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6.2 Grouping/Ungrouping
Grouping
These two actions are commonly used and are invaluable tools for helping to
manipulate and adjust images. To understand these concepts we must first
understand what grouped and ungrouped images are.
The following is an example of a single line:
Any two sets of lines can be grouped together so they are fixed in their relative
positions, even if moved, by using the Group option.
To use the Group option, select two or more images at the same time and click
on the Group icon located along the bottom of the software screen. This can
alternately be located in the Object menu or by right-clicking on the multiple
selected images and selecting Group.
Ungrouping
While the image may have many parts, it is still just one line with a single starting
point and end point.
The following is an example of a multiple line image:
Any image that contains more than one line set can be ungrouped so that parts
of the image may be treated independently, removed, rotated, resized, or
otherwise manipulated rather than having to manipulate the image as a whole.
For example, you may wish to cut out this cake image, but want to ungroup the
image in order to remove some of the inner decorations of the image:
This image has two line sets with the body of the leaf and stem being one part
and the inner details of the leaf being another. This image is grouped together so
that if moved around on your screen, you do not have to move the outer line of
the leaf and then move the center part independently and try to align it inside.
While it is not necessarily important to know exactly how many line parts an
image has, it is important to understand that single line images are not grouped
together with anything, while anything that has multiple parts is or can be
grouped.
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