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Manipulating Images on the Canvas


Changing the Canvas Settings

Canvas Settings affect the appearance of the Canvas and how images will be displayed and positioned on the Canvas. To view or change these settings, click the Settings toolbar item or select the Canvas > Show Canvas Settings menu item from the main menubar.

Canvas Settings include the following attributes:

Sizing Images

Once placed on the Canvas, images may be resized using the mouse or several menu options.

Copying Images

LightTable provides two mechanisms for creating one or more copies of the selected images on your Canvas

Aligning Images

The Layout menu has several items for aligning images. Images may be aligned in relationship to one another (e.g., "Align Top Edges") or they may be aligned in relationship to the Canvas (e.g., "Center on Canvas").

Layering Images

As each image is placed on the Canvas, it is layered just like the physical equivalent of putting photographs in a stack. The Layout menu provides four menu items that allow you change the stacking order of the images on your Canvas. The Send To Front and Send To Back operations move the selected images to the top (front) or bottom(back) of the layering order. To move an item one layer in either direction, use the Send Forward and Send Backward options.

Other Image Operations

The Layout menu provides several additional controls for images: