Page 360 - Xara Designer Pro X17

360 Photo Handling

that Xara Designer Pro X just stores a list of edits applied to your photo, and you can
change, remove or add new edits. You can always recover the original untouched photo,
even after the brightness, resizing, even clipping or cropping.

Attributes can be copied and pasted between objects. Not only does this apply to
traditional attributes such as line color and thickness, it also works with all the PHOTO
TOOL attributes including the LEVELS settings. So this means you can easily copy all the
enhancements made on one photo to any other using the copy / paste attribute feature.
For example to apply the same white balance adjustment (made using the levels control)
to another photo, just copy the edited photo to the clipboard and then select the "EDIT ->
PASTE ATTRIBUTES" menu on any image to which you want to apply the same corrections.

This also applies to some other attributes of the photo, such as line width and shadows,
etc.; all these can be copied from one photo to another using the same technique.

Editing the outline of Photos

You can use the SHAPE TOOL (on page 128) to directly adjust the outline shape of a
photo. Similarly you can apply outlines the same way as for any shape, and shadow,
etc.

Using the SHAPE TOOL you can push or pull on the
sides. This example also has a black outline and
soft shadow added. To restore the image back to
its original rectangular shape, select the "Un-clip"
in the clip mode of the PHOTO TOOL InfoBar.
When photos are edited this way, they are treated
like any normal vector shape, containing a bitmap
fill. This is why you can use the normal line and
shape editing features, and indeed you can use the
Photo adjustment handles (on page 370) to adjust
the size, angle and position of the photo "fill" inside
the shape.