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Working with Templates 621

Note: Normally you should not replace photos by first deleting the template photo as this
will also delete the shape that holds the photo, which determines its size. If you have
deleted a photo in this way, use the Undo function ("Ctrl + Z") to restore it and replace
the image as described above instead..

Adjusting a photo in its frame

You’ll often want to adjust the position, scale and rotation of a photo in its frame. Select
the photo - you will see the smartphoto adjustment handles appear allowing you to rotate
and scale the picture, move it within it's outline frame, resize the frame and even round
its frame edges.

Editing photos

The easiest and most convenient way to edit photos in your design is to use the built-in
PHOTO TOOLS. These can be found on the Photo Tools fly-out bar on the main toolbar.

Use the Photo Enhance Tool to perform the most common adjustments to your photo,
such as adjusting brightness, contrast and saturation. You can also crop photos while in
this tool by just dragging on the photo. Or go into the dedicated Clip Tool for more
clipping options. The Clone Tool is useful for removing unwanted parts of an image non-
destructively, by copying one part of a photo to another. There are also tools for
intelligently resizing an image, removing red eye effects, making panoramas, correcting
perspective and other photo editing functions.

See the Photo Tool chapter (on page 382) for full details.

Changing colors

Editing theme colors individually
To edit a template’s theme colors, right click on one of the larger square named color
patches on the left of the Color Line (on page 190) at the bottom of the window and
choose Edit in the menu that appears. This opens the Color Editor (on page 193). There
will usually be several named theme colors in the Color Line - hover the mouse pointer
over the color to see the tooltip showing the color name. Sometimes there will also be
several colors linked to a theme color that will change at the same time; these are shown
on the Color Line with smaller color squares, but normally you won’t need to edit these
because they change automatically with the main theme colors.

You can also click on any object in the design to select it and then click a named or
palette color on the Color Line to change the object’s color. If the object is not just a