REPORTER 22.1

Images

PNG, Bitmap, GIF, and JPEG images can be added using the Images button.

To add an image, click on the point where you want the bottom left corner of the image to be. This will bring up an Image window.

Enter the image filename into the Image text box or click on the Choose... button to call up a File window from which to select the image file. You can also enter variables by right clicking in the text box which will allow you to bring up an Insert variables window from which to select a variable.

The OK button will close this window and add the image to the page.

The Cancel button will exit this window without adding an image.

The Cropping... button (see Image Cropping below) can be used to crop the image before showing it. Also the Hyperlink... button (see Hyperlinks) allows the user to set the image up as hyperlink.

The embed image in template checkbox allows you to embed the image file directly in the template. If this option is selected, REPORTER will display the image from the embedded data rather than searching for the external image file. This feature can be useful when sharing templates with users who do not have access to the original image files. For example, if you create standard templates for users in your organisation, you could embed the company logo image so that you do not need to supply the image file along with the template file.

We recommend that where users have access to the image files, you continue to use the image file link (rather than embed) because this reduces the template file size and means that templates will automatically update if changes are made to the source files.

Image cropping

The Cropping... button allows you to crop parts of the image before it is shown. Pressing the button maps the panel shown on the right. This allows you to input how many pixels will be cropped from the left, right, top and bottom of the image before showing it. Type the values or use the up and down arrows to set the values you require.

Pressing OK will update the cropping information for the image. Pressing Cancel will abort without changing the values.

Animated Images

From version 18.0, Image Items using the .gif or .mp4 extension can now be animated on the page. These Items can be added to the page through the Image window in exactly the same process as described above, although the Cropping and Hyperlink features are disabled for animated Items. It is still possible to embed a .gif Image in the Template.

Playback of the animated Image can be controlled using either the buttons in the Animation toolbar , or by hovering over the Image with the Hand tool while in Presentation view. Hovering over the animated Image will display a border around its perimeter and centred Playback buttons , as can be seen in the image on the right. For animated GIFs, only the Play/Pause button is present while hovering. Clicking anywhere on the Item is sufficient to toggle Play/Pause.

Please see the section on animation support for output file formats to see how animations will be displayed when producing different types of output content.

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