Pictures, backgrounds and layers

Choose a background

1. Step 1: Open the backgrounds

   Click Backgrounds in the toolbar. The Gallery tab lists ready-made backgrounds; click one and then Apply.

   

2. Step 2: Or use a plain colour

   In the Layers panel, the first row is Background · colour: click the colour box to pick any colour.

The background always stays at the back. If you want to move it like any other object, use Make it a normal layer.

Place and fit a picture

3. Step 3: Place it

   Click Library in the toolbar and choose a picture, or upload a new one; then choose Image to place it on the design or Background to use it as the background. See Upload your logo and photos.

4. Step 4: Size and fit it

   Drag the handles, or type Width and Height. Keep proportions stops the picture from stretching. Image fit decides how the picture fills its frame: Fill (crop), Fit whole or Stretch (distort).

5. Step 5: Fine-tune it

   Under Border and shadow you can add a border and a Shadow; Edge fade · mm softens the edges into the background.

AI tools for pictures

With an account, a selected picture offers Remove background, Enhance quality and Edit the picture with AI. Each use counts towards your daily free AI allowance. Undo (Ctrl + Z) brings the original back, and a copy is kept in the Library.

Work with layers

• The Layers panel lists every object on the current side, the top one first.
• Drag a row by its handle (≡) to change the order, or use To front and To back.
• The eye button hides an object in the editor; the lock stops it from being moved by accident; × deletes it.
• With several objects selected (Shift + click), Align & distribute lines them up or spaces them evenly.