Complex Options Besides the options we just described, the Clipping tab contains two more buttons and an Information window that details your image's path complexity. Knowing the complexity of your paths is important. Oftentimes clipping paths in TIFF images won't output correctly if using IPO swapping. Each time you select a new clipping path type, the image is automatically scanned and the chosen clipping path applied. Use the Rescan button, below the Preview window, to update the clipping path after you enter new values into any of the text boxes.
Clipping paths appear in the preview window as colored outlines surrounding the clipped image.
Clicking the Crop To Box button automatically resets the clipping path to apply only to parts of the image that appear inside of your image's picture box. The aim of this option is to reduce the overall clipping path complexity. Without selecting this button, your clipping path may be unnecessarily complex. As we said, even if an image's path were created in an application other than QuarkXPress, you may still make adjustments to it manually. Also, there's no guarantee how a clipping path created in another application and altered in QuarkXPress will output, so proceed with caution.