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Passe-Partout layer

Choose Layer > Add Layer > Add Passe-Partout Layer... to create a new Passe-Partout layer.

The new Passe-Partout layer can be selected from the Layers listbox to make it the active layer.

With the Passe-Partout layer you can add passe-partouts to your photos and videos.

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Shapes

With the first layer listbox you can set the passe-partout shape.

This example uses the TV shape.


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Tiling

With the Tiling property you can tile the passe-partouts.

This example uses a tiling value of 3.


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Safe Area

The passe-partout layer takes into account your safe area settings. With an big safe area your passe-partout might end up like this example. You can set the safe area with the menu item Settings > General Options....


Passe-Partout layer effect 1

Rectangle

A rectangular border. The size of the border can be changed with the Size property.

Oval

With the Size property you can morph this oval into a circle.

Rounded

The corners are rounded.

Abgeeckt

The corners are "abgeeckt".

TV

This passe-partout looks like an old TV screen.

Vertical Bars

Horizontal Bars

This can be used to render a widescreen animation on a 4:3 screen.

Passe-Partout layer properties

Size

The size of the borders of the passe-partout. Notice that you can scale the borders independently of the horizontal and vertical directions.

Colour

The colour of the passe-partout. Press <F3> for a standard colour dialog.

Tiling

When using a value higher than one, the screen is filled with small passe-partouts.