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• Choose Non-White Areas to create a clipping path based on the picture's subject.
Depending on the image and the value in the Threshold field, the clipping path
will outline a non-white figure within a larger white or near-white image (or vice
versa). The Non-White Areas option works best when the unwanted parts of the
image are much lighter than the subject itself (or vice versa).
• Choose Picture Bounds to clip a picture around the rectangular "canvas area" of
the imported picture file. This includes any white background areas saved with
the original picture file. Enter values in the Top, Left, Bottom, and Right fields
to determine the outset of the clipping path from the picture's boundaries. Positive
values increase the outset, and negative values decrease the outset.
Clipping tab of the Modify dialog box
The green path in the Preview area corresponds to the clipping path, and the blue
outline corresponds to the picture box.
Using embedded clipping paths
You can use image-editing applications to embed paths and alpha channels in an
image. If a picture storing this information is imported into QuarkXPress, you can
access the path and channel information using the Clipping tab in the Modify dialog
boxon Windows , or the Clipping tab of the Measurements paletteon MAC OS X.
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