution, 192ppi.
The status line shows the resolution of any selected image. Retaining the full
resolution is important because it means you can see all the detail when you zoom in,
and that when printing the maximum resolution is sent to the printer. Also it means
you can enlarge all or part of the image and Page & Layout Designer retains the
original maximum quality.
Zero-memory Copies
One of the most revolutionary differences between Page & Layout Designer and other
software is that when you copy any photo on the page, it doesn't really make a
complete new copy of the original imported photo but instead just displays another
'view' of the original image. Page & Layout Designer's rendering engine is fast enough
that it can display any number of copies of the same image 'on the fly' this way. This
saves huge amounts of memory and dramatically reduces files sizes.
This doesn't detract or limit what you can do with each copy, and they can be treated
as completely separate independent copies. Each copy does not have to be identical.
You can manipulate each as required, resizing, rotating, cropping. coloring, feathering,
or applying a wide range of photo and transparency effects. All for no memory or
native file size increase.