xara photo and graphic designer using plugins

If you hold 'Shift' when replacing a photo, the new one will inherit the same scale and rotation as the old photo, instead of being 'best fitted'. When replacing a photo or bitmap this way, it is sized to best fit in the existing picture outline. This is not true for photo documents, where dropping a photo on the page will always import it as a new photo document.

You can use the photo adjustment handles to quickly adjust the scale, rotation, and position of the photo inside its outline, as well as being able to resize, rotate and even add rounded corners to the frame itself. This makes it very easy to replace photos on templates. The same is true if you replace an existing photo with a stock photo from the Online Content Catalog - right click on your photo and select 'Replace photo' > 'With Stock Photo'. If you drag and drop a photo file (from Windows Explorer or from the Bitmap Gallery) onto an existing photo it will replace that photo, but keep the same container or frame size. Or you can replace a photo by right-clicking it, and then choosing 'Replace photo' > 'With Stock Photo' from the context menu. You can also import stock photos from the Online Content Catalog through the File menu 'File' > 'New from Content Catalog'. You can select multiple photo files in the file dialog by clicking with Shift or Ctrl held down to add to the selection, just as in Windows Explorer, to open or import multiple photos. Or you can select the 'File' > 'Open' or Import menu options. The photo is imported at the position you drop it. The easiest way to open an image is to drag the photo or bitmap file from your Windows file explorer onto the Xara Designer Window. The term 'bitmap' is the general term encompassing all types, but interchangeable with the word 'photo'. Xara supports a very wide range of photo or bitmap types including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and (Photo & Graphic Designer and Designer Pro only) RAW digital camera images, as well as many more types.

Xara photo and graphic designer using plugins