Operation Manual

42 Working with Graphics, Animation, and Multimedia
Importing a picture or animation
You’ll have no difficulty importing such items as metafile clipart,
bitmap photos, or animated GIFs. WebPlus can handle all the standard
formats. After being imported, each image is stored in the WebPlus
publication until you publish the site, at which time it’s exported using
one of the standard bitmap formats (GIF or JPG) that Web browsers
recognize. Let’s try importing.
 Click the
Import Picture button on the left toolbar.
 Using the file selection dialog, open P
HOTO1.BMP in the
S
ERIF/WP80/SAMPLES/ folder.
 Now you have two choices. You can either drag out a box region
on the page to set the size of the imported picture, or simply click
to insert the picture at a default size. Pick either one. The sample
picture (of a lion) will appear, and you can always resize it later by
dragging its handles.
To replace an existing image—for example, a placeholder picture
included by a Web Wizard—just double-click it to bring up the file
selection dialog. You can also drag and drop an image file icon into
WebPlus, and of course paste objects from other applications via the
Windows Clipboard.
The Convert to Picture command lets you combine several separate
elements (as a multiple selection) into one picture for easier
manipulation. It’s also great for changing an embedded picture from
one format to another, saving you the trouble of making changes in an
external editor.