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Clipping in Photo Documents
In photo mode, there is a one-pixel grid applied to the photo (when at 96dpi, the default
resolution) and the clip rectangle snaps to this grid. This makes it very easy to get pixel
exact clipping. For highly accurate or exact pixel snapping, it's recommended to operate
in photo mode and to zoom in so you can see the pixels clearly.

See Photo documents (on page 377) for more information.

Photo Clone Tool

This is a tool (on the Photo Tool fly-out) that rapidly and effectively erases
objects from images. The CLONE TOOL allows you to either copy or ‘clone’ parts
of a photo and replace the unwanted objects with the cloned area, effectively
erasing the objects.

You can either automatically clone parts of the same photo (by allowing
Designer Pro to choose the most suitable area of the photo to clone) or
manually (by choosing the area from the same or another photo yourself).

1. In the CLONE TOOL draw a freehand line around the area you want to erase, which is
shown as a 'marching ants' dotted outline surrounded by 8 resize handles.
2. To automatically clone an area of the same photo to replace this selected area (or
‘clone area’), click the MAGIC ERASE button in the CLONE TOOL InfoBar.
3. Designer Pro replaces the clone area with another part of the photo. Drag on the
resize handles to increase or decrease the area you want to replace. If you move
the mouse pointer over the clone area, the CLONE TOOL displays an ‘M’, indicating
that you have used Magic erase (which disables the ability to drag on the clone
area to choose another portion of photo – see step 5).
4. If you don’t like this replacement, just click the MAGIC ERASE button again to see
another replacement. You click the Undo button in the standard toolbar (or press
"Ctrl + Z") to go back to the replacement you prefer.
5. To manually clone an area of the same or another photo, in step 2 drag anywhere
on the photo outside the clone area to pick the new source for the clone area, which
updates to display the portion of the photo you have just dragged on. You can also
now drag within the clone area to pick a new part of the photo.
6. To accept the changes, click anywhere outside the photo in the Clone Tool or select
another tool.

Note that as you apply more clones, the new clones are made using the final image that
you see on the page, not from the original image. This means once you erase a feature
from your photo it won’t re-appear in subsequently created clone shapes.

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