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When you import a graphic, PageStream automatically places it into a frame. The frame will exactly match the size of the graphic. If you scale the graphic with the Object tool, the graphic and frame will be scaled together.
PageStream allows you to crop graphics by scaling the frame independently of the graphic, and to move the graphic within a scaled frame. If you scale a graphic with the Crop tool, you will scale the frame, not the graphic.
 Use BME
to crop large pictures before importing them into PageStream
to speed up printing and to reduce memory requirements. |
To crop a graphic with the Crop tool: Select the graphic with
the Crop tool. The mouse pointer will change to a crop pointer.
Position the crop pointer over a size handle and scale the frame
smaller. To move the graphic within its frame, position the crop
pointer over the graphic and drag it.
The Crop Cursor
To crop a graphic with the Edit palette: Enter new frame width and height, content scale and content offset coordinates. The frame size (FW and FH) and position (FX and FY) determine how the graphic is cropped; the graphic will be cropped at the edges of the frame overlapping it. The content offset (OX and OY) shifts the graphic within its frame, while the content scale (SX and SY) resizes the graphic independently of its frame. The offset is measured from the top left corner of the frame to the top left corner of the uncropped graphic, while the scale is measured in percentage of the graphic's original size.
| Cropping is not
limited to bitmapped pictures; you may also crop drawings and
EPS illustrations. Drawings in PageStream may be made from any
type of object, including text frames. See the Using
Objects section for more information on drawings. |
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