2013

Importing and Exporting 311
The fewer colors you have in a file, the smaller the file and the lower the quality.
However, when using 256 colors or less MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013
provides very advanced techniques to simulate a much wider range of colors, and so
you can get very high, near photographic quality results using only 256 colors or less.
See also GIF, PNG, BMP and JPEG export dialog overview (on page 333).
Important
Bitmaps are output at the current view quality so for best results
make sure that "
WINDOW" > "QUALITY" or the slider on the
Standard control bar is set to anti-aliased.
Exporting a Photoshop PSD file
Photoshop is a bitmap editor, so when exporting to PSD format all the vector objects
in MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 are rasterized. You can select the resolution
(dpi) when exporting.
Always save your work in MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 prior to exporting.
Then, if you wish to alter your original objects in the future, just load MAGIX Page &
Layout Designer 2013, make any changes and then export the required objects again.
To export as a PSD file choose "
FILE" > "EXPORT" then select ADOBE PHOTOSHOP in the
SAVE AS TYPE list.
Layers
Layers in MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 are retained when exporting to PSD
format. Each layer is rasterized as a separate PSD layer, including layer names. Layers
visibility is also passed through, so layers set to invisible in MAGIX Page & Layout
Designer 2013 will be exported and set to invisible in Photoshop. You can turn the
layers on and off in Photoshop using the
LAYERS palette.
Transparency and layers
The three most common MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 transparency types
(Mix, Stain and Bleach) are compatible with Photoshop transparency (blending
mode) types (Normal, Multiply and Screen). But because MAGIX Page & Layout
Designer 2013 is vector object-based, it’s possible for each individual object to have
its own transparency type and value. In Photoshop this is not possible, and you can
only set the opacity or blending mode for a whole layer. This means that for maximum
compatibility and editability in Photoshop, you should place objects that use Stain and
Bleach transparency on a layer of their own in MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013.
This way, when you export, these objects remain as separate editable layers, and with
the correct transparency type (or blending mode as Adobe calls it).
If you combine objects that use different types of transparency on the same layer in
MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013, you will get an alert warning you of this when
you export. This may look OK when you export. Transparency types other than Mix,
Stain and Bleach are not compatible with Photoshop.