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Import Image Tool

What it Does​

Places a picture from your computer in the workspace so you can trace over it. For example, you can bring in a photo of a garment or a scan of a pattern piece. The picture is a reference only. It does not print.

Use this when you want to copy a shape from a picture into your draft. Imported images are placed on a layer named Images. A layer is like a sheet of tracing paper, and you can hide or fade it with the Layer Visibility Tool or the Layer Opacity Tool.

The picture is added near the top left of the workspace at a set size of 400 by 400. It will probably not match your real measurements. Use the Scale Image Tool to set the right size and the Drag Image Tool to move it.

The picture file can be a .png, .jpeg or .jpg. Only one file can be chosen at a time. To bring in a PDF, use the Import PDF Tool.

How to Use​

  1. Activate the tool by clicking the Import Image icon
  2. Select Select Image File. A window opens so you can browse your computer
  3. Choose a .png, .jpeg or .jpg file. The image appears in the workspace
  4. Select Save to keep the image, or Cancel to remove it
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If the file window does not open, your browser security settings may be blocking it. Check your browser's file permissions.

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The image is stored in your browser's database when you save the draft, so large images work. It comes back when you open the draft again. Images are not included in Backup Data. After restoring a backup, use the Link Image Tool to connect each image to its file again.

Saving a draft that holds only an imported image still moves the draft up one version.

🧠Memorization

Images and image layers are not memorized.