Tip of the Week: Placing an Image in a Compound Frame
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Looking for a different way to present images besides the usual rectangular or elliptical frames? You can use a compound path as an image frame too. To make a compound path, select more than one path,
and choose Object > Paths > Make Compound Path.
Then just place your image into the compound path just as you would a regular path.
This is amazing! i’m going to have some fun with this! Thank you Mike.
Hi Mike,
Thats very clever. Is there a way to convert the compound image back to individual images? Or, is there another tip for placing an image into frames and have that image chopped up.
Very nice tip.
Thanks.
Hi Rich. You can’t convert the compound path to separate frames that all contain parts of the image, BUT you can do something similar with the Make Grid script that comes with InDesign. I’ll write it up in a new post, probably next week. Thanks for the idea.
Beat you to it, Mike. ;-)
https://creativepro.com/transform-a-frame-into-a-grid-of-frames.php
Hey Mike! Tks for the tip!
I don’t know why, but its not working here :( ! After I placed an image into the compound path, it didn’t fit into the path. It just appeared in a retangle frame inside the path. Would you help me?
Tks!
Hi Gabriel. With the compound path selected, choose Object > Fitting > Fill Frame Proportionally. That should make the image fill the entire compound path.
Oh, I forgot to set that option! Super thanks Mike :D!