Moving and resizing frames

Moving Frames
You can move a frame, or multiple frames, using

•	the keyboard

•

the mouse

•	through the Toolbar "Arrange" options.

Using the Keyboard: to move a frame using the keyboard, select a frame or several frames, then tap the arrow keys: the up, down, right and left arrow keys will nudge the image by a few pixels in the direction you select. Press 'shift' while tapping the arrow keys to move the selection more slowly and 'Ctrl' to move it faster.

Using the Mouse: To move a frame, place the cursor over the frame you want to move. Make sure that you position the cursor over the image in a place where no handles are visible (so that you don't crop, pan, or rotate the image by accident) on the Frame number (or you will accidentally pick the image up).
Press and hold the left mouse button, then drag the mouse. Release the left mouse button when you are satisfied with the new location for the frame. You can press the 'esc' key to abort the drag if necessary.

Multiple-selection of frames
Note that you can move multiple selected frames at the same time.
Hitting Ctrl-A on your keyboard will select all like-items on your canvas (eg. all image frames on the canvas, all text images on the canvas). Hit Ctrl-A again to select every item on your canvas.

You can also click on the Select All button on the Tool bar.

Holding the Ctrl key while you click on individual frames will allow you to select images or elements one at a time to create a group on which you can perform the same actions.

Overriding Snapping
You will notice that the image 'snaps' to the edges of other images as you drag the mouse. This helps you align the frame other frames on the canvas.

If you want to override this effect, hold the 'ALT' key down as you drag the resize handle. This will turn snapping off.

To learn more about the snap guides, click here.

Resizing Frames

Frames can be resized in several ways:

•	Resizing them interactively (with or without snapping and fine-grained control);

•	Setting a size numerically;

•	Snapping a frame to fit the image it contains.

Note that frames can be in element or image modes, which affects the resize handles available on the frame.

Interactive Resizing

To resize a frame (or multiple frames at the same time),

Select the frame(s), then move your cursor over a resize handle.

Press the left mouse button and drag the mouse.

Corner handles will allow you to resize both length and width; handles in the mid-points of the frame will resize either the width or the length of the frame.

Note: image frames (eg. jpg photos) will display 8 handles. Scrap element frames (eg. png embellishment graphics) will only display 4 handles. The reason for this is that embellishments will not resize outside of their original proportions, so they will not be cut off inside the frame.

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To learn about cropping the image, click here.

Fine control
If you press and hold the Shift key as you drag the resize handle, the precision with which you can resize the image is increased.
You can press the 'shift' and 'Ctrl' keys simultaneously to get more precision and override snapping if you like.

Sizing frames using numeric values
You can set a precise size for a selected frame or a set of frames by...

•	Selecting the frame(s).

•	Clicking on the 'frame' part of the map in the toolbox. This will open the Frame Editor .

•	Clicking on the 'Width' or 'Height' controls. This will pop up a small window that allows you to type a number directly.

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Note that you can also drag the 'Width' and 'Height' controls directly to set the width and height interactively from the Frame Editor.

Sizing frames to match the images they contain
There will be occasions when an image has been cropped by the frame edge, but you wish to display the entire image.
To accomplish this quickly, right-mouse-select the image and choose 'Snap Frame To Image' from the list of options (or press Ctrl-F) .

Sizing images to match the frames containing them
This action does not resize the frame, but will resets the image position to fill the surrounding frame as completely as possible. To accomplish this, right-mouse-down on the image and choose 'Snap Image to Frame' from the list of options (or press Ctrl-I).

Setting the frame to display the entire image
This setting will automatically snap the frame to expose the entire image, and remove the border. Select the frame, and right-mouse-down on it, then select Frame to Show Entire Image. An image does not need to be assigned to frame to set this option, making it very useful for setting up templates such as contact sheets or proofing documents.