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!SizeFrame/!Help
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| Filename: | !SizeFrame/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 05E0 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
DTP Graphic Frame Sizer by Mark Moxon This application calculates the size a graphic frame should be to fit a (square) graphic into it exactly, so there are no ugly white gaps between the graphic and the border of the graphic frame. To use the application with Impression, first run the application and click on the icon bar icon to bring up a window. Now enter the width you want your picture frame to be into the 'Frame width' icon - you will almost always know the frame width you require as pictures are normally fitted to multiples of column width. Next, double-click on the picture frame to bring up the 'Alter graphic' dialogue box. Click on 'Information' and enter the 'Width' and 'Height' values from this dialogue box into the 'Sprite size' icons in the SizeFrame window, and press Return. The frame height is calculated and displayed, so alter the frame to this height (using Impression's 'Alter frame' dialogue box), double-click on the graphic with Adjust to scale to fit, and the graphic will now fit to frame exactly. NOTE: At time of writing, there is a bug in Impression Style amnd Publisher which makes the graphic fit to an area slightly smaller than the frame, so there is a thin gap between the border and graphic. To get round this, double-click on the picture frame to bring up the 'Alter graphic' dialogue box and manually bump up the scale size so the X and Y values are as close to zero as possible (and negative rather than positive if exact zero values can't be obtained.
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