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Photo Handling 361

Resize, rotate and position a photo within its frame

The shape of your photo is really a fully editable outline around the image contained
inside. So when you crop, or edit the outline shape, you're not affecting the fill, which is
clipped inside the shape.

Photos and bitmaps on the page are always contained within an outline shape. Not only
can you change the shape of the outline, you can also adjust the scale, rotation and
position of both the photo and its frame using the smart photo adjustment handles, which
provide a quick and easy way to perform the most common photo editing tasks.

The handles automatically appear whenever you select a photo with either the Selector
Tool, the Photo Enhance Tool or the QuickShape Tool.

For example, to scale, rotate and round the image on the left, just drag on the
appropriate adjustment handle. A little info flag will appear as you hover over a handle.
As you drag the handles to adjust an image, a 'ghost' copy of the full uncropped image is
shown behind. This makes it easier to make adjustments because you can see parts of
the image that fall outside the crop area, as you drag the handles.

• To rotate and scale drag on the white circular top right icon - the degree of rotation is
displayed
• To move the image within the frame drag the "hand" icon on the bottom left
• To round the frame edge drag the orange corner handle
• To rotate the entire frame drag on the blue circular top right icon
• To scale the frame drag on the bottom right + handle (hold down the shift key to scale
the image from the center)

To reset a photo back to it’s ‘best fit’ state, double click on the rotate/scale handle. To
centre the image in its frame, double click on the “hand” icon. The handles on the edges
of the photo allow you to change the shape of the photo frame (hold down the shift key to