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2013-09-23

Image Properties

The Image Properties lets you change all of the properties for any image object in your document. The options available are different in the Windows and Mac OS versions of the software.

To open the image properties in Windows

1. Click on the object of which you want to display the properties.
2. Click in the Window menu, then click Properties.
3. The Properties window appears or, if it is already present, is brought to the front and selected.

To open the image properties in Mac OS

1. Click on the object of which you want to display the properties.
2. Click on Items, then Show Object Properties. You can also right-click on the object and select Show Object Properties from the drop-down menu.
3. The Object Properties dialog appears.

Available Options

All objects share some properties. To see these shared properties (the "Object", "Frame" and "Printing" groups), see Properties Panel.

Content Group

Set this option...	To specify...
Alignment horizontal	Horizontal alignment of the images (Left, Centered, Right).
Alignment vertical	Vertical alignment of the images (Top, Centered, Bottom).
Scale (Windows) Clipping (Mac OS)	Here you can specify options on how the image is resized relative to the bounding box. Original size: The image is always shown in its original size, regardless of the size of the frame. Original size resets the image content to 100%. Fit in Frame: The image will be resized to fill the frame, maintaining the image aspect ratio, showing the actual scale percentage of the image. Images are not clipped. Crop to Frame: Proportionally scales the images filling the entire frame. Images may be clipped.
Image Filename	Displays the image filename. The contents can only be changed through the Expression Editor.
Image Folder	This points to the path where the variable images are stored. Clicking on the icon allows you to browse to a different search folder.
Search Subfolders	Specify whether PrintShop Mail should only look for files in subfolders. When set to "No" PrintShop Mail will only look in the current folder. When set to "Yes" PrintShop Mail will look in subfolders as well.
Page Number	The PDF page number represents the page number in the original PDF file, ranging from one to the number of pages in the PDF. An image object can be linked to a single PDF file. As a PDF can contain multiple pages you can specify the page(s) to be used in your document through an expression (TOTALPAGES), in that case you can use variable pages within that PDF file. If the page number refers to a non existing page, a warning will be shown in the warnings panel:"Page number X is invalid; this file contains Y pages only.
Two Color (Windows only)	Convert to Two Colors: When set to "No" images will shown it's original color. Setting this option to "Yes" will convert the image to two colors. Threshold: Lets you specify at which luminosity percentage to consider the background color to be transparent. The default value is 50%, values are 0% to 100%. Background Color: Convert background color to specified color. Foreground Color: Convert foreground color to specified color.

The following limitations apply to "Two Color" option for images:

• The Two Color option does not support the image format EPS.

• Two Color option will be disabled when using the Print Technology specific options, OPI, APR and Do no send images (VIPP).

• The Print Technology PPML support the Two Color option, when you check "Embed Images in PDF" in the Print Dialog.