Help:Manual Imageframes

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Working with Images See Working with Frames to learn about Image Frame frame creation and manipulation. Note that the image frame shows as a red border with small square handles at the corners and at the midpoints of each side. Diagonals in black are drawn to indicate that it is an image frame. Note that these small square handles disappear when the frame is locked. The quickest way to load an image into the frame is to right-click on the frame, and select Get Image from the Context menu. Pressing Ctrl+D or menu File > Import > Get Image will also work. A file dialog will appear, showing the image types that Scribus can import, which include bitmap formats TIFF, PNG, JPG and GIF as well as vector format PS (PostScript) and PDF files, which will be converted to bitmaps. Note that after import the image may only partly show. We'll see below in Properties: Image how to adjust scaling and positioning of the image in the frame. Descriptions, advantages and disadvantages of various file formats will be discussed elsewhere.

The Context Menu

Properties: Image

Edit Contents Mode Enter Edit Contents mode by clicking the icon on the toolbar, or pressing E from the keyboard. Go back to Select Item mode by pressing Esc, or clicking outside, then inside the frame. You will need to have checked Free Scaling in order for this to be operational. With image frames, Edit Contents mode allows you to click-drag with the mouse to shift the image relative to the frame, i.e., the same as adjusting the X-Pos and Y-Pos in the Image tab.