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Author Topic: Challenge 1: Print Overlays  (Read 26462 times)
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« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2013, 05:02:32 PM »

Hi Jeff,
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Does this qualify?
Sure does, and interesting too.
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PhiMatrix  -   http://www.phimatrix.com/ Design and Analysis Software inspired by PHi, the Golden Ratio was used to align images and text.
I'm puzzled by this comment; do you mean that program used to decide the position of images? Otherwise it contradicts
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I just add that all was created within Q Ultimate.
Huh?

All image and text alignment can be doe in the QU Page Editor of course.
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« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2013, 05:26:13 PM »

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No.  PhiMatrix just overlays a variable grid and is useful for composing and lining up anything, images/text, according to PHi 1.618

See -   http://ejdigitalimages.blogspot.co.uk/p/page-02.html

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« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2013, 08:29:38 PM »

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PhiMatrix just overlays a variable grid and is useful for composing and lining up anything
I remember now  Roll Eyes, you mentioned this app some time ago.
Well here is my effort attached with the steps I used - to encourage others to have a go if they were not quite sure what to do.
This is of a local landmark and a sack-cloth background I thought was appropriate for a subject that was once used to used to make flour
The steps used were:
•   Set Page size and place the background image in queue at size “fit to page”
•   Set page the Freehand Mode, use icon top right of page preview
•   Make sure background image is de-selected, hold right mouse button down to open Print Properties
•   Choose size for images that will be added onto background
•   Drag thumbnails to page to approximate position; NB. At this stage they may not appear on top of the background.
•   Click Queue tab, select background image and move to top of queue with arrow key. This will make sure the background is behind the other images.
        This can also be achieved in the Page Editor by using the right click menu and Send to Back.
•   Open Page Editor and adjust position of images as required using the Size/Location tab or by dragging. Add text as required. Close Page editor
•   Set Print to File and choose Set Current Printer Stats and Monitor/Web. Set resolution to obtain the desired image pixel size. OK and Print.

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« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2013, 08:06:34 AM »

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PhiMatrix just overlays a variable grid and is useful for composing and lining up anything
I remember now  Roll Eyes, you mentioned this app some time ago.
Well here is my effort attached with the steps I used - to encourage others to have a go if they were not quite sure what to do.
This is of a local landmark and a sack-cloth background I thought was appropriate for a subject that was once used to used to make flour
The steps used were:
•   Set Page size and place the background image in queue at size “fit to page”
•   Set page the Freehand Mode, use icon top right of page preview
•   Make sure background image is de-selected, hold right mouse button down to open Print Properties
•   Choose size for images that will be added onto background
•   Drag thumbnails to page to approximate position; NB. At this stage they may not appear on top of the background.
•   Click Queue tab, select background image and move to top of queue with arrow key. This will make sure the background is behind the other images.
        This can also be achieved in the Page Editor by using the right click menu and Send to Back.
•   Open Page Editor and adjust position of images as required using the Size/Location tab or by dragging. Add text as required. Close Page editor
•   Set Print to File and choose Set Current Printer Stats and Monitor/Web. Set resolution to obtain the desired image pixel size. OK and Print.

Terry



Terry

That is a very good effort.

And a useful MO.  I had no idea I had done all that Wink I just jump in and drag images over background and sort out size and position later.

That's just how I work, - shed building, house building, boat building, marriage what ever.

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« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2013, 05:54:07 PM »

Hello

I know you have created Challenge 2 but I have not finished No. one yet!

I am struggling with an aspect of cut outs.

How do I get say an oval cut out to have a transparent background so that when placed on top of background image the background can be seen through the cut off area, I can get only black or white.

Yes, I have read all the manual and help files and have fiddled with the cut out file names, but I just do not get it.

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« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2013, 06:01:55 PM »

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How do I get say an oval cut out to have a transparent background so that when placed on top of background image the background can be seen through the cut off area, I can get only black or white.

Yes, I have read all the manual and help files and have fiddled with the cut out file names, but I just do not get it.

Whoever wants to pursue challenge one may do so until he wishes to move on. There's no time constraint.
Maybe I should have waited, but my thinking was that maybe that topic didn't appeal to all, and a second could be introduced.

On your question, I would wait for Terry on that. He makes cutouts easily, and perhaps can make a semi opaque or semi transparent one for you..... and then share it with anyone too.

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« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2013, 03:06:48 PM »

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How do I get say an oval cut out to have a transparent background so that when placed on top of background image the background can be seen through the cut off area, I can get only black or white.
You cannot fade to a background image but you can fade (with a blurred type cutout) to the page colour which is set with the 3rd icon from the right under the page preview.
I don't know if fading to a background image is something that Mike can easily do or not, we could ask.
You can also fade from the image to a specific colour within the cutout by adding the colour RGB values, in square brackets to the cutout file name. Eg. fade-oval_3[231,227,210].tif.
Full details are in Help under Cutouts.
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« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2013, 03:59:20 PM »

Hi Jeff,
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How do I get say an oval cut out to have a transparent background so that when placed on top of background image the background can be seen through the cut off area, I can get only black or white.
You cannot fade to a background image but you can fade (with a blurred type cutout) to the page colour which is set with the 3rd icon from the right under the page preview.
I don't know if fading to a background image is something that Mike can easily do or not, we could ask.
You can also fade from the image to a specific colour within the cutout by adding the colour RGB values, in square brackets to the cutout file name. Eg. fade-oval_3[231,227,210].tif.
Full details are in Help under Cutouts.
Terry

Thanks Terry.

That sums up what I could manage, I just thought there must be a way to get the outside of a cut out to be transparent.  I did manage to get various colours and had previously used a black page background.

Two previous efforts attached so all can see what I am after.

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« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2013, 05:00:35 PM »

Just messing about

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