Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 104)

Xstudio User Manual 5-11
Adding and preparing objects on the Xstudio canvas
Grouping and ungrouping objects on the canvas
There are editing situations when it is faster, more effective, and even necessary to select
and group multiple objects on the canvas. Grouping objects basically means taking several
separate objects that are selected together and makes them into a single object. Grouping
objects is very useful when you want to keep several elements together, or when you want
to apply the same operation to them all. At a later time, you can ungroup the object and
return the object to being individual objects.
Figure 5-7. Objects can be grouped so that they can be edited as one object
To group objects:
1.
Select the objects to be grouped (see “Selecting multiple objects on the canvas” on
page 5-10 ).
2. Select the F ORMAT >G ROUP menu command, or click the G ROUP button on the
Layout toolbar.
A blue border surrounds the grouped objects to indicate that the group is selected.
To ungroup objects:
1.
Select the group (see “Selecting a single object on the canvas” on page 5-9 ).
A blue grid appears over the object.
2. Select the F ORMAT >U NGROUP menu command, or click the U NGROUP button on
the Layout toolbar.
The blue border disappears and each object is bordered in red.
N
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When objects are grouped, the group has a set of properties that can be edited to determine
the group’s positioning or enable the group as a mask. See
“Group object properties” on
page 15-40 for a listing and description of the group properties.
Ungrouped objects Grouped object