Import images
Images can be placed in two places: behind the page, as part of the table background, or inside the page, as one more layer.
You do it from Tools › Import image. The first thing it asks you is to choose the destination, and only once you have chosen it can you look for the file on your device. That is on purpose: you decide where the image goes one single time, instead of importing it first and moving it afterwards.
You can select several images in the same step, and they will all land in the destination you chose.
Any image your device can open is accepted. Very large ones are saved in a lighter version so they do not take up too much room, and they are scaled down to a maximum of 4096 px per side.
Place in the background
It is called Background on screen, and its description is "Image on the workspace, below the page". The image sits behind the notebook, so if you move the notebook, it will pass in front of it.
You can move it at any time, rotate it, enlarge or reduce its size, or delete it. You also have two options worth knowing about:
- Bring to front, which places it in front of the page so you can use it as a guide while you paint over it.
- Pin, so it does not move by accident when you drag other things around.
They are independent: you can bring it to front without pinning it, and the other way around.
Place on the canvas
It is called Canvas on screen, and its description is "new layer, editable like any other layer". The image is placed inside the current page, on a new layer.
When it goes in, the image is fitted inside the page while keeping its proportions, and it ends up centered. Then you can edit it, move it, enlarge or reduce it just like the content of any other layer.
Other ways to import
Paste with the keyboard
If you copied an image from the internet or took a screenshot, you can paste it straight into RobinPad with Ctrl + V (PC) or Cmd + V (Mac).
A window called Paste content will open, with the option to paste it into the background or onto the canvas.
Dragging the content
With the RobinPad window open, you can drag any image from your device onto the workspace. The same Paste content window will open.
One detail: if you drop several images at once, it will only ask you for the destination of the first one, and the rest go straight to the background.