Re: PING Katherine & Vanessa - Triptych script

JoeB wrote:
>> Howard Dickson <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:47b9c770_2@cnews:
>>
>>> Vern Stump wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Howard, your version runs in versions 8,9,X,XI,X2.  I changed
>>>> background and foreground colors to colors other than white.
>>>> Then, I ran your script.  The background and foreground colors
>>>> changed to white as called out in your script.
>>>>
>>>> Vern
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Vern!
>>
>> I'll start by saying, Howard, that you have done yeoman's work,
>> particularly given that you don't wish to continue supporting v.8 in
>> any event :-)
>>
>> But I thought I should let you and others know that I now see an
>> important purpose, in some specific instances, to those
>> CreateRectangleObject commands that had to be removed from version 8
>> to get the script to run.
>>
>> The issue arises when parts of the split image have some pure white
>> on the edges.  When the white background is selected (to be inverted
>> for the drop shadow) contiguous white parts of the image are also
>> selected So you end up with a drop shadow in unexpected areas as per
>> the drop_shadow_issue.jpg attached.  The top image in the montage
>> was done using the v.9 script, and the bottom image using the v.8
>> script, and demonstrates what I mean.
>>
>> This will, however, only be a problem with images that have some pure
>> white at the edges where the image splits, and of course only
>> applies to the script written specifically to work in PSP8..
>>
>> That said, I hope you don't mind but I did fool around some more with
>> that latest script because you wanted to have the little border
>> around the image pieces.  The 8_border.jpg image attached is an
>> example of the output.  If, however, as noted above, there is
>> contiguous pure white at the edges of the image pieces, the border
>> will of course follow it into the image pieces.
>>
>> I'm also attaching the edited script in any event that produces the
>> border, because it will produce a triptych in v.8 with the little
>> borders as long as there is no contiguous pure white along the edges
>> of the image pieces.
>>
>> It would still be nice if there was a version 8 command comparable to
>> CreateRectangleObject.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> JoeB

There is - PresetShapes. 

"SuzShook" <suzshook@roadrunner.com> wrote in
news:47ba0c29$1_1@cnews:

> JoeB wrote:
>>> Howard Dickson <howard@REMOVEsheilsoft.com> wrote in
>>> news:47b9c770_2@cnews:
>>>
>>>> Vern Stump wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Howard, your version runs in versions 8,9,X,XI,X2.  I
changed
>>>>> background and foreground colors to colors other than
white.
>>>>> Then, I ran your script.  The background and foreground
colors
>>>>> changed to white as called out in your script.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vern
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Vern!
>>>
>>> I'll start by saying, Howard, that you have done yeoman's work,
>>> particularly given that you don't wish to continue supporting v.8
in
>>> any event :-)
>>>
>>> But I thought I should let you and others know that I now see an
>>> important purpose, in some specific instances, to those
>>> CreateRectangleObject commands that had to be removed from version
8
>>> to get the script to run.
>>>
>>> The issue arises when parts of the split image have some pure
white
>>> on the edges.  When the white background is selected (to be
inverted
>>> for the drop shadow) contiguous white parts of the image are also
>>> selected So you end up with a drop shadow in unexpected areas as
per
>>> the drop_shadow_issue.jpg attached.  The top image in the montage
>>> was done using the v.9 script, and the bottom image using the v.8
>>> script, and demonstrates what I mean.
>>>
>>> This will, however, only be a problem with images that have some 
pure
>>> white at the edges where the image splits, and of course only
>>> applies to the script written specifically to work in PSP8..
>>>
>>> That said, I hope you don't mind but I did fool around some more 
with
>>> that latest script because you wanted to have the little border
>>> around the image pieces.  The 8_border.jpg image attached is an
>>> example of the output.  If, however, as noted above, there is
>>> contiguous pure white at the edges of the image pieces, the border
>>> will of course follow it into the image pieces.
>>>
>>> I'm also attaching the edited script in any event that produces
the
>>> border, because it will produce a triptych in v.8 with the little
>>> borders as long as there is no contiguous pure white along the
edges
>>> of the image pieces.
>>>
>>> It would still be nice if there was a version 8 command comparable

to
>>> CreateRectangleObject.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> JoeB
> 
> There is - PresetShapes. 

Thanks Suz, but I'm not sure how I'd be able to make Preset Shapes work 
with images of different sizes and/or with customized panel sizes in 
this script.

However, I finally came up with a workaround that provides a one pixel 
rectangular border so that you actually get rectangular panels even if 
there is lots of contiguous white stuff within the image.  It may not be 
the most elegant solution, but it seems to work :-)

See my reply to Howard in his "final, todo, completo" thread..

Regards,