Catalogue Making - Image Frame Tool Required

[mwenz]

Bring in some images and size them for your layout. Drag a copy off the page. Select your on-page version, right-click on it and choose Replace photo. The is a fly-out, choose From file. Alternatively, if you have an File Explorer instance open, you can just drag onto an existing photo. The outline remains, the photo changes.

The last one is the fastest means I know of.

[SPLOXON]

Hey - Thanks for your replies. I have learnt a lot from this. I think the transparency fill is cool.

It seems as if there are two or three methods to use, either with Fill a shape - Or Replacing image with a different photo i.e. One could use any image to create the Template, and then simply Replace these images. Either method would work for me as my photos are generally all rectangular.

However, for me the Drag in from File Explorer, etc. does not seem to work. The image does not fill the rectangle Even though I drag it directly onto the shape. As you might have guessed, this was one of the first things I tried, which is what led me to contact advanced users at the forum.

[handrawn]

the dragged in image is clipped to the size of the image in xara - you would need to right click and select unclip to get the full image

[Acorn]

Hey - Thanks for your replies. I have learnt a lot from this. I think the transparency fill is cool.
It seems as if there are two or three methods to use, either with Fill a shape - Or Replacing image with a different photo i.e. One could use any image to create the Template, and then simply Replace these images. Either method would work for me as my photos are generally all rectangular.
However, for me the Drag in from File Explorer, etc. does not seem to work. The image does not fill the rectangle Even though I drag it directly onto the shape. As you might have guessed, this was one of the first things I tried, which is what led me to contact advanced users at the forum.

Try this.
Create a box then create a bitmap copy from it. A shape is not an image so Xara finds it hard to know what to do.
I find any image I drag and drop from a folder onto the bitmap copy replaces it. This can be repeated or cloned and repeated.

Acorn

[handrawn]

which program are we talking about here - OP's profile says Designer PRO 11

- is there a way to drag a photo into xara, and replace one that is not the same size, without clipping?

[SPLOXON]

which program are we talking about here - OP's profile says Designer PRO 11

- is there a way to drag a photo into xara, and replace one that is not the same size, without clipping?

Yo- I am Designer Pro X11

Drag a photo into Xara, Onto a Bitmap Image. The image will fill the rectangle and can be moved around if different ratio dimensions. The bits overlapping will not be shown. However, Do you know how to resize the image to, say, a bigger one to just have a small portion of the original photo showing?

[mwenz]

Double-click on the image, resize handles, move around?

[Acorn]

Yo- I am Designer Pro X11

Drag a photo into Xara, Onto a Bitmap Image. The image will fill the rectangle and can be moved around if different ratio dimensions. The bits overlapping will not be shown. However, Do you know how to resize the image to, say, a bigger one to just have a small portion of the original photo showing?

Un-clip when in Clip mode and tweak the clip handles. Scale with the select tool.

Acorn

[handrawn]

depends whether we are doing this by eye or by ratio

[Acorn]

which program are we talking about here - OP's profile says Designer PRO 11
- is there a way to drag a photo into xara, and replace one that is not the same size, without clipping?

Works for Pro 11. All I would do is right click and select Un-clip but you have ensure you are in anything other that Clip mode for it to resize.

Acorn