2013

Photo Handling 265
Instead of using a shortcut key to take the screenshot, you can instead use the TIME
option. This is useful in cases where any keyboard activity can change the display you
want to capture, such as a pop-up tooltip which may disappear if you were to press a
key. Select the time option and enter a delay value in seconds. The screenshot will
then be taken for you automatically once the specified period of time has elapsed. The
timer starts as soon as you click the
START button.
Pressing the
START button closes the Screen capture dialog and activates the system-
wide hotkey. Switch to the window you want to capture and press the chosen key
combination, or wait for the chosen time period to elapse if the timer option was
chosen. The screenshot is taken and inserted into Page & Layout Designer or saved to
file, depending on the option chosen. If you selected the “Capture always” option you
can take additional screenshots by pressing the key combination again (this is
unavailable with the timer option). To deactivate the utility if you chose this option,
close down MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 to end the session. Alternatively
return to the Screenshot dialog, choose the “once only” option and take one more
screenshot.
Coloring photos
With any photo selected just click on the Color Line to apply a color to any photo.
Clicking the white color patch will turn the image black and white. Technically this is
called a "contone" (it's a continuous tone from black to white), or sometimes a
"duotone".
Simply click a pale yellow color on the color line to create a yellow contone picture.
Or, right click on the Color Line which shows a context menu for you to apply the
selected color as either the light or dark color.
You can also use the color
editor to select any color
as either the light or dark
contone colour. Right click
the photo and choose
CONTONE > LIGHT to
display the color editor
("Ctrl + E"). Select the
light or dark contone from
the dropdown menu at the
top of the color editor.
You can restore the original color of a photo by clicking the cross-hatched "no color"
patch on the left of the Color Line, or right clicking on it and selecting the "Restore
color" option.