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Author Topic: Qimage Ultimate Collage Software?  (Read 9269 times)
Darius
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« on: August 01, 2014, 11:18:31 PM »

Recently, I decided I wanted a given photo from a birthday party to be my Facebook cover photo.  Given, Facebook cover photo dimensions are 851 x 315 pixels, so it just so happened that this photo wasn't going to quite fit for this purpose very well.  Well, I decided that I would take several photos from the birthday party, and assemble them into an 851 x 315 pixel frame, but what to use.
I tired to use my Qimage Ultimate.  The interface is a little buggy in that it paints mysterious lines on the print previews, but they didn't end up on the final image.  I enable Print to file, from which I specified 100 ppi, and then 851 x 315.  At this point, I was able to put all the photos I wanted in a photo, and drag them onto to the layout grid.  I could double-click the layout grid to fine tune the sizes and positions, etc.  After some time of playing around, I was able to get what I wanted.
Give the above, how suited is Qimage Ultimate for this task?  Would publishing software like Publisher, Page Maker, and the like be in any way more qualified. 
Finally, since I got what I needed this time, is there any way to say the layout as a template?  Not a template with the photos in tact, but as a file I can again open in the future to that the place holders are there for me to simply drag photos onto.  Are there any such preset template layouts available for Qimage already for all sorts of purposes like this? 
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Terry-M
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2014, 06:02:46 AM »

Hi Darius,
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The interface is a little buggy in that it paints mysterious lines on the print previews,
There are no bugs, what lines are you referring to? Give us a screen shot to show what you mean and we can explain their purpose.
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Would publishing software like Publisher, Page Maker, and the like be in any way more qualified.
I doubt it as desktop publishing programs don't seem to deal with making new images very well and QU layout tools are quite sophisticated.
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is there any way to say the layout as a template?
Yes, watch this learning video first and then ask any questions you have.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/1TjdBbj-r2E
There are pre-set templates but unlikely to fit what you want exactly. After watching the video you will see how to load a template from "Custom" Print Properties and be able to see what pre-set templates there are.
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2014, 09:54:42 AM »

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Finally, since I got what I needed this time, is there any way to say the layout as a template?  Not a template with the photos in tact, but as a file I can again open in the future to that the place holders are there for me to simply drag photos onto.  Are there any such preset template layouts available for Qimage already for all sorts of purposes like this? 

Darius,
As Terry pointed out, the software, Qimage is so sophisticated that you only have to learn it to use it.
There are always more than one way to do something.
It took me about 5 minutes to do your task. I generally don't make templates unless it's some package that I will use over and over often.
So my approach was to put the main image in the queue, and open the image editor.
Next I cropped the image to 851 x 315. You can see the numbers as you drag the crop and size it.
I click DONE.
Go to Print to file and set to (see Screen snaps).
Print!!
If I want to add stuff on top of my image and place smaller images like a collage, simply turn on Freehand mode, and drag what you want on top, and print

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The interface is a little buggy in that it paints mysterious lines on the print previews, but they didn't end up on the final image.

Print previews are what your printer driver generates.
Please send screen snaps.

Fred
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