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# Image settings

## This article will take you through the different features and options that are available from the 'Edit' panel

The following options can be found in the '**Edit**' **right-hand panel** for any given image on your canvas. Click on any of the options below to learn how they work.

- [Replace image](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Replace-Image)
- [Lock element position](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Lock-element-position)
- [Lock aspect ratio](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Lock-aspect-ratio)
- [Use content bounding box](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Use-content-bounding)
- [Hide element](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Hide-elements)
- [Flip object](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Flip-object)
- [Crop image](https://help.videoscribe.co/knowledge/image-settings#Crop-image)

### **Replace image**

The replace image option is useful for quickly swapping one of the images on the canvas for another one - for example, if you want to change an image whilst maintaining its position and all of it's animation properties.

1. Select the image
2. Open the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Replace image**’ **![replace](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/replace.svg)** button
4. Choose an image from the library or upload your own to replace the existing one

![Screen Recording (30-11-2022 16-57-32)](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Screen%20Recording%20(30-11-2022%2016-57-32).gif?width=602&height=272&name=Screen%20Recording%20(30-11-2022%2016-57-32).gif)

### **Lock element position**

When you’re creating a particularly busy or intricate scene, locking element positions is a great way to avoid moving them by accident.

1. Select an element
2. Open the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Lock element position**’ **![lock](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/lock.svg)** icon

![Screen Recording (05-01-2023 12-58-12)](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Recording%20(05-01-2023%2012-58-12).gif?width=601&height=271&name=Screen%20Recording%20(05-01-2023%2012-58-12).gif)

To unlock the element, first select it on the timeline, and then click the ‘**Unlock element position**’ **![unlock](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/unlock.svg)** icon.

**Please note:** When an element is locked a padlock **![locked](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/locked.svg)** icon appears on the element tile in the timeline.

### **Lock aspect ratio**

You might want to resize an image without changing its horizontal or vertical proportions - for example, pictures of people or animals can look odd if they are stretched or squashed too much in one direction. In these instances, you can lock the image aspect ratio to keep their proportions fixed.

1. Select an image
2. Open the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Lock aspect ratio**’ **![aspect ratio - lock](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/aspect%20ratio%20-%20lock.svg)** icon

![Screen Recording (30-11-2022 17-05-13)](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Screen%20Recording%20(30-11-2022%2017-05-13).gif?width=602&height=271&name=Screen%20Recording%20(30-11-2022%2017-05-13).gif)

To unlock the element’s aspect ratio, click the ‘**Unlock aspect ratio**’ **![aspect ratio- unlock](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/aspect%20ratio-%20unlock.svg)** icon.

### **Use content bounding box**

Sometimes when you insert an image into VideoScribe, the outer box consisting of the resizing controls may be much larger than the image it contains. This can make it difficult to accurately resize the image and you may find you sometimes select it by mistake.

To resolve this you can use the content bounding box instead, which shrinks the outer box to fit the image. This makes it much easier to arrange these images on your canvas.

1. Select an image
2. Open to the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Use content bounding box**’ **![bounding box off](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/bounding%20box%20off.svg)** icon

![image5-2](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image5-2.gif?width=670&height=302&name=image5-2.gif)

To revert to using the image’s original view box, click the ‘**Use original viewbox**’ **![bounding box on-1](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/bounding%20box%20on-1.svg)** icon.

**Top tip:** When importing your own SVG images, the box containing your image in VideoScribe is based on the size of the image’s canvas/artboard. If the box is too large or parts of your SVG are cut off, you can try resizing the canvas/artboard of the image in your vector graphics editor.

### **Hide element**

Sometimes when you’re building a complex scene or working with layered elements, you may want to see behind a specific element without having to move it out of the way. Use this option to temporarily hide elements on the canvas (they will still be visible on the timeline).

1. Select an element
2. Open to the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Hide element**’ **![Hide](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Hide.svg)** icon

![image3-2](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image3-2.gif?width=670&height=302&name=image3-2.gif)

To unhide an element, select it on the timeline and click the ‘**Unhide element**’ **![Unhide](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/Unhide.svg)** icon.

**Please note:** Hiding an element only applies to the editing view - elements will remain fully visible in previews and video exports. If you want an image to be partly or fully transparent in previews and video exports, you will need to adjust its opacity setting.

### **Flip object**

Flipping an image gives you the flexibility to orientate elements however you like - you can use it, for example, to have a character face the opposite direction to their usual orientation.

1. Select an image
2. Open to the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Flip vertically**’ **![flip vertically](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/flip%20vertically.svg)** icon or the ‘**Flip horizontally**’ **![flip horizontally](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/flip%20horizontally.svg)** icon to flip the image in the desired direction

**![image6-3](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image6-3.gif?width=670&height=302&name=image6-3.gif)**

### **Crop image**

Perhaps there’s an image that you like the look of, but it contains some extra details that you don’t need in your animation - for example, you might only want one person in an image of two people, or you’d like part of an image to not be visible. In these situations you can crop images to cut away detail from the top, bottom, and/or sides.

**Please note:** Cropping an image involves VideoScribe converting it into a raster PNG image. This means that the drawing instructions in the original SVG image will be lost, and the new image will use a simple diagonal reveal animation when drawn.

1. Select an image
2. Open to the ‘**Edit**’ tab in the **right-hand panel**
3. Click the ‘**Crop image**’ **![crop](https://help.videoscribe.co/hubfs/Customer%20Success/crop.svg)** icon
4. A warning message will display, demonstrating how the image will animate once cropped. You can continue cropping, cancel the crop, or turn off the reminder
5. If you have chosen to continue with the crop, the crop tools will appear
6. You can adjust the crop using the handles around your image, or change its shape using the icons in the **right-hand panel**
7. Click ‘**Apply crop**’ to confirm your changes, or ‘**Cancel cropping**’ to discard them

![image7-3](https://help.videoscribe.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image7-3.gif?width=670&height=302&name=image7-3.gif)

**Top tip:** You can apply more than one crop to an image - simply follow the above process again for the same image.

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