Clipart Panel

The Clipart panel is the main source of graphic objects in the program: Images and Smart Shapes.

All objects on the Clipart panel are grouped in four tabs: Clipart Collection, iPhoto, Smart Shapes and Custom Folder.

• Clipart Collection holds a large amount of pictures supplied with the program. Use the pop-up menu to choose an image category, then scroll up or down to find a picture within the category. Another way to find a picture is to search by name. You can search among the clipart or in the Internet. To choose where the search will be performed, click the "magnification glass" button in the edit box and select Collection or Internet. Type (or copy) the name into the Search box and press Return.


• Smart Shapes holds a collection of vector geometrical shapes. Some of them can change their shape (controlled by the Inspector).


• iPhoto library contains pictures from your iPhoto library.


• Custom Folder gives you access to images from a user-defined folder. Click the Browse button and select a folder with your images. Images from this folder will be displayed on the Clipart panel.
  
  By default, the program shows images included into the selected folder only. In this mode, the pop-up list at the top of Clipart lets access subfolders' content.
  To preview images from all subfolders, set the "Get Images from Subfolders" option in the browse window. Note, the Clipart may show images with some delay depending on how many images are in the folder.

To add an image to your design, double-click on it or drag and drop into the document.

Note: If you have selected an object on your design and then click on another object of the same type on the Clipart panel, the selected object will be replaced with the new one. Thus, you can replace one image with another one, or replace a smart shape with a new smart shape. The size of the previous object will be preserved. If you have selected several images, all of them will be replaced. But if a smart shape is selected, clicking on an image will result in adding a new image, as these objects are of different types. Images from the Clipart Collection, iPhoto library and Custom Folder belong to the same respective type.

If you need more space on the screen for your design, drag the splitter to the left, or use the "Toggle Clipart Panel" toolbar button.