I can’t wrap text with an image.

[MARIANA5C08]

 

Hi, i've been having this problem with the wrap tool and i can't seem to find what the issue is, the text is not wrapping around my png image, the text is beneath the image, on the same layer, the "text wrap only affects text beneath" is off as well as the "ignore text wrap option" The image is not grouped with anything else, neither are the text frames, does anyone know what could be the issue? (I've also tried applying the wrap tool to both text and the image and it didn't change)

[Derek Cross]

Try Object > Text Frame Objects and tick Ignore Text Wrap.

[MARIANA5C08]

I just did and nothing seems to have changed. 

[Rene Andritsch]

This setting with “Ignore Text Wrap” activated now works as intended.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

That makes no sense at all to me. If I check this box, text stops wrapping around the picture, which is exactly what I'd expect the setting to do.

@Derek Cross , can you explain what's going on here?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Wouldn't that do/confirm the current behavior, not force compliance with the object wrap?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Put the image below the text?

ETA: Do you have the object anchored? That can interfere with text wrap if the anchor isn't well above the image in the text flow. (Essentially, the image "doesn't exist" until the anchor is encountered, if that makes sense.)

In this example, the anchor is at the end of the paragraph behind the image, at the X. Above the anchor, nothin'. Below it, wrap as designated.

[MARIANA5C08]

I've tried with the image below the text but nothing occurs, I'm not sure how can i know if my picture is anchored, i don't think so because the "anchored object" option is all greyed out, but I could be wrong, how can i change that?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Click to select the image frame (not the image inside it). If the image is anchored, there will be this little anchor symbol:

...instead of just a blue square there. Right-click the anchor, Anchored Object, Release will undo the anchor.

If you had a text cursor in the text when you pasted or placed the image, it would have anchored automatically.

This is the only way I can duplicate your problem with wrap, so I'm pretty sure anchoring is the cause.

Just as a tip, it's possible to apply many settings to either the graphics frame or the graphic inside it. The latter is usually a mistake unless you're trying to stack effects, so always make sure things like Text Wrap are applied to the frame.

[MARIANA5C08]

There isn't any anchors in my image 😞 so I don't think thats the issue.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Hmm. As Derek suggests, try some of the other wrap settings to see if they work (even if not the way you want them to). The wrap-to-image-shape option is a little fussy to get working correctly, but that would be a second step after verifying wrap itself is working.

And, per my above comments... be sure Text Wrap is applied to the graphics frame, not the image inside and not to anything else like the text frame. You  can apply Wrap all over, but it will either do nothing or conflict. Make sure it's just on that one object, the graphics frame with the image inside.

[Rene Andritsch · Accepted solution]

The lower text box still seems to have “Ignore Text Wrap activated”. If the “Type” is set to “Same as Clipping” and as in your case is set to an offset of “0” it would exactly do what it does in the upper case. The wrap would be the same as the picture frame. I think PNGs can not contain a clipping path. Try Type > “Alpha Channel”. The cleanest solution would be to open your PNG. Create a clipping path around the guitar and save it as a PSD file. then the option “Same as Clipping” would get to the most accurate result.

[MARIANA5C08]

Thank you all!! this one finally worked for me :)!

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Your settings show that your text wrap is sent to same as clipping. Is this image of a clipping path? If not, that setting won't work.

[MARIANA5C08]

That's the one that I was trying at the time, i read somewhere that if the image that you were using was created in illustrator that could work (even tho i tried with bothe the .ai file and the .png file), but even if i change the countour option nothing really changes, in this case I tried verifying that i was selecting the image frame, i tried the different countour options, and still nothing. 😞 was trying at the time, i read somewhere that if the image that you were using was created in illustrator that could work, but even if i change the countour option nothing really changes.

[Rene Andritsch]

Please select both your text boxes one after the other and show the text frame options …