Getting Pictures into Charts
Using the Object Menu to Put Pictures in Charts
Pictures Inside Boxes
Dragging and Dropping Pictures into Charts
Placing Pictures into Charts
Editing Picture Attributes
Borders, Corners, Shadows, Frames
Saving Default Attributes for Pictures
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Picture Size and Information
Picture Fundamentals
Before a chart is created, Reunion can be configured to include preferred pictures inside chart boxes. To do this...
After a chart is created, there are several ways to put pictures into charts...
After a chart is created, perhaps the slickest way to put additional pictures (other than preferred pictures) into charts is to utilize the pictures that have already been added (or linked) to people in your family file. To do this, select a box (or boxes) in a chart and...
The first two
submenus contain a list of pictures that have already been added/linked to the person(s) records in the family view. Just choose an image and, presto, it appears in your chart or box.As a shortcut, the same menu appears when holding down the Control key and clicking a box.
This table shows which pictures will appear in the
submenus:
Type of chart |
Pictures appear in the Put Picture submenus for the... |
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Ancestor |
clicked person. |
the family section of the clicked person's Multimedia sidebar — if the clicked person is male. |
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Descendant |
clicked person. |
clicked person's spouse in the same box. |
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family of clicked person and spouse. |
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Relative |
ancestors of source person: same as ancestor chart boxes. |
descendants of source person: same as descendant chart boxes. |
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Fan |
same as ancestor. |
Timeline |
same as ancestor. |
Note: If the Put Picture menu item is disabled (gray) and the first item in the submenu is Locate Family File or Open Family File, click here.
Here are three ways to put pictures inside boxes in charts...
Pictures in boxes do have some limitations: for example, unlike other pictures sitting on a chart canvas, you can't edit the corners, shadows, etc., of pictures inside boxes.
Aligning Pictures Inside Boxes
When a picture is in a box, it can be moved to different locations in the box by using the
submenu.Samples of different alignments appear below.
Control-click any selected box to apply the feature to all selected boxes. If you Control-click a box that is not selected, only that box will be affected.
Resizing Pictures Inside Boxes
To change the size of pictures inside selected boxes, use the
submenu.Different boxes can have different size pictures. If you want them all to be the same size, choose
before choosing the size in the submenu. Control-click any selected box to apply the feature to all selected boxes. If you Control-click a box that is not selected, only that box will be affected.
Pictures inside boxes can be "framed" in one of thirteen ways...
To apply frames to pictures inside boxes, select one or more boxes in a chart and choose
[one of the four choices].Control-click any selected box(es) to apply the feature to all selected boxes. If you Control-click a box that is not selected, only that box will be affected.
Pictures with Transparent Backgrounds Inside Boxes
Note: This feature will only work with images that have transparency. Most, if not all, of your images will not have transparency and this option will have no effect.
Pictures with transparent backgrounds can be drawn inside of boxes in two different ways...
To draw images with transparency, select one or more boxes in a chart and check the option
.You will also have to select a frame of None or Rectangle for those boxes.
Control-click any selected box(es) to apply the feature to all selected boxes. If you Control-click a box that is not selected, only that box will be affected.
This is as simple as it sounds. A complete list of drag and drop possibilities appear elsewhere, but here are four examples...
To place or import a picture file from disk into a chart, open the chart and choose here. (Note: this does not work with Apple's newer Photos app.)
In the file selection window that appears, navigate until you find the folder containing your picture file(s). To access photos in your iPhoto library, use the left side of the file-selection window and look for the MEDIA section. More detail about working with iPhoto appearsIf a picture file doesn't appear in the list, it may not have been saved in the correct file format.
Note: the following information applies to pictures sitting on the chart canvas; not to pictures inside chart boxes.
Like other objects, pictures on charts can be layered, moved, deleted, duplicated, copied, and resized.
To change the attributes of a picture, select the picture (by clicking on it) and then use the tool panel buttons, shown and explained below.
Note: some of these buttons may not appear, depending on the attributes of the picture.
A picture border is a rectangle that encloses a picture. You can select a border color and a border thickness. To specify no border, click the Picture Frame below.
button and choose None. See alsoTo add decorative corners to a picture, click the
button and choose a corner style. You can choose a color for the corners using the button. To specify no picture corners, click the button and choose .The last set of buttons affects the picture shadow, which is wrapped around the bottom and right sides of a picture. You can select a shadow color and a shadow depth. If you don't want a shadow, click the
button and choose None.The Picture Frame is the shape of the picture's perimeter. Select a picture and use the
button. Its menu is shown below.There are twelve different types of frames. A frame type of None means that the picture is presented "as is" with no alteration of its perimeter. Examples of the other frames are shown below.
You may also apply a color to picture frames, using the
button shown above. Applying a "white" color to oval picture frames help to avoid a "jaggy" appearance around ovalled pictures.Note: Framed pictures require twice the memory of "normal" pictures and thus may impact the speed of chart editing.
In the previous section, various picture attributes were explained (picture border, frame, shadow, corners, etc.). These attributes can be saved and applied to new pictures that are pasted or dragged/dropped into charts. Thus, if you edit a picture and are pleased with its look, new pictures will have the same look.
To save the attributes of any picture as the default set of attributes applied to new pictures...
The command also appears when Control-clicking a picture in a chart.
More information about defaults for charts appears here.