**Program Tutorials** : Digital Image Pro : *Program Basic

There are several ways of importing files into DIP. Choose whichever works best for you.

Using DIP's File> Open Command

1. Select File> Open from the toolbar menu. This launches a browser window.

2. Use this browser to find the file you require. You can either use the folder Pane at right or double click on the folder icons in the picture window to open that folder. Browse to find your file.

3. Click on the file and select open. The file will open to the Files area in Digital Image Pro. If you can not view the Files area make sure it is selected under View> Files.

4. You can now work with your file. You can then drag the file onto your canvas.

* To select multiple files using File> Open, follow steps 1 and 2 above.

This works only when the multiple files are in the same location/folder.

Select multiple files by holding down CTRL on the keyboard and clicking on the files of choice. The selected files will be highlighted.

Click Open to open the files to the Files area in DIP.

Using Drag and Drop

1. Open Digital Image Pro

2. Open a IE browser window, minimize the window and locate the file of your choice.

3. Click on the file to highlight it and keeping the mouse button depressed, drag the file image to the files stack, release the mouse to drop the file. The image will look faded and the arrow cursor will have a small square with a + sign in it while dragging.

4. The file will open to the workspace. You can then drag the file onto your canvas.

* To Drag and Drop Multiple files

Follow steps on and two above.

Select multiple files by holding down CTRL on the keyboard and clicking on the files of choice. The selected files will be highlighted. Drag the files images to the files stack, release the mouse to drop the files. The images will look faded and the arrow cursor will have a small square with a + sign in it while dragging.

Copy and Paste

1.Open DIP

2. Create or open an existing canvas. You can only paste onto a canvas. You can not paste a file into the files area.

3. Right click on the object that you wish to copy and paste. The object may be in your own files or be an image online. If the object is text in a word processing file for example highlight the text before right clicking.

Choose Copy from the options available. This copies the image to the clipboard.

4. Select your canvas and right click somewhere on it and choose Paste.

5. The image will be pasted into your document. The image will not appear separately in your files list.