

The Affinity family of products is still very young so there's still a bit of room for change where necessary though. Motor car controls used to change every time a new design came out until the industry semi-standardised sometime in the 1930/40's (or thereabouts). I guess it's the age-old problem of: "Do you keep things as they are so the experts can use things the way they're used to, or do you change things around so it's easier for beginners but the experts have to change their ways?" That's very rarely a good position to be in and there's no correct answer. Create a 2D object such as a rectangle, circle, or polyline.
#CROP IMAGE IN VECTR HOW TO#
Maybe this is just a hangover from how the software evolved.Īs with the Vector Crop Tool, once you find out how to use it properly these strange things become less of a problem but they're not easy for beginners to easily grasp (or discover). Cropping Imported Images Select an imported image, and select Modify > Edit Crop. Alternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) and select Edit Crop from the context menu.Yeah, the Fill Tool is a bit confusing at first.Īs you say, it defaults to gradients (its keyboard shortcut is "G") and is mostly about gradients but it also offers other options - such as bitmap - as sort of added extras (if you notice them). To change, replace, or delete the crop object, select the image and then select Modify > Edit Crop to re-enter Edit Crop mode. 3 Click on the image will reposition it according to the cropped area. Click and drag them in their respective directions. 2 Now you have 8 blue handles around your image. 1 Click on the Fill mode and in the drop-down menu select Crop. The will open up the image properties panel. If the image file is referenced, another alert message displays that the action will break the reference click OK to confirm the deletion. To crop an image: Select you image and double click on it. The Object Info palette displays the new image file size. When prompted, click Yes to confirm the deletion. To permanently delete the part of the image that lies outside the crop object, click Delete Outside Crop from the Object Info palette. The crop object can be a visible frame for the bitmap in the drawing, or it can be invisible. To change the visibility of the crop object, change the Crop Visible setting in the Object Info palette. The cropped image displays in the Object Info palette, the Crop status changes to Yes. The pen style can be set from the Attributes palette while in Edit Crop mode.Ĭlick Exit Bitmap Crop to return to the design layer. Create banner ads, invitations, paintings, and much more Editing features include crop, rotate, resize, and flip. Position the 2D object to delimit the new image display area.

The 2D object must define an area for example, a 2D line cannot be used. Ĭreate a 2D object such as a rectangle, circle, or polyline.The Exit Bitmap Crop command becomes available from the Modify menu, and the Exit Bitmap Crop button is visible in the top right corner of the drawing window. Select an imported image, and select Modify > Edit Crop.Īlternatively, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on an image and select Edit Crop from the context menu.Ī colored border around the drawing window indicates that you are in an editing mode.
