Operation Manual

176 Working with Pictures
To import a picture from a file:
1. Click Insert Picture on the Drawing toolbar.
2. From the dialog, locate and select the file to import, then click
Open. The dialog disappears and the mouse pointer changes to
the Picture Size cursor. What you do next determines the initial size,
placement, and aspect ratio (proportions) of the picture.
3. Either:
• Insert the picture at a default size by simply clicking the mouse.
- or -
• Set the size of the inserted picture by dragging out a region and
releasing the mouse button.
By default, the picture's aspect ratio is preserved. To allow free dragging to any
aspect ratio, hold down the Shift key. To constrain the aspect ratio while scaling
from the picture's centre as you drag, hold down the Ctrl key.
Notes:
• You can import Serif PhotoPlus .spp files directly into DrawPlus. The
file is placed as a flattened bitmap.
• You can import photos directly from your camera's hard disk, which
shows as a removable drive in Windows. However in advance of
import, you may wish to back your photos up to your computer's hard
disk, making them permanently available to your DrawPlus project.
• You can import scanner images via TWAIN Acquire (see p. 195).
• For importing from an inserted Kodak PhotoCD, choose
Picture>Photo CD... from the Insert menu.
• Once placed, you can swap the picture by clicking Replace
Picture on the context toolbar.