Tutorial 5: Resizing, Rotating and Moving
Images
This tutorial provides an overview of resizing, rotating and positioning
images. It uses the Automatic by Size and
Manual layouts.
This tutorial takes you through the basic functions required to add
text to Pics Print documents. See Adding
Text for more information.
Tutorial
As in Tutorial 1, steps 1 - 4, open Pics Print
and create a document with 1 image in it.
- Change the layout to Automatic
Layout by Size (Items/Auto Layout/Default Size)
- Add
two more images.
- Select the first image and resize
it to passport size. To do this, right click on the image and select
Fit to Size followed by the Passport
size (wording will differ depending on the measurement
units selected). The images will be rearranged to make best
use of the space.
- Make the image larger. To do this, click on
the bottom right resize
handle and drag it down and to the right. When you release the
left button, the image will resize. The layout will change again
to cope with the new size.
- Select the first image and drag it down to the bottom
of the page. The images will rearrange again. However the
selected image will not be where you have dropped it, but will have moved
to another location. With all automatic layouts, you do not have
precise control of the image locations.
- Select a second image by holding down the Shift
key and left clicking on the image. Use the right
click menu commands to rotate. Both images will rotate as
rotation (along with resize, remove etc) commands work on all selected
items.
- Change to manual layout (Items menu/Manual
Layout).
- Now select an image and drag it to the center of
the page. The image stays exactly where it is dropped. With
manual layout you have complete control on the positioning of images.
The downside is that there is no automatic assistance.
- Resize the selected image. The remaining
images do not move to accommodate the change. Again you have complete
control but no assistance.
- Delete all the images except your favorite.
- Select that image and move it around the page using
the following toolbar buttons:
- Center horizontally
- Center vertically
- Center in page
- Rotate
- Fit to width
- Fit to height
- You are now done with the tutorial. Have a cup of
coffee. You deserve it.