Using Smart ClipArt
Namo WebEditor comes with a library of ready-to-use Smart ClipArt images that you can insert into your Web documents. Being vector-based, Smart ClipArt images are different from ordinary, bitmapped images—such as GIF and JPEG images—because you can resize them without loss of sharpness and edit them, right inside Namo WebEditor, in an object-oriented fashion. For example, you can add a text object to any Smart ClipArt image, and then change or remove the text later without needing to restore the original, unedited image. Smart ClipArt images use the TNG format, Namo WebEditor’s own vector-based image format.
When you insert a Smart ClipArt image into a Web document, Namo WebEditor automatically creates a bitmapped version of the image in GIF format, so that it can be viewed in any visual browser without installing additional software. At the same time, the original vector-based image data is inserted into document’s HTML source code, so that you can later edit the image without reinserting it. When you resize or edit the Smart ClipArt image, Namo WebEditor recreates another bitmapped version on the fly.
If Namo WebCanvas is installed on your computer, you can edit a Smart ClipArt image within Namo WebEditor by double-clicking it. You can also use Namo WebCanvas to create your own Smart ClipArt images from scratch.
In this section
Inserting a Smart ClipArt image
Modifying Smart ClipArt images
Converting a Smart ClipArt image to a standard image