Mike Chaney's Tech Corner

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v2015.106    Oct 28, 2014

Priority: Med

v2015.106 allows overlaying rotated images onto a collage without white "bounding triangles" (see example) and fixes some minor bugs.

Example: http://www.ddisoftware.com/testpics/transparency.jpg

Mike

Oh man, I've been waiting for this for a long time.

Mike outdid himself this time.
Imagine the Greeting Cards you can make!  I have attached two screen snaps to illustrate a couple of features.

One overlapper has a gray page color, reminding you that you have that seldom remembered feature to color your cards and flyers to your taste.
It also shows you how you can take an image (like the person on the park bench), rotate -15.0. ** Click APPLY** DONE
Then using COPY Make a copy with a slight name adjustment. Now put that in the editor and do a MIRROR image, and set the rotate to 15.0 , APPLY button, and DONE
Now in the Page editor, you can move and overlap to your heart's content.

The second shows you a sample with a mat/border.
Mats are added to a print and then must be added to the image by using Print to File, with a check in the Rip box.
Then add that image with the mat to the queue, and you have it all.

Have fun!

Fred

Hi Fred,
When I have the pictures in Full Page editor, how do I get the different rotations, e.g.your example of 15 degrees? The drop down only gives 90 degree units as in my attachment. I've missed something, please point me in the right direction.
   Regards, John

Hi, John.
The rotation is done in the Image Editor screen, in the box where you type in the degrees, (same one that is used for horizon alignment.)
Remember to click APPLY

Fred

and, of course, you can access the image editor by double clicking the image in the Page Editor or on the Page Preview.  8)
Terry

Following the original My Dog theme with my attachment.
I'm having a lot of residual background not going transparent.
I see the tiniest trace of the same in Freds image 100.
The jaggey steps on my images are very large with large remaining background.
This is another good feature.
Look forward to replies of what might be the cause on my end.

PS. A belated "thank you very much Terry for your e-mail re my last post".

Regards,

John

The example is a jpg on the preview page.
RAWs give the same result.
OK, just found the HQ preview makes it go away.
I'll do a print tonight to check tonight.

Regards,

John

Hi Fred,
I was mislead by Mike's attachment that showed the full page editor, so I assumed (I don't know why) that was where it was done! Thanks for your help.
And thanks Terry for that reminder.
Regards, John

The jaggies are due to low resolution jpgs on certain screens just for speed of display.
Remember, (not I), but most of today's photogs are using cameras with a gazillion mega pixels, and it would take in inordinate amount of time to redraw evety change especially with a page of multiple images.
As you found out, clicking the HI REZ button or using a hi resolution screen eliminates the jaggies, and of course, it doesn't print jaggies.
My screen snap was from a low rez screen. I am always constrained by the byte limit when posting here.

All's well.
Fred

I don't blame you, John. It is misleading to see that screen.
But you have to understand!   The dog in the pictures is Bruno, Mike's dog.
He's a pretty smart dog, and haggled and haggled before signing a release form so Mike could use Bruno's pictures.

Fred