Alfred wrote:

kr236rk wrote:

The dimensions I'm using are circled in red. If I fit or snap to A3, it will distort the original image.

change the DrawPlus document width to 368 mm (i.e. 390 - 22 mm).

Many thanks, how would I do this please?

When you choose ‘Page Setup…’ from the File menu and then choose ‘A3 - Landscape’ in the Page Setup dialog, the Width and Height boxes will display values of 420 mm and 297 mm, respectively. Click on the Width control’s value box, type in 368 and then press ‘OK’.

That isn’t such a huge problem, surely? A default is just an automatic initial value, so you can override it at any time.

kr236rk wrote:

The dimensions I'm using are circled in red. If I fit or snap to A3, it will distort the original image.

change the DrawPlus document width to 368 mm (i.e. 390 - 22 mm).

Many thanks, how would I do this please?

It should be, 22mm looks about right. I have never been able to get on with software calibration. However, the [pdf] registration results I am getting in DrawPlus are far superior to what I was able to achieve using MS Paint on its own, which has no possibility for consistent registration at all.

I don't know what the relative size-defaults for MS Paint are, I think I better leave them be, & hopefully trim DrawPlus to fit? This would certainly make thing easier

One draw-back with pdf printing, though, is it defaults to 'full page', whereas my printer, otherwise, allows me to print half or quarter size images, useful for proofing, if you don't want a full size image every time - which, of course, will be hungry for ink :-o

The dimensions I'm using are circled in red. If I fit or snap to A3, it will distort the original image.

I’m afraid I don’t understand the numbers I see in that attachment! The right-hand edge of the image is clearly at x=390, as marked; this is 30 mm from the edge of the 420 mm wide A3 sheet, so why isn’t the left-hand edge at x=30 instead of x=22?

It seems to me that it would make your life a lot easier if you could either change the MS Paint canvas width to 420 mm or change the DrawPlus document width to 368 mm (i.e. 390 - 22 mm).

In other words, when I load the first of a project image into DrawPlus, & am happy with it, freeze the dimensions, so that all subsequent Paint files, in that project, can fit to it?

The dimensions I'm using are circled in red. If I fit or snap to A3, it will distort the original image.

Thanks

I don't know why the bw option prints in bars

Very strange, Richard! I’m glad it doesn’t actually affect you in practice.

This had me running around changing inks, when all that was needed was to reset the print window to 'colour'.

I don't know why the bw option prints in bars, but I don't ever consciously print in bw anyway.

The ghosty 'A2' in the background is just from the surface I photographing on.

Early days

I selected A3 which gave me a bigger target window, & a therefore an apparent smaller image to insert, this made dragging the size around do-able.

Have also managed to convert the image to pdf + registration marks, which is going to be fun, when I drop other files on top of it, which will also have those precise marks.

R

Alfred wrote:

When you set up your A4 document, what resolution (‘DPI’) did you choose? What are the pixel dimensions of the image that you’re trying to use?

Many thanks. The image size is 2MB.

4096 x 2952 pixels.

The resolution is 180 pixels / inch.

But the image is so large that I cannot resize it manually, by push-pulling the edge, because it is relatively gigantic, relative to the A4 format I have chosen.

Is there no way to 'snap' an image to the chosen format in DrawPlus please?

My apologies, I should have mentioned the Transform tab! You can enter precise values there, and you can activate the ‘chain link’ so that the aspect ratio is maintained when you enter a value for either the width or the height.

4096 by 2952 pixels corresponds to 22.76 by 16.40 inches at 180 pixels per inch, so shrinking the image to A4 size will double the resolution.

When you set up your A4 document, what resolution (‘DPI’) did you choose? What are the pixel dimensions of the image that you’re trying to use?

Many thanks. The image size is 2MB.

4096 x 2952 pixels.

The resolution is 180 pixels / inch.

But the image is so large that I cannot resize it manually, by push-pulling the edge, because it is relatively gigantic, relative to the A4 format I have chosen.

Is there no way to 'snap' an image to the chosen format in DrawPlus please?

R

If the image was too large when you inserted it, I presume you clicked it into place (which would keep it at its native size). However, if you click and drag when inserting an image you can make it as large or small as you like, and its placed resolution will be adjusted accordingly. You can also resize a previously inserted image at any time by dragging on a corner of it with the Pointer Tool.

In DrawPlus, when I insert an image - using A4 format - the image appears too large.

How do I fit my saved image, to the A4 rectangle, in DrawPlus please?

Many thanks!

Richard