Icon Name Behavior
Mosaic
Joins small groups of pixels into rectangular areas of the
same color. The larger the individual rectangles are, the
fewer details the graphic image has.
Caution
Applying OOo picture filters to any image consecutively will
progressively degrade the quality of the image. The picture filters used
in Calc utilize what is known as a Destructive Editing algorithm,
whereby each filter is applied to the image immediately, changing the
original data of the image. Successive transformations result in less
and less original data remaining, thus compromising the quality of the
inserted picture. While this might be acceptable for use in simple
documents, it is still recommended that dedicated photo or image
editing software be used to perform anything but the simplest of
manipulations.
Adjusting colors
Use the Color toolbar to adjust an image’s red, green, and blue
channels independently, as well as its brightness, contrast and
gamma.
Setting transparency
Modify the percentage value in the Transparency box on
the Picture toolbar to make the image more transparent. This is
particularly useful when creating a watermark or when wrapping an
image in the background.
Customizing lines, areas, and shadows
The Line, Area, and Shadow icons open dialogs where you can customize these
elements. Details are in the Draw Guide.
Cropping pictures
When you are only interested in a section of the image for the purpose of your
document, you may wish to crop (cut off) parts of it. The user interface in Calc for
cropping an image is not very friendly, so it may be a better choice to use a graphics
package.
Click the Crop icon to open a dialog where you can select which portion of the
image you want to remove.
It is not possible to use the mouse to select the area to be cropped, as you can in
Draw. Instead, in the Crop dialog, specify how far from the top, bottom, left and right
borders of the image the crop should be, as illustrated in Figure 114. On the
thumbnail in the figure, notice that the cropped selection is highlighted with an inner
rectangle.
126 OpenOffice.org 3.3 Calc Guide
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