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Regenerating Images

If necessary, you can quickly regenerate (update) all of the images in your project.

How to regenerate images

Select Tools>Regenerate Captured Images.

The two primary reasons for using this option are:

Remove watermarks If you install Flare on a trial basis before purchasing the product, watermarks appear on all images that you capture and insert during the trial period. After you become a licensed user, you can use this option to remove the watermarks on all images.
Modify PROPS files If you manipulate the PROPS file that accompanies an image file, the image file becomes out of sync with the PROPS file. The "Regenerate Captured Images" option updates the images based on the latest PROPS files.

What is a PROPS (or "Properties") file? It is a file created along with an image file in MadCap Capture to hold all of the property information about that image.

example

Let's say you use MadCap Capture to create a JPG image and you name it "MyPicture." You add a text callout to the image in Capture. Therefore, when you are finished you will have one file called "MyPicture.jpg," which is the raw image file. Along with this file, you will have another file called "MyPicture.jpg.props," which contains the information about the text callout that you added to the image.

One reason to manipulate the PROPS file is to translate the text into another language.

example

Let's say you write an English version of your Flare project, and you have it translated into Spanish as well. This includes any text found in your images, such as this one.

You make a copy of this image file and the associated PROPS file, and you add them to the Spanish version of your Flare project. Now you need to translate the callout text for the image. So you open the PROPS file in Notepad and you change the text.

But when you look at the image in the Spanish version of the Flare project, the callout text for the image is still in English. Therefore, you select Tools>Regenerate Capture Images. The image is updated and now looks like this in your project.

Note: If you need to translate image callouts in a Flare project, it is recommended that you use MadCap MadCap Lingo, rather than manually editing each PROPS file in an editor such as Notepad.

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