Benefits of merging objects and images

Does merging images or objects with background, reduce file size?

its one of those "how long is a piece of string" questions.
as pete said, colour calibration with your monitor may be a factor, but there are many other items to consider, such as:
* the quality of the light in the room in which the monitor is in;
* whether the images being printed are beyond the max ink weight for the paper (an uncoated stock will have a lower max ink weight than a coated stock)
* what RGB-CMYK conversion is being used. to demonstrate this, try this - take an RGB pic, make it CMYK using the SNAP newsprint profile and save it as 1.tiff. then, go back to the original RGB pic and make it CMYK using the COATED FOGRA 39 profile and save it as 2.tiff. now, place both pics into indesign and go to the seps preview and compare the picture qualities side by side.
there are also issues which may be present at the printer's end, but I won't speculate as to what they may or may not be doing. instead, it is worth having a chat to your providers. Providers interested in your work normally take the time to provide as much information as they can.
it seems to me that if images are constantly coming out darker, that the max ink weights for the stocks being printed on are being exceeded. when submitting ads/prints, are you using the ink limit preview in the seps preview panel and checking it against the max ink weight suggested by the publisher or printer?
my buck o'five.
colly

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Objects and Images Printing Much Darker When Sent to Press

So, I'm sure this has been addressed multiple times in many other threads, but for the life of me, I can't find one that addresses my specific issues. So here goes...
When producing ads or catalog layouts with drawn objects, be it solid or gradient filled, or when adding color photos to the design, it always happens that everything turns out much darker on their end. It's frustrating and I don't know if it's something I'm not doing, or if it's something in the offset printing process... Advice would be appreciated.
I am currently using ID CS5.5, and am an intermediate to advanced user, but when it comes to color management...I'm lost.
It's disheartening sending out great ads and layouts when they come out so crappy on their end. (PS...forget about asking for proofs, cause I've asked for years on projects like mass catalog printings, and they just don't do it...so I need to work around that). Thanks guys and gals!

its one of those "how long is a piece of string" questions.
as pete said, colour calibration with your monitor may be a factor, but there are many other items to consider, such as:
* the quality of the light in the room in which the monitor is in;
* whether the images being printed are beyond the max ink weight for the paper (an uncoated stock will have a lower max ink weight than a coated stock)
* what RGB-CMYK conversion is being used. to demonstrate this, try this - take an RGB pic, make it CMYK using the SNAP newsprint profile and save it as 1.tiff. then, go back to the original RGB pic and make it CMYK using the COATED FOGRA 39 profile and save it as 2.tiff. now, place both pics into indesign and go to the seps preview and compare the picture qualities side by side.
there are also issues which may be present at the printer's end, but I won't speculate as to what they may or may not be doing. instead, it is worth having a chat to your providers. Providers interested in your work normally take the time to provide as much information as they can.
it seems to me that if images are constantly coming out darker, that the max ink weights for the stocks being printed on are being exceeded. when submitting ads/prints, are you using the ink limit preview in the seps preview panel and checking it against the max ink weight suggested by the publisher or printer?
my buck o'five.
colly

Article: Object-flow Programming - Merging Dataflow and Object-Oriented Programming

I just posted an ExpressionFlow article:
Object-flow Programming - Merging Dataflow and Object-Oriented Programming
I guess you may find it interesting. If you like it, you should
bookmark it with one of the social bookmarking tools (click the
bookmark link next to the timeline image in the article). That may help
us to get readers and comments from outside the LabVIEW community. And
don't hesitate to participate the discussion. I'd love to hear you
comments on the subject.
Tomi
Tomi Maila

After having problems with spam block software malfunction, I was able recover the following comments to the EXPRESSIONFLOW article Object-flow Programming - Merging Dataflow and Object-Oriented Programming
Written by Zen:
Some combination of data-flow and object-oriented programming, I think,
could make a great impact on sysytem development. However, I see it in
slightly different way than yours....
Written by Matt Holt:
I don't believe NI can get object-flow programming to move far enough
into mainstream that Forbes would cover it. NI has a bit of a
stranglehold on LabVIEW with it's price as compared to say… VS2005. It
seems that by promoting it as "easy to use" that NI may have shot
itself in the foot….
Written by Jim Kring:
Hi Tomi, In my opinion, LabVIEW's native object-oriented programming
capabilities (LabVOOP) do not currently provide a complete tool for
allowing us to implement our OOP system designs. Nearly all of my
system designs require distributed active objects by reference. I think
that National Instruments certainly can evolve LabVIEW to address such
requirements, but I think that it is not a real focus of NI....
If anybody else is missing their comments, I'm sorry I was unable to recover them. Please repost your comments, I appology for the inconvenience.
Tomi Maila

What is the difference between merge down, merge visible, and flatten image?

Hello, what is the difference between merge down, merge visible, and flatten image?

Hi there,
Merge Down combines the layer below the currently selected layer and the selected layer together into one singular layer. The layer name will change to the name of the layer below the selected layer. In the screenshot below, I chose to Merge Down from the layer "Circle Top". As you can see, afterward I have a new layer named "Circle Below" that has both layers combined.
Merge Visible will merge all visible layers into one singular layer. Merge Visible will ignore any layer that has it's visibility toggled to "Off". In the example below, I have 4 layers, with the layer "Circle Below"'s visibilty set to "Off". After I choose Merge Visible, all of the layers are combined excluding "Circle Below".
Flatten Image will combine all of the layers into one "flattened" image or layer. You will be prompted to choose whether or not to discard hidden layers before doing so. If you choose "Ok" to discard hidden layers, Photoshop will ignore any layer with it's visibility toggled to "Off". If you choose "Cancel", Photoshop will cancel the flattening process. If you want the hidden layer included in the flattened image, you will have to toggle it's visibility to "On". The following screenshot is what a flattened image's layer pallete looks like:
I hope this helps! If you need further clarification on this let me know! : )

Under LAYER what is the difference between "merge layer" and "flatten Image?"

Under LAYER what is the difference between "merge layer" and "flatten Image?"

Merge Layers will combine the current layer with the one below it.
Flatten image will combine all layers into one composite image..

Conditional Text and Image based on Excel column values

Hi,
I have an excel file which contains data that needs to be imported/merged in an InDesign document. I have converted that file into a CSV... I'm unable to figure out how to create document using Data Merge after evaluating some conditions on data ... Example InDesing document layout is like below and will be repeated for say 200 data rows...
Heading 1
Text 1, Text 2
Text 3
Image
Heading 1, Text 1 and Text 2 even Image value will be set after checking some condition like below
if ( column 'A' == ' ' && column 'B' == '1')
Set 'Heading 1' == column X
if ( column 'C' == '0' && file.exist(column C & '.jpg'))
Set 'Image' == column C & '.jpg'
Can someone please guide me how to create document when CSV and Images are given based on this scenario? and even if Data Merge is the right solution for this.
-- Thanks.

Data merge can only reproduce one layout, so you can't merge 200 rows and then change things unless you do it in separate documents and then combine them. Of course anything you can do via scripting or manually on a regular document you can also do to a merged document after the merge is complete.
It sounds like this is a multiple-records-per-page scenario. TO do that you set up ONE instance only of what you want to merge, in the upper left position on the page. ID then duplicates EVERYTHING that is on the page as many times as will fit using the spacing parameters you provide. This means you need to be careful with frame sizes so they don't extend beyond where they should, but it also means you can add a no-fill, no-stroke frame as a border or bounding box to make it easier to get a precise size to be used by each record. Frames in merged documents are not threaded from record to record (though there are methods for doing that after the merge, if desired), so deleting a record normally leaves a hole in the page.
If you have master page items, it's probably best to us the "none" master before the merge, then apply the correct master page after.
Peter

Smart Object and blend mode issue

I have an object that I moved from another image and needed to resize. The object is an image of a bottle and glass, with both the bottle and glass having reflections from their base. They both also have some layer masks with the reflections. I grouped the glass and bottle and created a smat object before the move to the new file). Anyway everything worked fine, except the reflections are much stonger in the new file (they are sitting over the same colored backgrond as in the original. If I open up the smart object and put a background behind the images and the reflections (background is transparent)everthing looks as they should. The reflections have a blend mode of multiply).
So why does the smart object not render the reflections properly (without lowering the opacity more within the smart object group) they appear almost at 100% in the new file. Any suggestions?
Can't post the files as this happened at work.
Thanks
Jeff

Anything to do with soft proofing? Does the new document have the same colour space as the original?

Can you merge two still images into one in premiere elements?

I am working on a slide show for a memorial service and would like to have one still image showing and then have the next one come in without replacing the former- somehow merge the two. Is that possible?

Depending on what you mean by "merge," you can use PiP (Picture in Picture) to have the second image come in and occupy part of the screen with the original image. There are many ways to display PiP, from say a small image located in the screen to having it occupy one half of the screen.
Does that sound like what you are hoping to do?
Besides the rather simple PiP, one can also use Track Matte Keying to bring up the second image and to soften edges, drop it into an image of, say a TV set, or a window.
The possibilities are endless, or nearly so.
Let us know if PiP works for you, or if you need a more intricate merging of the images.
Good luck,
Hunt

I don't get a fluent blending( the transparant 'checkboard layer' merge with the images instead) of the images i like to blend

I like to fluently blend in more images , When i use the gradient tool and hold down the shift key to draw a line , i see no fluent transition of the two images, instead part of image fades into a tranpanrant ' check board' layer instead.
What goes wrong here?
Blending Multiple Images in Photoshop | IceflowStudios - YouTube
I am refering to the tutorial above..

Yes, I understand it's not always easy to grasp to what goes on on the other side.
I already tried the above though nothing seemed to work
I had to use the paint brush as well but in reverse setting to get the desired result. If I dont use paint brush the checkboard appears thus it wont merg/ blend the images.
I don't understand how the guy in the video did this but with photoshop cc 2014 it seems to work different, apparantly.

How can i copy line with text and image to ms word

When I insert an image in textflow using InlineGraphicElement it works, but when I copy the line with the image to MS Word it copies only the text (not the image).
How can i copy the image to MS Word?

If you want copy formatted text and image to MS Word, you need to give MS Word rtf markup, because Word can recognize rtf markup but not TLF markup.
So you need to create a custom clipboard to paste a rtf markup. It's a large feature for you, because you need a tlf-rtf converter in your custom clipboard.
TLF Custom Clipboard Example:
package
 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.desktop.ClipboardFormats;
 import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
 import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ITextImporter;
 import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter;
 import flashx.textLayout.edit.EditManager;
 import flashx.textLayout.elements.*;
 import flashx.undo.UndoManager;
 // Example code to install a custom clipboard format. This one installs at the front of the list (overriding all later formats)
 // and adds a handler for plain text that strips out all consonants (everything except aeiou).
 public class CustomClipboardFormat extends Sprite
 public function CustomClipboardFormat()
 var textFlow:TextFlow = setup();
 TextConverter.addFormatAt(0, "vowelsOnly_extraList", VowelsOnlyImporter, AdditionalListExporter, "air:text" /* it's a converter for cliboard */);
 private const markup:String = '<TextFlow whiteSpaceCollapse="preserve" version="2.0.0" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008">Anything you paste will have all consonants removed.</TextFlow>';
 private function setup():TextFlow
 var importer:ITextImporter = TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT);
 var textFlow:TextFlow = importer.importToFlow(markup);
 textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new ContainerController(this,500,200));
 textFlow.interactionManager = new EditManager(new UndoManager());
 textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
 return textFlow;
import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ITextExporter;
import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ConverterBase;
import flashx.textLayout.conversion.ITextImporter;
import flashx.textLayout.conversion.TextConverter;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.IConfiguration;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
class VowelsOnlyImporter extends ConverterBase implements ITextImporter
 protected var _config:IConfiguration = null;
 /** Constructor */
 public function VowelsOnlyImporter()
 super();
 public function importToFlow(source:Object):TextFlow
 if (source is String)
 var firstChar:String = (source as String).charAt(0);
 firstChar = firstChar.toLowerCase();
 // This filter only applies if the first character is a vowel
 if (firstChar == 'a' || firstChar == 'i' || firstChar == 'e' || firstChar == 'o' || firstChar == 'u')
 var pattern:RegExp = /([b-df-hj-np-tv-z])*/g;
 source = source.replace(pattern, "");
 var importer:ITextImporter = TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT);
 importer.useClipboardAnnotations = this.useClipboardAnnotations;
 importer.configuration = _config;
 return importer.importToFlow(source);
 return null;
 public function get configuration():IConfiguration
 return _config;
 public function set configuration(value:IConfiguration):void
 _config = value;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.ListElement;
import flashx.textLayout.elements.ListItemElement;
class AdditionalListExporter extends ConverterBase implements ITextExporter
 /** Constructor */
 public function AdditionalListExporter()
 super();
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 if (source is TextFlow)
 source.getChildAt(source.numChildren - 1).setStyle(MERGE_TO_NEXT_ON_PASTE, false);
 var list:ListElement = new ListElement();
 var item1:ListItemElement = new ListItemElement();
 var item2:ListItemElement = new ListItemElement();
 var para1:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
 var para2:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
 var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
 span1.text = "ab";
 var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
 span2.text = "cd";
 list.addChild(item1);
 list.addChild(item2);
 item1.addChild(para1);
 para1.addChild(span1);
 item2.addChild(para2);
 para2.addChild(span2);
 source.addChild(list);
 var exporter:ITextExporter = TextConverter.getExporter(TextConverter.TEXT_LAYOUT_FORMAT);
 exporter.useClipboardAnnotations = this.useClipboardAnnotations;
 return exporter.export(source, conversionType);
 return null;

Guidelines to help center objects and text in pages

Where are the guidelines to help centre objects and text in the new pages?

well YMMV. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5472111?tstart=0
You have to do it manually. Also can be in the accomplished in the right hand column Format>Select your image>Arrange

Need help with adding formatted text and images to Crystal Report?

Here's my scenario:
I have a customer statement that's generated as a crystal report and that has a placeholder for advertisement. The advertisement is mixture of formatted text and images. Until now we only had one advertisement that was always used on the report. The new requirement is that we would have a pool of hundreds of advertisements and would need to display one specific advertisement on the customer statement based on various marketing criteria. They key is that the advertisement content will be determined programmatically and cannot be hardcoded into the report. I'm using Crystal2008 with .net SDK.
Here are the solutions I thought of, but I'm still rather lost and would appreciate your help/opinion.
1) Pass HTML or RTF to the report
Not really sure if this is possible and how to get it done. Also how would I pass in images? Would display formatting be reliable when exporting to PDF?
2) Create each add as a subreport and append it programatically
I actually have this working, but I only know how to append a new section to the end of the report and then load the subreport to the section. I have no other controll of the placement. Is there a way to dynamically load a subreport to a predefined section in the main report? How about adding a dummy subreport in the main report as a placeholder and then replacing it with a different subreport? How could I do this?
3) Pass an Image to the report
I would create each advertisement as an image and then would somehow add the image to the report. How would I load the image and control the placement? Could I somehow define a placeholder for the image in the main report-maybe a dummy image to be replaced?
Thank you.

Hello Pavel,
I would got the third way.
You can use dynamic images in your report.
Just by changing the URL to the image the image can be changed.
Please see the [Crystal Manual|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/cr2008/en/xir3_cr_usergde_en.pdf] and search for images.
or directly here
[Setting a Dynamic Graphic Location Path on an Image Object|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/506]
[Dynamic image and HTTP://|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/3646]
[codesample for .NET|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/6000]
Please also use
[Crystal Reports 2008 SDK Documentation and Sample Code|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/developer/library/CR2008SDK]
[Crystal Reports 2008 .NET SDK Tutorial Samples|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/6203]
Hope this helps
Falk

Objects and Attachments in User Decision Step not possible

Hi all,
I have designed a workflow where during the 1st step(Archivelink image display) I am able to display archived image, and in the inbox for the first workitem I can see the Objects and Attachments link related to the image.
But my second workflow step(is userdecision dialog), I would like to see the same archived image link as the in the previous workitem under Objects and Attachments.(I dont want to create a new attachement)
Can somebody tell me how can I accomplish this task.
Thnks
Yogi

Hello,
what you need todo is to use a container binding from the single step task from the 1st step where you bind the image object to the workflow container.
Then in the user decision task you create a container element which refers to the image object. Then use a binding to 'send' the object from the workflow container to the task container.
Kind regards,
Peter

Synchronizing sound and image for splash screen.

Hello all,
I have a peculiar request. ...
I have a sound file (about 137KB) and an animated gif (about 134KB).
I would like to use this as my splash window before my app starts up.
I know how to load these 2 to a screen but my problem is how do I synchronize the sound to go along with the image when it starts up? (Its a gunshot sound, whcih is looped with the animated image showing the bullet holes ;-)
I've been investigating using the Timer class but no success to date.
Currently, the sound file loads up, starts and then a few seconds later the image..
So.... How do I:
1. Load the sound first.
2. Load the image.
3. Start both of them synchronized.

This is actually pretty involved...
Are you using java.applet.AudioClip to play the sound? Are you loading the animated gif as a JLabel or something using ImageIcon?
If you are using AudioClip for the audio, I suggest that you cache the sound and image before playing the sound... otherwise you'll probably hear pops or the sound will pause. To cache the sound, do this:
AudioClip clip = Applet.newAudioClip("somefile");
Unfortunately, java really sucks at handling animated gifs. On slower computers, I've seen it take about 15-20 seconds to load an animated gif that's around 90k in size... totally unacceptable! If you have a gif that just plays a once (or a few times) and then stops, you'll have to flush the graphic to restart the image. This will reload the file and cause the long delay every time you need to replay the gif.
It seems like the best thing to do is to break up the animated gif into frames (either put each frame in its own file, or place each frame into one large image file and use clip rectangles to retrieve frames) and handle the animation yourself with your own thread. Alternatively, you can use the GifDecoder utility available at http://www.fmsware.com/stuff/gif.html, but be careful when using GifDecoder, it eats up a lot of memory for larger Gif files. When you handle the animation yourself, things should work properly. Again, make sure to cache the images by doing something like:
ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon("somefile");
Once everything is preloaded, things should be pretty much synchronized if you play the sound and then show the image.
To have more control, you may have to use an object with synchronized methods... like if you want a sound to play on the 3rd and 10th frame of animation. Another option is to use Quicktime for Java.
If you need more info, let me know!

Is the BSP extension better than this solution(Text and Image in Button)?

Hi guys,
I have a concept question to decide whether a BSP extension is needed.
I want to put text and image in htmlb button, and used the solution like below:
<%
data image type ref to cl_htmlb_image.
data: image_string type string.
create object image.
image->id = 'back'.
image->src = cl_bsp_mimes=>sap_icon( id = '@9S@' ).
image->tooltip = 'Go back'.
clear image_string.
image_string = image->IF_BSP_BEE~RENDER_TO_STRING( page_context ).
 %>
 <xhtmlb:toolbarButton id = "back"
 onClick = "back"
 text = "<%= image_string %>" />
But this solution is not desired by customer, since they don't think it looks nice. So is it possible to create my own BSP extension to get a nicer element?
Thanks for any hint.
Regards,
Liying

Hi,
By a nicer element...did you mean to display a better image...or a nicer image ????
if yes, the you can upload any image you need and then use it here...
Tell me if you need more information...!!
Hope this helps.
Do reward each useful answer..!
Thanks,
Tatvagna.

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