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Moving and aligning editable areas

You can move an editable area anywhere in an image with or without the image pixels it encloses. When an editable area and the image pixels it encloses are moved together, the pixels can be cut from the image and the hole filled with background color, or the pixels can be copied by floating the editable area.

You can align an editable area to one or more selected objects. You can also align an editable area to the center or the edges of an image. Depending on where you want an editable area to appear, you can experiment with horizontal and vertical alignment options.

An editable area can also be aligned to guidelines and to the grid. For more information, see “Using the guidelines, grid, and rulers.”


To move an editable area

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In the toolbox, click the Mask transform tool Photo Paint pgx mask transform tool Moving and aligning editable areas.
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Drag the editable area to a new location in the image window.

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You can also move an editable area by nudging it.

To move an editable area and its image pixels

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In the toolbox, click one of the following tools:
Rectangle mask tool Photo Paint pgx rectangle mask tool Moving and aligning editable areas
Ellipse mask tool Photo Paint pgx ellipse mask tool Moving and aligning editable areas
Freehand mask tool Photo Paint pgx freehand mask tool Moving and aligning editable areas
Lasso mask tool Photo Paint pgx lasso mask tool Moving and aligning editable areas
Magnetic mask tool Photo Paint pgx magnetic mask tool Moving and aligning editable areas
Magic wand mask tool Photo Paint pgx magic wand mask Moving and aligning editable areas
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Click the Normal button Photo Paint pgx normal mode Moving and aligning editable areas on the property bar.
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Drag the editable area to a new location.

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When an editable area is moved once, the underlying image is replaced with the background color. If the same editable area is moved again, the underlying image is no longer replaced with the background color.

Photo Paint tip Moving and aligning editable areas

 
You can leave a copy of an editable area you move by holding down Alt as you drag.
 
You can also move an editable area by nudging it.

To align an editable area with an object

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Select the objects with which you want to align the editable area.
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Click Mask Photo Paint onestep Moving and aligning editable areas Align.
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In the Mask align dialog box, enable one of the following options:
Active object
Selected object(s)
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Enable one of the following vertical alignment check boxes:
Top
Center
Bottom
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Enable one of the following horizontal alignment check boxes:
Left
Center
Right
If you want to align the editable area to the gridlines nearest to the specified objects, enable the Align to grid check box.

To align an editable area with the edges or center of an image

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In the toolbox, click a mask tool.
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Click Mask Photo Paint onestep Moving and aligning editable areas Align.
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Enable the Document option.
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Enable one of the following vertical alignment check boxes:
Top
Center
Bottom
5.
 
Enable one of the following horizontal alignment check boxes:
Left
Center
Right

Photo Paint note Moving and aligning editable areas

 
When you align an editable area to the edges or center of an image with the Align to grid check box enabled, the editable area is aligned to the gridlines nearest to the specified edges or center of the image.

Moving and aligning editable areas