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Jules
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« on: March 14, 2017, 10:15:03 AM »

Hi all. A friend has given me 52 photos of their child, one for each week of his first year. They are in the proportion of 2:3 and I wish to place these on an A2 sheet. When I automaticall create a blank sheet with the blank squares on it the gaps between the images horizonatlly are different to the gaps between the lines that go vertically. Is there a way i can create a Template and be able to manage these gaps manually to make a more pleasing arrangement?
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM »

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Hi all. A friend has given me 52 photos of their child, one for each week of his first year. They are in the proportion of 2:3 and I wish to place these on an A2 sheet. When I automaticall create a blank sheet with the blank squares on it the gaps between the images horizonatlly are different to the gaps between the lines that go vertically. Is there a way i can create a Template and be able to manage these gaps manually to make a more pleasing arrangement?
Jules

Hi Jules...
You didn't say what size prints you were shooting for, so using 2:3 aspect as you said, I went to custom, Number of prints on page, I made 4 columns and 13 rows that = 52..
Print size comes out 2.42 x 1.74.

I do not need any template unless I am thinking of odd placements and I want to save it.
I do not need crop scissor on because you said they were 2:3
Am I close to what you want?
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2017, 11:34:04 AM »

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Print size comes out 2.42 x 1.74.
I can tell Qimage that I select a 2 x 3 (Contact sheet), size and set placement to Optimal, I can have this
The next snap shows a .03 inch white border for separation. Ease of visual.
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2017, 04:40:13 PM »

Fred. Thanks for having a go at my problem. I showed a screen grab to my friend, of my first try which was similar to the layout that you achieved in your firts response. His comment back was that he wanted the spaces more equal above and below each image. Yours has a a fairly large gap horixontally, but no gap vertically. Your later two have no gaps. I guess I could achieve this by adding white above (and/or below) of each image in PhotoShop. But this would seem a little unnecessary. Surely it should be possible in Qimage. The exact size of each image on my final spaced out images on my A2 sheet is not so imprtant.
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2017, 05:17:13 PM »

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I guess I could achieve this by adding white above (and/or below) of each image in PhotoShop. But this would seem a little unnecessary. Surely it should be possible in Qimage. The exact size of each image on my final spaced out images on my A2 sheet is not so imprtant.

I guess you missed the part where I explained that I used a .03  border around each image in snap 2
Make the border larger to suit

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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2017, 10:34:47 PM »

Ok Fred. I will give this a go I the morning.Thanks for your help.
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« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2017, 03:20:21 PM »

I have been having a play with borders and I'm afraid I am finding them a bit mystifying. For starters, it seems I can acces them from the 'Use New Print Size' icon bottom right in the main page. Also it seems I can use them in the Edit page. But quite how they work I have not worked out. They seem to move the image towards the right. Can I add diffent amounts to the two sides and another measurement to the top and bottom. I have tried all sorts of numbers and can't work out what is going on or how to use them. Is there a video that Mike has done I can watch?  Also when I have my 52 images on the A2 sheet in the Edit Page, adding a border only works on one image. I can't select all 52 at once. Surely I don't have to do everyone individually?
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2017, 04:11:15 PM »

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I have been having a play with borders and I'm afraid I am finding them a bit mystifying. For starters, it seems I can acces them from the 'Use New Print Size' icon bottom right in the main page. Also it seems I can use them in the Edit page. But quite how they work I have not worked out. They seem to move the image towards the right. Can I add diffent amounts to the two sides and another measurement to the top and bottom. I have tried all sorts of numbers and can't work out what is going on or how to use them. Is there a video that Mike has done I can watch?  Also when I have my 52 images on the A2 sheet in the Edit Page, adding a border only works on one image. I can't select all 52 at once. Surely I don't have to do everyone individually?
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Heres' how:
Right click. Select all images. (Now what you do to one, you do to all.)
Right click. Select Photo Mats uneven borders.
Open that and see my screen snap.

Each side has the ability to be sized separately. I have .09 inches on all sides (normal brint border with equal sides)
You can change any side you wish...  The little plus sign tells Qimage that you want THAT size applied to all sides.

So if you want the bottom bat bigger, you put 0.15 in the bottom size. Sometimes I do that to add some text explaining the location of the shot.

You have two color selection tools, and below that, whether you want the image to shrink and maintain size including the border, or allow the image to retain size and have the border grow outside of the image.
In other words, a 4 x 6 print will be 4 x 6 including the border, or 4 x 6 plus the border   which is 4 x 6 + border


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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2017, 03:13:03 PM »

Thanks Fred. Got it. That works great! Cheesy
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