hi johan, > "a.l.e"<ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> writes: > >> yep: create the base shapes, "combine" them using item> path tools> >> path operations, convert the resulting shape to an image frame, load >> the image... > Yes, but this relies on an image being loaded in the shapes. Although > theoretically I could fill the shape with a piece of the background, > in the actual document it is hard to find the exact piece. And a slight > displacement of the image will require updating, and so on. > no, just follow the instructions above to create a shape with a hole in it...
with path operations you can create a [ 0 ] shape and then convert it to an image field... in the hole you will see the background. sorry, right now i have no time for more details than the ascii art above :-( ciao a.l.e
