sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) (11/27/90)
This problem I have run into is difficult to describe, so bear with me. I just purchased DPaint III so that I could work with some Hires/Interlaced/Overscan images I scanned with Digiview 4.0. What I scanned were photographs from various sources (e.g. scanning electron microscope images), and now I want to "shrink" these full screen images by a factor of 4 to make brushes out of them. Simple, I thought, after reading the DPaint III manual. Just use the rectangular brush selection feature and resize the brush using HALVE 2 times. Well, here is where I ran into the problem. The images I am working with are larger than the viewing area, so I have to scroll down and right to see part of the image using the arrow keys. Here is what I did. I selected the BRUSH tool, went to the upper right corner of my image (using the cross-hairs as a guide), clicked and held the left mouse button, moved the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen (this covers about 70-80% of my image), THEN I used the arrow keys (down and right) to move the viewing area so that I could see the bottom right corner of my image (with the left mouse button STILL held down), moved the mouse to the encompass this corner, then I released the mouse button to PICK UP the BRUSH. This worked EXCEPT for one thing. When I scrolled the image down and right to reveal the bottom right corner, a portion of the top and left of the image became hidden from view, as would be expected. However, upon examining my BRUSH image, I noticed that the top/left part of the image which became hidden JUST before I released the mouse button was NOT included in my brush. Thus, only the portion of the image which was visible when I released the mouse button became part of the brush. Is there any way to overcome this problem? Can I "shrink" the size of an IFF screen WITHOUT having to cut it out as a brush first? If so, how? ANY help would be appreciated. I need the HIRES/INTERLACE/ OVERSCAN on the imagas for an AmigaVision presentation I am going to do as a Physical Chemistry Seminar in 2 weeks, so I could use help soon. I hope this makes sense. If not, please email me and I will try to explain further. Thanks, Scott Sutherland sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) (11/27/90)
In article <1192@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland) writes: > >the BRUSH tool, went to the upper right corner of my image (using the >cross-hairs as a guide), ^^^^^ OOPS! Should say 'left'! ;^) Scott Sutherland sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu
R_Michael_Medwid@cup.portal.com (11/29/90)
I suggest using the page size command to resize the entire picture. DPaint should come back with a message like "shrink image??" and say "ok". As you'll be entering exact x and y coords, you should be able to be quite exact in this. Good Luck! -Mike
new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) (11/30/90)
I tried to mail this, but...
Three things to try, which I haven't as my machine is down:
1) turn off the title and tool bars (F9, F10)
2) use the polygon pickup (double click the brush pickup icon) and try again
3) (Sure to work:) do it in patches. Pick up a part of the screen, shrink it,
put it down, pick up another part, shrink it, put it down, etc.
Or, as another poster said, use the screen size requestor. Good luck! -- Darren
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