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Filling shapes with a bitmap
Select the shape on the page, then select the bitmap in the gallery and click the fill button. Alternatively
drag the image from the Bitmap Gallery and drop it onto any shape while holding "Shift". You can
adjust the size, angle etc in the Fill Tool
.
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 X 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.
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