Add copied graphics

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Category: Add
Type: Changes

What it does

Copies graphic elements and positions them on the page. The graphics can be rotated, put in the foreground or background. You can place them at any position on the page and use the "repeat" feature to more precisely position the graphic.

How to proceed

Select the graphic(s) by using the PitStop Select Objects tool .
On the Graphics tab, click Grab Selection. The selected graphic is shown in the field below the button.
If the graphic should be rotated, specify a rotation angle, e.g. 45.
Switch to the different tabs and select the appropriate options.

Tabs

Tabs	On this tab, do the following:
Graphics	Grab the graphic elements you selected in the PDF and specify a rotation angle as required.
Attributes	Determine if the graphic should be pasted in the foreground or in the background. Select or clear the Use page rotation and Use page scaling factor checkbox: To take into account page rotation and/or scaling factor, select this checkbox. The Action will be applied to the actual position of the page content. To ignore page rotation and/or scaling factor, clear this checkbox. The Action will be applied to the original position of the page content (i.e. BEFORE applying page rotation and/or scaling factor). Enable Share graphics between copies to add the copied graphic as a shared form XObject. This means that the graphic is defined only once, but used several times, on several pages. This is an easy way to reduce the file size. Note: Only use this option if you're sure that all instances/occurences of the graphic will remain the same (as is the case with a logo), because changing one graphic will change them all.
Region	Determine the region where the copied graphics should (or should not) be placed, relative to the page box of your choice. Margins can easily be set by grabbing the offsets from a selected area (use the grab position button ).
Repeat	If the graphics should be placed more than once on a page, change No repeat to: Distribute/Repeat fixed number of graphic elements if you want to determine how often they should be pasted (e.g. 6 times horizontally, 4 times vertically) Distribute/Repeat graphic elements in region if you want PitStop to fill the region (specified on the Region tab). If you want PitStop to divide the copied graphics evenly across the defined region, choose "distribute" rather than "repeat". In case of "Distribute graphic elements in region", you can choose the maximum or minimum distance between the copied graphics. If you choose "repeat", you should define the exact distance between the copied graphics yourself. The distance can be between the bounding boxes of the copied graphic (choose: Between edges) or from center to center (choose: Between centers). Note: Remember that you can use Smart Preflight variables to define the distances.
Position tab	Indicate how the graphic elements should be positioned relative to the chosen region. Note that, when adding multiple copies, the same corner should be used to position the graphic elements in the region.