Placing images from the Web

Raster images can be placed by dragging and dropping them from a web browser, either as an embedded or a remote resource.

About remote resources

When an image is placed as a remote resource, its source address (URL) is recorded in your document. Affinity detects when a remote resource has been modified and will either notify you or automatically update the resource, according to the auto-update behaviour setting in the app's General preferences.

A document's remote resources can be embedded at any time, e.g. when you are ready to send it to a professional printing service or want to create an archive of a publication. The document will retain its record of a resource's source address, which enables it to be made remote again if needed.

About embedded resources

Any image from the Web that is initially placed as an embedded resource does not have its source address recorded and so requires you to perform the same steps again if it needs to be updated.

To place an image from a web browser:
  1. Drag an image from a web page.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To make the image an embedded resource, regardless of your document's image placement policy, drop the image onto your document.
    • To make the image a remote resource, hold the and drop the image onto your document.
    • To make the image a remote resource, hold the and drop the image onto your document.

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