If you want to remove the editable area of an image as you create an object, click Object ` Create ` Object: cut selection.

To create an object using all visible elements in an editable area

1Define an editable area.

2Click Edit ` Copy visible.

3Click Edit ` Paste ` Paste as new object.

Grouping and combining objects

You can group objects so they behave as one unit. Grouped objects can be moved, deleted, or transformed as a single entity. You can add objects to an existing group, and ungroup the objects when you want to edit them individually.

Another way to group objects is to create a clipping group. Clipping groups let you combine the characteristics of objects by placing the image elements from one or more objects into the shape of another; the characteristics of child objects are inserted into the shape of the parent object. For example, if the parent object is a picture of a flower, and the child object is a picture of the sky, the result will be a flower shape with the color and texture of the sky. An object is the parent to objects above it in the stacking order; a child object cannot be below the parent object. If you want to create a clipping group using the background image, you must first turn the background into an object. You can undo a clipping group at any time.

Combining objects lets you group them permanently. You can combine multiple objects into one object, or combine objects with the background. When you combine objects, you lose the ability to edit the objects independently. You can also decrease the file size of an image by combining objects.

To group objects

1In the image window, select the objects.

2Click Object ` Arrange ` Group.

To add an object to a group of objects

1 In the image window, select an object in a group.

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2Hold down Shift, and click the object you want to add.

3Click Object ` Arrange ` Group.

To ungroup objects

1In the image window, click an object in a group.

2Click Object ` Arrange ` Ungroup.

To create a clipping group

1In the Objects docker, click the column to the left of the object thumbnail to make it a child object. A Paper clip icon displays.

If the Objects docker is not open, click Window ` Dockers ` Objects.

2In the image window, select the child object and drag it over the parent object.

Only areas of the child object that fall within the boundaries of the parent object are visible. Otherwise, only the object marquee of the child object is visible.

A child object must be above a parent object in the Objects docker stacking order.

To undo a clipping group

•In the Objects docker, click the Paper clip icon next to each child object. If the Objects docker is not open, click Window ` Dockers ` Objects.

To combine objects

To combine

Multiple objects into one object	Select the objects, and click Object `
	Combine ` Combine objects together.
One or more objects with the background	Select an object or objects, and click Object
	` Combine ` Combine objects with
	background.
All objects with the background	Click Object ` Combine ` Combine all
	objects with background.
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When objects are combined with the background, they become part of the background layer and can no longer be edited as individual objects.

You can specify a merge mode and transparency level before you combine objects by modifying the settings in the Merge mode list box and Opacity box in the Objects docker. If the Objects docker is not open, click Window `

Dockers ` Objects.

From here

For more information about	In the Help index, see...
Changing object properties	objects, changing properties
Displaying and arranging objects	objects, arranging
Changing the properties of an object	objects, changing properties
Selecting objects	objects, selecting
Moving objects to another location	objects, moving
Copying objects	objects, copying
Displaying and hiding objects	objects, displaying

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