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Photo Handling 365

windows active when taking the screenshots. Press RESTORE to return to the previous
selected shortcut.

Instead of using a shortcut key to take the screenshot, you can instead use the TIME
option. This is useful in cases where any keyboard activity can change the display you
want to capture, such as a pop-up tooltip which may disappear if you were to press a
key. Select the time option and enter a delay value in seconds. The screenshot will then
be taken for you automatically once the specified period of time has elapsed. The timer
starts as soon as you click the START button.

Pressing the START button closes the Screen capture dialog and activates the system-
wide hotkey. Switch to the window you want to capture and press the chosen key
combination, or wait for the chosen time period to elapse if the timer option was chosen.
The screenshot is taken and inserted into Designer Pro or saved to file, depending on the
option chosen. If you selected the “Capture always” option you can take additional
screenshots by pressing the key combination again (this is unavailable with the timer
option). To deactivate the utility if you chose this option, close down Xara Designer Pro X
to end the session. Alternatively return to the Screenshot dialog, choose the “once only”
option and take one more screenshot.

Coloring photos

With any photo selected just click on the Color Line to apply a color to any photo.
Clicking the white color patch will turn the image black and white. Technically this is
called a "contone" (it's a continuous tone from black to white), or sometimes a "duotone".

Simply click a pale yellow color on the color line to create a yellow contone picture.

Or, right click on the Color Line which shows a context menu for you to apply the
selected color as either the light or dark color.

You can also use the color
editor to select any color
as either the light or dark
contone colour. Right click
the photo and choose
CONTONE > LIGHT to
display the color editor
("Ctrl + E"). Select the light
or dark contone from the
dropdown menu at the top
of the color editor.