LINE-ART AND IMAGE FILES

You can use two types of pictures in 
your document: line-art files 
created with a drawing program like 
GEM Draw, and images created with
a painting program like GEM Paint.

All pictures can be resized by 
making the frame larger or smaller, 
but only image files can be scaled, 
cropped and edited.

LOADING A PICTURE

To load a picture into a document, 
choose Import picture in the File 
menu. When the form appears, select 
the type of picture file you want 
and click on OK. Use the Item 
Selector to select your picture and 
click on OK.

To place the picture into a frame, 
select the frame, then click on the 
name of the picture in the browser.
HIDING THE PICTURES

To turn the pictures off and 
increase the screen drawing speed, 
click on Hide all pictures in the 
Graphics menu. This command is 
marked if the pictures are hidden.






PICTURE STATUS

Select a picture frame then double-
click on the picture name in the 
browser to display information about 
the picture.

DELETING A PICTURE

To remove a picture from your 
document display the Status form for 
the picture and click on [Delete].

SCALING AN IMAGE FILE

To change an image's proportions, 
select its frame and choose Scale 
picture in the Graphics menu. 

The form displayed allows you to 
preserve or ignore aspect ratio (the 
height to width ratio of the image), 
and to select whole pixel scaling 
(which improves the quality of the 
printed picture).

CROPPING AN IMAGE FILE

To cut an image to size, select its 
frame and choose Crop picture in the 
Graphics menu. Drag a box inside the 
image with the "scissors" to mark 
the portion to be shown in the 
frame.





EDITING AN IMAGE FILE

To edit an image file, select its 
frame and click on Edit picture in 
the Graphics menu. Add and delete 
pixels in the window using the 
mouse. Click on the close box to 
save the edited image or cancel the 
edit.




RESIZING A FRAME CONTAINING AN IMAGE

When a frame containing an imported 
image is resized, the image is 
rescaled (according to the settings 
on the Scale Picture form) to fit 
the new frame.



