7.5

In all cases, the image can either be static (always the same)or dynamic (depending on certain conditions or the data). Only
certain image formats are supported by PlanetPress Suite. These image formats are listed in Supported Image Formats.
For more information on image formats, resolution, quality and resources, please see the chapter on Adding Resources.
In addition to the common object properties, image objects have the following properties:
Settings
l Image: Specify the image resource to associate with the picture object, using one of the following methods:
l Click the drop-down to display a list of picture resources of your PlanetPress Design document. Click on the
image to use it.
l Enter an image file name (static or dynamic using PlanetPress Talk). PlanetPress Design will first look in its
resources for the image name. If it cannot find it, it will look in the Virtual Drive (if located on a computer)or the
printer's hard drive (if printed in Printer Centric or Optimized PostScript run modes).
l Enter the full path of an image on the hard drive. PlanetPress will use the file on your computer. This method
will not work in Printer Centric run mode.
l Click the Browse button to select an image file using the Open dialog box. Once you select an image file, Plan-
etPress Design makes a copy of that image file and adds it to the Image resources of the document. If the image
resource is a bitmapped image, it sets the image quality and scanline orientation of the resource to reflect the
values set in the Document properties dialog box.
l Page: If the image resource is a multi-page PDF file, enter the page number of the file that you want to use as the
image for this picture object. You can also use a PlanetPress Talk expression in this box to specify the page number.
When PlanetPress Design adds an image resource that is in PDF format, it adds the complete file; a picture object can
reference only a single page of that image resource.
l Transparent: If the image is a monochrome bitmapped image, select to make the background color of that image
transparent. This makes the white pixels of the image transparent.
l Duotone: Select to create a duotone by replacing the foreground color in the bitmapped image with a color.
Click Color to select the color using the Color Picker. The Color box displays the current duotone color. Note
that any changes to the foreground color are internal to the picture object and do not have any effect on the
image resource itself.
l Color: Click to select the foreground color for the duotone using the Color Picker. The color you select replaces
the current foreground color in the bitmapped image.
l Color box: View the current duotone color. This is the color that replaces the foreground color in the bitmapped
image.
l Clipped region: Select to specify whether the image resource must be clipped, defining a clipped region using Left,
Top, Width and Height coordinates.
l Invert clipped region: Select to invert the specified clipped region, thus using the reverse of the designated
region.
l Fit setting: Select how you want the document to size the image relative to the size of the picture object.
l Select Constant resolution to display the image at the resolution specified in the relevant resolution box in
the Document dialog box or at the default size. This is the least time-consuming of all the resolution options
since it does not require any scaling of the image at runtime.
l Select Constant height to scale the image such that its height is equal to the height of the picture object. The
scaling preserves the aspect ratio of the image, and thus in some cases may result in the image extending
beyond the right edge of the picture object.
l Select Constant width to scale the image such that its width is equal to the width of the picture object. The
scaling preserves the aspect ratio of the image, and thus in some cases may result in the image extending
beyond the bottom edge of the picture object.
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