def scale(self, percent, scaleFromCenter=True):
        """scales an Image object

        Parameters:
            | percent - a percent of the original size
            |           numbers bigger than 100 scale up
            |           numbers less than 100 scale down
            |           100 scales to the original size
        Optional keyword parameters:
            | scaleFromCenter - should the image scale from the center or from the upper left hand corner
            |           (default is True, scale from the center)

        """
        self._transmogrophy(self.angle, percent, scaleFromCenter, self.flipH, self.flipV)