Altering the layout

You can change the layout of your document in a wide range.

Posterino distinguishes between two edit modes. One mode makes it easy to swap images in a poster from one frame to an other. That mode is indicated by the following toolbar button state: unlock frames and is known as "Locked Frames" mode. The other mode is made to change the layout of graphic objects on your document and is indicated by this state: unlock frames and is known as "Unlocked Frames" mode.

To change the layout:

  1. Open a document or create a new one.
  2. Press the unlock frames toolbar button to unlock the image frames. Alternatively you can choose Unlock Frames from the Edit menu (or press Command-L). If your document is already in the unlock frames state, there is nothing to do.
  3. Select an image in the document using the mouse. The frame manipulation knobs appear:
    Frame manipluation knobs.
    Frame manipulation knobs.

    In contrast to the orange image manipulation knobs, the frame manipulation knobs are displayed in blue and there is a small blue border around the frame.

    The different knob colors indicate different purposes:

    • Use the blue knobs to size the frame.
    • Use the green knob to rotate the frame.
    • Use the white knob or any visible part of the frame to move it.
  4. You can select frames...
    Frame manipluation knobs.
    Frame manipulation knobs.
    ...and delete them by choosing Delete from the Edit menu (or press Command-Del):
    Frame manipluation knobs.
    Frame manipulation knobs.
  5. You can change the frame size to make it fit better to your image:
    Frame manipluation knobs.
    Frame manipulation knobs.
    Now you can see the Via Mala canyon from top to bottom.
Text Objects

You can also apply the operations shown in this article to the text objects used in your document.

Tip

Choose Show Grid from the View menu (or press Command-Option-G) to display the layout grid.

Choose Snap to Grid from the View menu (or press Command-Option-Shift-G) to make the graphic frames snap to the next grid line.

The dimensions of the grid are controlled by the Layout Generator. See Layout Generator... in the Poster menu (or press Command-Option-L).