Opus now provides a different way of grouping objects. In previous versions a group was a series of objects placed in a frame. This option is still available as Group As Frame, but now you can put objects in inert groups.
Grouping objects allows you to put multiple objects in a container and them manipulate and effect the group as a single unit.
When a group is resized the contents of the group are also sized to maintain the relative positions and sizes. This is unlike a normal frame, where resizing the frame does not affect the contents.
Groups also do not restrict the movement of their contents in the editor in the way that frames do. Objects in a group can be dragged anywhere and the group will automatically expand or contract to fit the new position.
Groups cannot have actions or properties but they can be the subject of actions. Thus you can set a group of objects to have a particular background or transition (use the old style frame groups if this is what you want). However, grouped objects can be animated by actions on other objects.
Select the objects you want to be grouped.
Choose the Group Objects as Frame menu item. This command can be found in the Group popup on the right-click menu for multiple objects and on the Arrange main toolbar menu.
The selected objects will be added to a new group object which can be manipulated and referred to as a single unit.
Select the group or frame object
Choose the Ungroup menu item. This command can be found in the Group popup on the right-click menu for frames, groups or multiple objects and on the Arrange main toolbar menu.
The objects in the group are moved into their immediate parent and the group container is removed.
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In previous versions of Opus objects were grouped by inserting them into a standard frame. This type of group is still available if you do not want the contents of the group to be scaled in the way that a true group will do. To create an Select the Group Objects as Frame menu item. This command can be found in the Group popup on the context menu for multiple objects and on the Arrange main toolbar menu.
Select the group object
Choose the Convert to Frame menu item. This command can be found in the Group popup on the right-click menu for frames, groups or multiple objects and on the Arrange main toolbar menu.
The group object will be replaced by an identically sized frame containing all the elements that were previously in the group.
Select the frame object
Choose the Convert to Group menu item. This command can be found in the Group popup on the right-click menu for frames, groups or multiple objects and on the Arrange main toolbar menu.
The frame object will be replaced by a group containing all the elements that were previously in the frame.