9.3

Listing, verifying status of, and updating pictures
QuarkXPress automatically displays a low-resolution 72 dpi preview of each imported
picture file while maintaining a path to picture files and retrieving the high-resolution
information required for output.
The Usage feature (Utilities menu) lets you keep track of all your imported pictures. To
use this feature, choose Utilities > Usage, then click Pictures to display the Pictures pane.
The Show button displays the selected picture in the layout.
The Update button lets you update missing and modified pictures. To update modified
pictures without a confirmation alert, Option+click/Alt+click the Update button.
To suppress the output of a picture, uncheck the Print column for that picture.
Specifying background colors for pictures
To increase your design options with pictures, you can modify box color, picture color,
and picture background color. See "Coloring and shading pictures" for more information.
• For gray pixels, the picture color and picture background color are mixed.
• If you specify different opacities for the picture color or picture background color, the
colors will interact with each other and the box color.
Grayscale and 1-bit images only: When you open a project from a previous version of
QuarkXPress, the box color is mapped to the picture background color so the picture looks
the same.
Maintaining picture attributes
When you import a picture into a picture box — whether or not the picture box already
contains a picture — you can retain all picture attributes. For example, if an empty picture
box in a template specifies that the picture should be scaled 50% and rotated 90 degrees,
you can import a new picture and those attributes are automatically applied.
To import a picture and retain the attributes specified for the box and/or the existing
picture, check Maintain Picture Attributes in the Import dialog box (File menu).
Working with clipping paths
A clipping path is a closed Bézier shape that indicates which parts of a picture should be
displayed and which parts should be treated as transparent. Clipping paths are especially
useful when you are attempting to isolate the picture's subject from its surrounding
background in the original picture file.
You can create clipping paths from scratch in QuarkXPress or QuarkCopyDesk, or you can
use embedded path or alpha channel information to create clipping paths. Clipping paths
created by QuarkXPress or QuarkCopyDesk are based on the high-resolution picture file,
and are stored with the layout.
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