Layout revisited
Posted: September 18th, 2018, 12:48 pm
Alpha 15-Sep-2018
I often need to create a layout strip (layout page) about 8 x 2 cm or longer with about 4 or more crops 2 x 2 cm.
It has to be a strip so that I could place it anywhere in the print preview.
1. open Layout
2. set the page to 8 x 2 cm
3. add a panel -> it locates itself in the upper left quarter of the page
4. select Panel size matches image dimensions
5. load an image bigger that the layout page
6. confirm or cancel the message about Panel size exceeding output size... -> the message will pop up repeatedly
7. to close the massage you have to close the Layout first
Something that might help:
1.Before you load the first image, drag the bottom border line of the first panel down to span across the full height of the page. After you load the image, adjust the panel width and go on to the second panel.
2.When you add the second panel and load the image, the panel gets more flat with white margins above and below. This time you cannot drag the border lines up or down, but click into it instead. It expands to fill the page so adjust its width, etc.
3. At one point a newly added panel does not expand to fill the page and clicking into the panel will bring PWP down.
There may be some important relationship between the panel width and the page width that I did not discover. But I never enconutered this problem with panels spanning most of the page length. (Meaning small page, such as 8 cm or so wide.)
Also, the image probably needs to expand to fill the panel or the page if it is larger than the page.
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One more observation:
if you drag the left or right border line of the cropping rectangle outside the big input image preview, the image in the layout preview alternately disappears and reappears.
And, Snap Grid and Display Grid settings are not saved into Default Settings
I often need to create a layout strip (layout page) about 8 x 2 cm or longer with about 4 or more crops 2 x 2 cm.
It has to be a strip so that I could place it anywhere in the print preview.
1. open Layout
2. set the page to 8 x 2 cm
3. add a panel -> it locates itself in the upper left quarter of the page
4. select Panel size matches image dimensions
5. load an image bigger that the layout page
6. confirm or cancel the message about Panel size exceeding output size... -> the message will pop up repeatedly
7. to close the massage you have to close the Layout first
Something that might help:
1.Before you load the first image, drag the bottom border line of the first panel down to span across the full height of the page. After you load the image, adjust the panel width and go on to the second panel.
2.When you add the second panel and load the image, the panel gets more flat with white margins above and below. This time you cannot drag the border lines up or down, but click into it instead. It expands to fill the page so adjust its width, etc.
3. At one point a newly added panel does not expand to fill the page and clicking into the panel will bring PWP down.
There may be some important relationship between the panel width and the page width that I did not discover. But I never enconutered this problem with panels spanning most of the page length. (Meaning small page, such as 8 cm or so wide.)
Also, the image probably needs to expand to fill the panel or the page if it is larger than the page.
-------
One more observation:
if you drag the left or right border line of the cropping rectangle outside the big input image preview, the image in the layout preview alternately disappears and reappears.
And, Snap Grid and Display Grid settings are not saved into Default Settings