Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Five:
Now you're ready to start dragging-and-
dropping photos into your layout. If you
drag one that doesn't look good in your
layout, just drag another right over it. You
can reposition your photo inside a smaller
cell by pressing-and-holding the Command
(PC: Ctrl) key, then just dragging the image
left/right (or up/down), so just the part
you want is showing.
Step Six:
You can stack images so they overlap,
almost like they're Photoshop layers. Let's
start from scratch again, but first click the
Page Setup button (at the bottom left), and
turn your page orientation to Landscape.
Now go back to the Cells panel, click the
Clear Layout button, then click the 8x10
button, resize it so it's a wide image, and
position it so it takes up most of the page
(as shown here). Now, click the 2 x 2.5 button
three times, make each cell a little wider
(like the ones seen here), and position them
so they overlap the main photo, as shown.
Drag-and-drop photos on each cell. You
can move the photos in front or behind
each other by Right-clicking on the photo,
and from the pop-up menu, choosing to
send the photo back/forward one level or
all the way to the bottom/top of the stack.
If you want to add a white photo border
around your images (like I have here), go
up to the Image Settings panel and turn
on the Photo Border checkbox. Also, when
you're done, try switching your Page Orien-
tation back to Portrait and see how that
looks—you might be surprised. For example,
I switched it, and thought it might make a
good wedding book layout, so I swapped
out the photos, rotated the small cells, then
added a fourth small cell, and made the
main photo a little thinner (as shown on
the bottom left). It only took about 30
seconds. I also tried just rotating the three
small cells and making the main photo fill
the page (as shown on the bottom right).
