Modifying a Picture

You can modify the picture inserted in a table cell or in a view by resizing it or cropping it.

For this scenario, you will modify the picture inserted in a table cell, but you can also modify the picture inserted in a view using this functionality.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • Create a table.
  • Insert a picture in a table cell.
See Also
Inserting a Picture in a Table Cell

Crop a Picture

You can crop a picture inserted in a table cell or in a view to show only required part of it.

  1. Right-click the picture and clear Stretch (if selected).
    The picture is displayed in its original size.
    Note: If the picture is stretched to fit the table cell, you cannot crop it interactively using the handles, but you can crop the picture by right-clicking it and selecting Properties > Picture tab, and defining the desired Crop from values.
    Important: A picture inserted in a view is always in its original size or in the non-stretched mode. You cannot stretch a picture inserted in a view. Therefore, in this case, you can directly right-click the picture and select Crop.
  2. Right-click the picture again and select Crop.

    The cropping handles are displayed and the pointer shape changes depending upon its cropping position. For example, the pointer changes to when it is moved at the upper-left, upper-right, lower-left or lower-right corner positions.



    Handles enable resizing the crop extent. However, they cannot cross each other, and cannot extend beyond the original picture size.

    • The four handles located on the corners of the picture can be moved in any direction.
    • The four handles located on the borders of the picture can only be translated in a direction perpendicular to the respective borders.

  3. Hold and drag one of the handle to crop the picture in desired size.

    Notes:

    During the crop command:

    • All the cropping handles are hidden.
    • A frame showing the bounding box of the cropped picture is displayed.



    • You can move the picture by dragging.

  4. Release the handle when done.
    The picture is displayed cropped as specified at the end of the manipulation, the frame is hidden, and the pointer is reset to its usual shape, depending on its location. All cropping handles are displayed again.



Resize a Picture

You can resize a picture when it is not stretched. When the picture is stretched to fit the table cell, interactive resizing is not proposed, but you can resize the picture by right-clicking it and selecting Properties > Picture tab, and defining the desired width and height size values.

Important: A picture inserted in a view is always in its original size or in the non-stretched mode. You cannot stretch the picture inserted in a view.

  1. Double-click the picture.
    Resize handles appear enabling to resize the picture.

  2. Hold and drag any one of the handles till you get required size of the picture.
  3. Release the handle when done.
    The picture is resized. All the resizing handles are displayed again.



Edit a Picture

You can edit a picture inserted in a table cell or in a view to modify its design.

  1. Double-click the picture or right-click the picture and select Picture.n object > Definition.
  2. In the Image Editor dialog box, edit the image.

    For more information about how to edit images, see Managing Images in the Album.

    Note: The edition of the picture through the image editor is available only for pixel images.

  3. Click OK.
    The picture is updated in the table cell or in the 2D layout.