how to get an imported picture to overlap

[Brian Flaherty]

Can anyone suggest how to get the vines to overlap in chief layout? So I imported this pic, set it to layout page 0 then when I go to input the home picture the vine block background overlaps the picture cutting it off.

The square box's are easy enough in Chief I just could not seem to locate a detail scroll or vine to give it some attention.

I am also open to a different sales brochure format if there are any suggestions.

Thanks
Brian

[William H Lynch]

If you are designing a sales brochure that includes lots of pics, text, and art work , I would suggest something like MS Publisher or even MS Word... It can probably be done in CA, but sometimes it more efficient to use other resources...

[gawdzira]

You need to save out that image with a transparency mask and it will work.

[Brian Flaherty]

William, Thanks for that... I went the MS route 1st with Publisher and it handles the Art work fantastically, it just struggles with the floor plans I created in Chief. We are using a camera still photos as the rendering and then the floor plans from Chief. I figured once I get to a picture it would probably not change as often as some of the interior layouts... See http://www.flahertyhomes.com/pdf/colin.pdf

That was done on a Mac.

Gawdzira, When you say save the image with a transparency mask do you mean when I export it from MS Publisher? That is were I first created it. Any starting steps would be much appreciated.

Thank you to you both. -- Brian

[gawdzira]

I do all of my image editing in Photoshop. If you do not have Photoshop you can work on a free image editing program called Gimp. It works in a very similar fashion to Photoshop.

[jcaffee]

Brian,

Adobe In Design/Illustrator will handle dxf and 3D pdf. It's also much more attuned to the professional print process vs. MS Publisher. However, there is a learning curve.

jon