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Why do some picture frames show the x and others do not?


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Sorry about this one, tried looking it up to no avail.

In Publisher, some picture frames have a light x over the images, which prints out. However some picture frames this light x is behind the image.

Is there a way to get all the picture frame elements to have the light x behind the image? Thanks.

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How are you putting the images into the frames? If you use File > Place or the Place Image Tool I think you get what you want.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
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5 hours ago, km.au said:

However if you paste an image into the picture frame, one is stuck with the grey x/outline.

Thanks. I don't think that should happen, but I believe there are several ways you can paste, and that might be the source of the problem. But I can't test then myself right now.

Can you describe in more detail the steps you're taking when playing into the picture frame? For example, do you just select the frame and then Ctrl+V, or dinnering else?

That might help isolate what's happening.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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I managed to reproduce.

 

If you "paste inside" from the clipboard into a picture frame, it seems the grey x doesn't go away. I guess this is the crux of the issue.

However if one saves the image onto the HDD, then imports it in normally, the grey x disappears.

 

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6 hours ago, km.au said:

I managed to reproduce.

 

If you "paste inside" from the clipboard into a picture frame, it seems the grey x doesn't go away. I guess this is the crux of the issue.

However if one saves the image onto the HDD, then imports it in normally, the grey x disappears.

 

Good detective work. I don't have time to play with it right now, and I have no idea if this is a bug or working as it is expected to (though it feels like it may be a bug).

Suggestion: Try both methods, on separate picture frames. Then look in the Layers panel and see what the difference was in layer placement, if any.

-- Walt
Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases
PC:
    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
Mac:  2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

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