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Replacing photos
If you drag and drop a bitmap file over an existing photo it will replace that photo, but keep the same
container or frame size. This makes it very easy to replace photos on templates. You can use the Fill
Tool to adjust the size, position and angle of the photo inside its outline. This is not true for photo
documents
, where dropping a photo on the page will always import it as a new document.
When replacing a photo or bitmap this way, it is sized to best fit in the existing picture outline. If you hold
"Shift" when replacing a photo, the new one will fit into the same dimensions and rotation as the old
photo. This is useful where you've manually adjusted the scale or rotation of a fill and then want to
replace the image with another which has the same aspect ratio. If you hold "Ctrl" down when you drop,
the photo will simply be added to the document and will not replace any existing image.
If there are multiple copies of the same photo on a page, for example a small thumbnail and a larger
version on a pop-up layer, when you drag and drop replace, all copies of the photo on that page will be
replaced by the new one.
Replacing multiple photos at once
Most of the web templates provided in the Designs Gallery will allow you to replace multiple images at
once, by dragging and dropping multiple image files from Explorer onto the canvas. Or use "File" > "
Import"
and select multiple images in the file dialog ("Ctrl + click" adds to the current selection, "Shift + click"
allows you to select a range of files).
The incoming photos are used to replace the images in the document. As when importing single photos,
you will be asked if you want to import reduced size versions if your photos are large. Replacement is
performed left to right and top to bottom (normal reading order). If you don't drag in enough photos to
replace all the replaceable photos, you can go on to import more photo files the same way. Replacement
carries on from the next un-replaced photo. Therefore you can quickly fill the design with your photos.
If you import more photos than can be accommodated on the current page, any following pages in your
design will have their replaceable photos replaced too, using the remaining incoming photos. If that would
still leave a surplus of incoming photo files, then the current page gets duplicated as many times as
necessary to accommodate all your photos.
This means you can very quickly build a photo gallery website showing your photos! Just choose a
gallery template from the Designs Gallery
, then import your set of photo files. The page is copied as many times as required to fit in all your
photos. Make sure you choose the reduced size option when importing a lot of large photos!
Using photos as fills
You can also use any bitmap as a fill style for any drawn shape. Simply drag the file over the shape
(which can be from your file system, or from the Bitmap or Fill galleries), and hold the "Shift" key down
before you drop. This will replace the existing color fill with a bitmap, fitted to the object. Again you can
use the Fill Tool
to adjust the size, angle and position.
Initial Photo size
When you import a JPEG it's initially sized to be 500 pixels wide.
To reduce the size, just drag a corner handle using the Selector Tool, or enter a new width in the
Selector Tool
InfoBar width field.
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