Hello all,

I've just installed QIMAGE for evaluation and have a question now:

I have created a layout with 3 images in different sizes and would like to specify the positioning of an image in the template. If the image doesn't have the same aspect ratio as the template it is currently centered horizontally or vertically within the template. I was able to choose "No cropping" and "No rotation", but I would also like to position images with a smaller height at the top of the template and not centered. Can this be done?

Thanks in advance
Regards
Andreas

thanks for the fast answer, Terry. The layout I created looks like this:



In templates 1 and 2 should be any photo (portrait or landscape), template 3 contains the image of a calendar's month.
In the end the result will look similar to this one:


My problem is now, if a landscape picture is dragged onto template 1, it is positioned automatically as centered in the template. I would like to have it aligned on top of the template, just to get a nice layout on paper.
In the past I used Photoshop to do all the alignment, but you can imagine it's been a lot of work: Placing the picture, resizing, aligning, printing,...   and I hope to simplify the work a bit with QIMAGE.

You're right, QIMAGE is very powerful. I've been searching since a long time for such a tool.

Andreas

Follow on from previous post ...
Next set of attachments below.
Full Page editor print position direct entry and
1 fixed size & position template for a possible arrangement of image orientation. Use a different template for a different arrangement.
Terry

But you are not actually using a defined layout but wanting to adjust each page according to the images on it 
The template feature is really designed for a fixed layout with the crop scissors on. You can include a real image in the template and text linked to the page or individual images.
What you are asking may not even be possible with a specialised desk top publishing program.
With your situation you could, after a little practice go through the 12 pages of a calender quite quickly in Qimage.
One feature that can help in this situation is Qimage's ability to save at various levels. You have already discovered a "Layout" for templates, but there are "Sessions", Printer Set ups" and "Jobs".
Sessions are useful to save individual pages (or a set); Jobs can save everything including the printer settings and the images.
.... You won't regret it and it's fraction of the cost of some photographic software that can't match it on print quality.
http://ddisoftware.com/tech/articles/march-2010-smart-photo-printing/

Just post here as "Feature request". Mike does keep an eye on the forum and requests.
This already exists as I mentioned above with the various save/recall features. You can select images from any folder and add them to the queue and once in the queue go back to their folder by right clicking on an image in the queue or preview and choose "Browse to Selected Image's Folder".

About your request I note that if one of the "Template" print placement methods is used, or Custom, Enter number of prints per page, what you ask is possible. Both of those are probably not suitable for your purpose though 
Terry

Ray
Andreas has not mentioned the need for rotation and Qimage can do that easily with either a filter or on the page (use rotation icons or in FPE)

Qimage can already do this wrt distance from the edge. See my replies #3 and #4 with screen shot.
You can enter a distance directly and I think this would be the best method for Andreas. Although he would not get complete automation (wouldn't you want to check each page anyway?), I reckon I could go through 12 pages and enter the numbers directly in as many minutes or less 
I have that and a DTP program and neither will automate anything unless you write a macro and would certainly not cope with variable positions within a template.
Not only that, print quality would be rubbish.
Terry.

My last word on this,
Q. When is a template not a template?
A. When you want to change its size and move its position.
Qimage templates are by definition for a fixed layout, but in Qimage there is some reasonable degree of flexibility as I've already explained.
May I politely suggest you get using Qimage on a complete real job and you'll soon find it's not so difficult as you seem to think to do want you want without the need for some special extra key controls. Just enter the numbers directly, it's so easy 
Make some prints and see the quality.
Enjoy!
terry.