Is it possible to place multiple objects within one graphic frame?

[mistercitizen]

Is this possible, and can you somehow move each object within the frame individually (as if the frame were a mask)?

Thanks again.

 

[Genimuse]

Nope, not possible.

 

[carlow]

hi,

yes it is possible, but not very handy

Draw a text box, place an image, then place the next one and so on.resizing and positioning id difficult but done with the black arrow. positioning different images with the black arrow is only verical. horizontal positioning is done with the text tool and the paragraph pallet.

but i think iwould be better to use the table option, much better

hope this helps
carlow

 

[Genimuse]

He's asking about placing multiple graphics in the same frame. It has nothing to do with text.

 

[carlow]

hi Genimuse,

ok it isn't a graphic frame, but a text frame. but I can put multiple graphics in this frame

 

[Genimuse]

Ah, as inline graphics. Good point, sorry, I didn't understand that from your post. I'm not sure why it's useful in any of my layouts, but I'll definitely keep it in mind! Thanks for the tip.

 

[mistercitizen]

Hi Carlow, I didn't find that your technique would work for me. In the end I had to place both images into my file, then group them (in the arrangement I wanted to have them) and then copy them and paste inside.

The reason I wanted to put multiple items into one image box, was so I could use my image box to mask out unwanted areas of the grouped images, but using the same shape to mask all the images.

In my example i have two portrait shots of two men which I have placed side by side, I then placed the grouped images into a image box which has a curve on the bottom edge. Once placed inside the curved image box, both images are framed by the same continuos curve.

This is what I meant in my initial enquiry. It was only because I grouped these images that this was possible - if
I tried to pcopy and paste each image into my curved box individually, this would not work - Indesign only lets me have one image in a image box at a time.

Of course, with my method, I am unable to move each image individually once placed within the curved box. Perhaps there is a better way of doing this?