2013

Customizing Page & Layout Designer 359
Bitmaps
These options apply only to the current document. They have no affect on any other
documents currently loaded.
NEVER SMOOTH: When MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 scales a bitmap, it
usually smoothes (interpolates) between the individual pixels to give a smooth look to
the bitmap. Usually this gives the best results. Check this option if you if you do not
want this effect.
DPI WHEN AUTO-GENERATED: Some features such as shadows and bevels are created
using bitmaps. MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 calculates the resolution of
these bitmaps when they are displayed. However, when you perform actions on
shadows and bevels such as
CONVERT TO EDITABLE SHAPES, COMBINE SHAPES, EXPORT
AS EPS
and EXPORT AS FLASH, MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 creates a new
bitmap using the resolution you specify here. For on-screen use (such as web page
graphics) 96 DPI is the best value. For work that will be printed, you may need a
higher value. Changes to this value apply to new auto-generated bitmaps; it has no
effect on existing bitmaps.
The 3 radio button group allows you to choose how large photos should be handled
when you import them. Given the large size of digital camera photos, often if you’re
working on a document the photo you import will be many times the size of your
page.
RESIZE LARGE IMPORTED IMAGES DOWN TO ... PIXELS: This is the default option. Large
images are scaled down to a more manageable 500 pixels wide, or whatever size you
set here. The document zoom is not altered.
IMPORT ALL PHOTOS AT 96DPI (1:1 AT 100% ZOOM): With this option the DPI of the
image is ignored and it is loaded as if the DPI is 96 (screen 1:1 size). So if an image is
1000 pixels wide, it will display as 1000 pixels wide in Xtreme Pro. Also MAGIX Page
& Layout Designer 2013 will automatically zoom out if required, so that the whole
photo fits into the view.
IMPORT AT DPI SPECIFIED IN THE IMAGE: With this option, any DPI value specified
inside the image itself is read and the image is imported at that DPI. Note that some
digital cameras write incorrect or unhelpful DPI values into photos and so this option
may not always give you the results you expect.
Note that the above import options do not apply to photo documents. Photos are
always imported/opened at their full size in photo documents.
Color
COLOR LINE SIZE: This lets you select the size of the color bar at the bottom of the
screen. A scroll bar is displayed when the number of colors is wider than the width of
the color bar.