Once you have inserted a raster image, you can control the way the image behaves within

your map.

First, it's important to know how to select a raster image. There are two methods to select an image.

As you move the cursor over the border of this image, you can see that it highlights that border.

Simply click the image border, and it is then selected. The contextual ribbon changes so that it has all

of the commands that you need to make changes to the behavior of this image. It's important to

remember that you are not going to edit the image itself, but rather you will only be changing its

behavior within the drawing.

Another way to select an image is to use a SHIFT+click command anywhere within the image. This

can be particularly useful when zoomed in on an image, and the border is not visible, or if the border is

otherwise obscured.

Press ESC to deselect the image, and then zoom in on the image area until the edges are no longer

visible. This is often the case with very large images, and you are working on a small area of interest.

Press and hold down the SHIFT key and click anywhere within the image. This image is now selected.

This is clear because the Image contextual tab is displayed, just as it was when you selected the

edge of the image.

The first command that you will use to manipulate the image is Draw Order. Currently, the image is

on top of all of the geometry, and instead, you want it to display that image behind the geometry. With

the image selected, right-click, and select Draw Order > Send to Back. As you zoom in, you can see

that the image is now behind the geometry, and the image is deselected.

Select the image again by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking anywhere on the image. The next

tool is used to clip an image. On the Image tab of the ribbon, Clipping panel, click Create Clipping

Boundary. At the Command line are several options. Use the default rectangular clip, so press ENTER

and then specify the rectangle within the image. Notice that the image now displays only inside the

rectangle that you specified. Again, you are not editing the image; you are only affecting how it is

displayed within this drawing. Select the image again, and now you can grab one of the grips and drag

the clipping boundary and change its shape. Realize that you are not stretching and scaling the

image, rather you are only affecting the clip boundary.

Clipping an image can improve the performance of your drawing editing session by freeing up memory

needed to display areas of a large image that may be outside of your area of interest. Clipping can

also increase output performance, when plotting to a device or a file.

Notice that there is also a blue arrow grip on the edge of the clipping boundary. This blue arrow

enables you to invert the clip boundary. Click it, and the clip is now inverted so that you have what

appears to be a hole in the image. This can be useful if it is

desirable to not display a background image in a certain place, for instance in an area of more detail,

or where you may wish to place other objects or images. Click the blue arrow again to restore the clip.

When you are done with the clipping, go back to the Clipping panel, and select Remove Clipping.

Another aspect of the image that you can control is making adjustments to the brightness, contrast,

and fade of the image. Under the Adjust panel, you can drag the brightness, and the contrast, and

also the fade.

Fade is one of the most common manipulations you might need to make to the display of an image,

because sometimes they are just too intense and they obscure the geometry. You can see that as the

fade is adjusted, the geometry itself becomes more prominent. Finally, bring the contrast up a bit,

which helps retain detail in a faded image.