| Place magnetic guides to define an area. The guides are located in the rulers on the left and top page borders. The guides display the actual position and the distance to next guides. |
| Right mouse click on the background and select Guides from the context menu. The Guides dialog allows you to define the color and set preferences, which can be saved for later use. |
| To place your image in a defined area, snap the image into your set guides and if necessary use the handles of the image to set all remaining settings. |
| Open the Scale dialog, select the ”Maintain proportions” button and click on one handle of the image. The Scale dialog will now show the dimension of the image. Note: When the "Maintain Proportions" is chosen, one of the dimensions may be less than the maximum permitted. Without this option, the image would be distorted. |
| Open the Crop dialog and select the ”Fix” button. Before you enter the scale values in the ”Aspect Ratio”, let’s look at an easy way to enter these values. Just drag & drop the copy button from the Scale dialog onto the Crop dialog. Now you can see the result of your cropping actions. Click to view the result. Note: The ”Fix” button will coordinate the movement of multiple blades to maintain the aspect ratio. Otherwise, the image would appear stretched in one direction.. Click to view the result. |
