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Setting a Bitmap Transparency
This is for the more advanced user. You can use any bitmap as a transparency mask on any filled shape
or bitmap. The lightness of the bitmap affects how transparent the selected object is. The bitmap
transparency size, rotation and tiling can be controlled from the Transparency Tool
InfoBar.
Deleting images from the Gallery
When you delete a bitmap from the page, it remains in the Bitmap Gallery. Any unused bitmaps will be
deleted from the file when saved and re-opened. However you can force the deletion of any bitmap by
selecting it and pressing the Delete
button. If the bitmap is used in the document, it will be replaced by the standard Xara bitmap.
Setting the page background to a bitmap
Select the bitmap in the gallery and click the Background
button. This will tile the image. When exporting the page as HTML, this image is tiled across the whole
visible page background of the browser, unless you've also given the pasteboard (the area around the
page) a different background.
Save
Select the bitmap and click Save
will save the original image. In the case of an embedded JPEG this will save the original JPEG file. Other
bitmap types are best saved as PNG bitmap type.
Bitmap Properties
The Properties
button will display information about the selected bitmap in the gallery. It also provides a way to stop
image smoothing when bitmaps are enlarged. Usually all bitmaps are smoothed when enlarged, or
zoomed into, on screen. There is a check-box option in the Properties dialog to turn this feature off, so
that individual pixels are visible when you zoom in.
Note that this option only affects scaled up bitmaps. Note also that Never smooth in the View tab of
the Options
dialog box overrides this check box.
It also provides information about the Animation properties of the bitmap. This is only really applicable to
animated GIF images
GIF Animation:

Delay (the time this frame is left on screen)

Restore: The Animated GIF Restore setting sets what happens between each frame in an
animated GIF. Nothing means no action is taken. Many browsers take this as meaning the same
as the Leave As Is option. Leave As Is displays the frames one on top of another - this leaves
many frames visible in a stack if some are transparent. Some browsers clear the animation before
it loops again, some do not. Background restores the area covered by the graphic to the
background color of the GIF (usually white). Restore Previous restores the area covered by the
frame to what it was before the frame was displayed. This is interpreted by some browsers to
mean that the frame should be cleared to the background before each frame is displayed and by
others to mean that the frame should be shown on top of the previous frame. As browsers
interpret these values in different ways, you may need to experiment to achieve the desired result.
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