Moving Content around in PNGs not created in Apub

[chasm]

Hi my esteemed listmates,

I'm kind of on a frenetic pace and don't have access to Apub all the time as its shared at the library. I have a graphic imported as the PNG file it was save as in another software program. I want to change the location of the logo in the file (graphic) and make other minor changes with periods and dashes. I tried to find a quick answer to all these in the Quick Guide but didn't find the direct answer.

Step by step after I import a PNG in Apub is there a step(s) to "Group" all the content in a PNF so they can be moved a round? I recall when trying t o learn GIMP (not easy) you had to create a layer and then group things. I'm not clear how to do this all step by step? Are there graphic files or PDFS showing you how to move content around in a PNG not created in Apub?

I'm on a super deadline for this so I appreciate your kind and  understanding help.

Thank you.

 

 

[Old Bruce]

I think you may be out of luck. A PNG file is going to be one layer or pixels. Not a lot of "moved around" to be done there. No moving the logo, no changing the text's periods and dashes. This is because there is no independent logo nor is there actual text with actual periods and dashes. Everything will be just one layer of pixels.

[v_kyr]

Well a PNG is a raster/bitmap image (which contains just pixels), so a direct manipulation is only possible on a bitmap/pixel level here! - Dependent on that PNG image, it's background area etc., the logo part (maybe or not) can be copied over to another position of the image area and the original position one drawn over with a part of the background. Manipulating text portions in a bitmap would mean here then draw over the original text and retype/recreate it if possble.

Other than that, maybe a vectorization of that PNG image would allow some better vector based manipulation here then (reposition the logo part and retyping in needed text portions). - You have to see, tryout and decide, if something of the above mentioned may work for you or not!

[chasm]

I used the Place Image Tool and placed the logo (png) in the flyer and then used the Layers (on right) to re-position it. If that helps others ...