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adjustment, are all just stored on the photo as attributes. See the terminology section
(on page 13).
Just as you can alter the color of a shape or
line without altering the underlying shape,
so Photo Tool attributes alter the visible appearance of the photo without affecting
the original image (this is called non-destructive editing). Another way of looking at
this is that MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 just stores a list of edits applied to
your photo, and you can change, remove or add new edits. You can always recover
the original untouched photo, even after the brightness, resizing, even clipping or
cropping.
Attributes can be copied and pasted between objects. Not only does this apply to
traditional attributes such as line color and thickness, it also works with all the
PHOTO
TOOL
attributes including the LEVELS settings. So this means you can easily copy all
the enhancements made on one photo to any other using the copy / paste attribute
feature. For example to apply the same white balance adjustment (made using the
levels control) to another photo, just copy the edited photo to the clipboard and then
select the "
EDIT -> PASTE ATTRIBUTES" menu on any image to which you want to
apply the same corrections.
This also applies to some other attributes of the photo, such as line width and
shadows, etc.; all these can be copied from one photo to another using the same
technique.
Editing the outline of Photos
You can use the SHAPE EDITOR TOOL to directly adjust the outline shape of a photo.
Similarly you can apply outlines the same way as for any shape, and shadow, etc.
Using the SHAPE EDITOR TOOL you can push or
pull on the sides. This example also has a black
outline and soft shadow added. To restore the
image back to its original rectangular shape,
select the "Un-clip" in the clip mode of the
PHOTO TOOL InfoBar.
When photos are edited this way, they are treated
like any normal vector shape, containing a bitmap
fill. This is why you can use the normal line and
shape editing features, and indeed you can use
the
FILL TOOL to adjust the size, angle and position
of the photo "fill" inside the shape.