Help with layered objects
I am new to Pages and struggling to layer objects. I am working with opacity, but unable to move one object on top of another.
thanks for any help,
Kim
Welcome to Apple Discussions Kim
When you insert any object in a Pages document & have it "fixed on page," by default wrap is turned on with a 12 point gutter. This results in objects "pushing" other objects out of the way. With your object(s) selected, go to the wrap inspector & uncheck "object causes wrap." Unfortunately, there is no way to change this default setting, it will have to be done manually for any object inserted. You may wish to leave feedback for the Pages team asking that the ability to have wrap apply to all objects or not be added as a preference in future versions of Pages.
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Hi,
I need some help with Layers? Here is a link to a simple page
layout with 1 blue table, and 1 small green box. Both have a
capital "I" on the left. The table was aligned to "center" in DW.
http://sfrcreations.com/tbe.html
When I built this page at home, on my tiny 12" monitor, the
letters lined up over each other. When I look at it on larger
monitors, they no longer line up. I did have a suspicion that this
would happen due to my lack of knowledge of layers. So, my question
is. How does one, with a centered table, get a layer to always
appear where the designer wants it to no matter what the browser
size is. For instance if you move the browser to different sizes,
the blue box follows, but the layer stays where it is?
Are the menus on this forum site and the Adobe site in
general done by using layers? I ask, because if so, this site is
centered, and the layers seem to adjust to any browser size.
By the way, I am using Dreamweaver 8.
Thanks for any help!8). I'm a shameless thief.
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>> The wrapper div is relatively positioned and auto
centering with a fixed
>> width. This has two consequences. Being auto
centering is obvious. The
>> relative positioning is not.
>>
>> When an element is relatively positioned, it takes
its position from its
>> location in the flow of the code. Since the wrapper
is the first thing
>> on the page (wrapping everything else) its position
will be at the top of
>> the page (unless you would apply top page margins,
or top margins on the
>> wrapper), and centered (since relatively positioned
elements *can* move,
>> unlike absolutely positioned elements). Now - since
it is relatively
>> positioned *IT* will serve as the point of reference
for all internal
>> absolutely positioned elements. That's because the
definition of
>> absolute positioning is that its position is
calculated from the location
>> of its closest positioned ancestore.
>>
>> Thus, as the relatively positioned wrapper 'floats'
to the center of each
>> different browser viewport, all internal absolutely
positioned elements
>> are forced to 'float' along with it (I use 'float'
in quotes to indicate
>> that I am NOT talking about CSS floats, which are
very different
>> creatures than what I am describing).
>>
>> That's why it works.
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>>> Hi Nadia,
>>> Could you please explain how you designed this
layout with some degree
>>> of
>>> detail. I could easily cut and paste your
layout, but I really want to
>>> understand how you went about it. What did you
start with and so on.
>>> Hope this
>>> isn't to much to ask?
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>
>>
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I've been thinking of submiting some of my Illustrator designs to iStock and I want clean up the files and perhaps combine some of the objects so there isn't this bigg mess of layers. The problem I'm having is that some objects need to be on top of other objects - for example a shadow on a foot needs to be above the layer with the foot's primary color. So if I wanted to combine objects that are in this kind of order would anyone have any tips or suggestions? I also want to combine layers that have just lines I've drawn on them, like movement lines which are just open paths with strokes. If I could get these types of objects all merged into one object then I could cut down not only on the size of the file but also the number of layers involved. This way when someone buys it from iStock they're not faced with this huge file with hundreds of layers.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.Fully familiarize yourself with these topics:
Combining paths. These are functions common in vector programs which union, punch, and intersect multiple paths. In Illustrator, they are called Pathfinders.
Outlining Srokes. Creates unstroked filled paths around the edges of stroked paths. Understanding this is integral to using path combination functions in Illustrator especially, because Illustrator is so poor at cutting and dealing with open unfilled paths.
Transparency and other Raster Effects. You need to understand which effects and transparency settings result in rasterization, and what that portends regarding the scaleability of your artwork.
Color Model. Are you going to deliver CMYK or RGB files? Do you know why?
What format do you intend to provide to the clipart reseller? Native AI files? If so, what version?
Merely having Layers in your AI file does not significantly affect file size. An AI file is a stack of objects. That's true whether the whole stack of objects resides on a single Layer or a hundred Layers. Layers are nothing but another way of "grouping" subsets of the object stack for organization purposes. You seem to be thinking of Layers in AI as similar to Layers in Photoshop. That is a very common and very basic misunderstanding of the nature of vector artwork.
It's the object constructs that you need to concern yourself with when creating clean, efficient, reliable, versatile, and easy-to-work-with vector artwork. "Normalize" things to their simplest constructs. Avoid unnecessary anchorpoints, clipping paths, masking, so-called "transparency" and "live effects."
I very much applaud your desire to build clean files. (There is far too much sloppy, convoluted crap floating around out there nowadays.) Not meaning to discourage, but the fact of your concern about Layers frankly suggests that you may not really be ready to be delivering ready-made and problem-free artwork for widespread use as clipart. You need to fully understand the items mentioned above, and alot more. Asking questions in a user forum will be a very slow method of learning that stuff--there are too many variables and specific situations.
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Photoshop elements 4 HELP with layers with layers
hello all I got photoshop elements 4 not to long ago and ive been playing with it but i just cant seem to grasp how to use layers.I would really appreciate any help anyone can suggest.Is there anywhere i can watch someone use layers? That would really help if i could see it being done. I bought the missing manual book and it seems really good, but i still dont understand layers. Thanks for any help.
Charles
As a start you can try the imbedded help that comes with the program. Use the "help" box in the top right hand corner and type in layer. Then follow the links in each section. I'm using pse3, one version prior to yours. I have been using the program on and off for a year and I find that only just now I'm starting to use layers more often. I also on occasion "Google" photoshop elements "layers" which will take you to many sites where you can read more. It's an exhaustive topic and one that I find comes more easily as I use it.
Also use the adobe search engine at this site and type in "layers". You can read up on what other people have learned in the various threads.
I also have the Missing Manual and two other books. I find they are good but seem even better after you work away at various photos. Nothing like hands on. Just remember to keep an original of your file.
cheers
Neil -
Help with shared objects...again...
Okay, I've been looking at a really good tutorial for shared objects in AS2, and I think I've gotten the basic concept down of how they work... now the problem lies in just integrating it into what I already have, which is making my brain hurt. Basically its for a quiz game, which will have a dynamic scoreboard. I want the scores in the shared object to update when the submit button is pressed, and then have the new values loaded into text boxes. Displaying the values is going to be the easy part, its just updating them is what my brain doesnt want to wrap itself around. Here is the array I have at the moment (yes, horribly inefficient, but the last time I actually did any coding before this was over 2 years ago when I was still a computer science major... with all of 4 actual Comp Sci courses under my belt -_-)
scores= new Array();
names= new Array();
insert=function() {
var newscore;
var newname;
newscore=0
newscore=_global.correct;
if (newscore > scores[0]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=scores[2];
scores[2]=scores[1];
scores[1]=scores[0];
scores[0]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=names[2];
names[2]=names[1];
names[1]=names[0];
names[0]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[1]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=scores[2];
scores[2]=scores[1];
scores[1]=newscore
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=names[2];
names[2]=names[1];
names[1]=newname;
Continues all the way down to scores[14]
Now, if I wanted this to pull data from the shared object, would I just put user_so.score[3]=user_so.score[2] for instance? Or would I run the array and just update the new valued individually once the array insertion function completes? THe problem with the latter is that it's not directly accessing the shared object so I'd need to find a way to pull them out into other variables first, and this is about the point where my brain just decides to short out on me and stop working alltogether...yay...
So yea, any help on this would be much appreciated.
also, would the array have to be declared within the shared object as well? If so, how would I do that exactly? Probably something so simple but the fact that it's shared objects is throwing me off...Ok, the shared object WAS working just fine until I had the banner start referencing it. Then the quiz began giving me syntax errors like crazy, and even when the banner isnt runnit it gives me issues.
user_so.data.soArray[0]=scores[0];
user_so.data.soArray[1]=scores[1];
user_so.data.soArray[2]=scores[2];
user_so.data.soArray[3]=scores[3];
user_so.data.soArray[4]=scores[4];
user_so.data.soArray[5]=scores[5];
user_so.data.soArray[6]=scores[6];
user_so.data.soArray[7]=scores[7];
user_so.data.soArray[8]=scores[8];
user_so.data.soArray[9]=scores[9];
user_so.data.soArray[10]=scores[10];
user_so.data.soArray[11]=scores[11];
user_so.data.soArray[12]=scores12];
user_so.data.soArray[13]=scores[13];
user_so.data.soArray[14]=scores[14];
_global.player= "Input Name";
player.text=_global.player;
_global.correct= 0;
phrase=" ";
gotoAndStop (1);
these are the lines it's telling me I need an on handler for, which I do have, at the very start of the entire code.
Ive counted the brackets and those seem to line up, but I'll double check again. The code is on the submit button itself (yes I know it's poor coding form, but this is how I learned it and what I'm used to, and since I'm on a bit of a time schedule now isn't the time to completely re-learn the proper conventions and etiquite of coding in flash).
on (release) {
if (user_so.data.tname!=undefined){
user_so.data.tname = _global.player;
user_so.data.newscore = _global.correct;
insert=function() {
var newscore;
var newname;
newscore=0
newscore=_global.correct;
if (newscore > scores[0]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=scores[2];
scores[2]=scores[1];
scores[1]=scores[0];
scores[0]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=names[2];
names[2]=names[1];
names[1]=names[0];
names[0]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[1]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=scores[2];
scores[2]=scores[1];
scores[1]=newscore
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=names[2];
names[2]=names[1];
names[1]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[2]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=scores[2];
scores[2]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=names[2];
names[2]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[3]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=scores[3];
scores[3]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=names[3];
names[3]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[4]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=scores[4];
scores[4]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=names[4];
names[4]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[5]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=scores[5];
scores[5]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=names[5];
names[5]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[6]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=scores[6];
scores[6]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=names[6];
names[6]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[7]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=scores[7];
scores[7]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=names[7];
names[7]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[8]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=scores[8];
scores[8]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=names[8];
names[8]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[9]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=scores[9];
scores[9]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=names[9];
names[9]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[10]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=scores[10];
scores[10]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=names[10];
names[10]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[11]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=scores[11];
scores[11]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=names[11];
names[11]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[12]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=scores[12];
scores[12]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=names[12];
names[12]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[13]) {
scores[14]=scores[13];
scores[13]=newscore;
names[14]=names[13];
names[13]=newname;
else if (newscore > scores[14]) {
scores[14]=newscore;
names[14]=newname;
else {
user_so.data.tname = _global.player;
user_so.data.newscore = _global.correct;
scores[0]=user_so.data.newscore;
names[0]=user_so.data.tname;
user_so.data.soArray[0]=scores[0];
user_so.data.soArray[1]=scores[1];
user_so.data.soArray[2]=scores[2];
user_so.data.soArray[3]=scores[3];
user_so.data.soArray[4]=scores[4];
user_so.data.soArray[5]=scores[5];
user_so.data.soArray[6]=scores[6];
user_so.data.soArray[7]=scores[7];
user_so.data.soArray[8]=scores[8];
user_so.data.soArray[9]=scores[9];
user_so.data.soArray[10]=scores[10];
user_so.data.soArray[11]=scores[11];
user_so.data.soArray[12]=scores12];
user_so.data.soArray[13]=scores[13];
user_so.data.soArray[14]=scores[14];
_global.player= "Input Name";
player.text=_global.player;
_global.correct= 0;
phrase=" ";
gotoAndStop (1); -
Hi All,
New to Flex and wanted to get some help from the public.
Basically, here's what I want to do.
I have a tab navigator with multiple tabs. Each tab has a
datagrid on it. When you click the tab, the grid should update to
new data based on the tab clicked. That's no problem. The problem
I'm running into is that because the data is taking a while to
retreive from the server, users are getting the previous's tabs
datagrid until the information is updated. I wanted to do two
things:
1) Change the cursor to a "thinking" or "processing" icon
where clicks can't be done until the full data has been retreived
and updated. This is a nice to have; i haven't the slightlest clue
on how to accomplish this.
2) In lieu/addition to #1, i wanted the datagrid to be
dynamic. Meaning, if you go to the tab, it'll add dynamically the
datagrid to the tab and then show the data.
Here's my code, but it doesn't work very well. Any help i can
get from you guys would be great:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="horizontal" initialize="createDataGrid()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.DataGrid;
import mx.managers.PopUpManager;
import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
import mx.controls.Alert;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
import mx.containers.HBox;
import mx.containers.TabNavigator;
[Bindable]
private var infoDataGrid:ArrayCollection;
[Bindable]
private var currentID:String;
[Bindable]
private var dynDataGrid:DataGrid;
private function createDataGrid():void {
dynDataGrid = new DataGrid;
dynDataGrid.dataProvider=infoDataGrid;
dynDataGrid.width=80;
private function getDataFromServer(event:ResultEvent):void {
var numOfRecords:int = event.result.result_set.num_rows;
if (numOfRecords > 0 ) {
infoDataGrid = event.result.result_set.results.result as
ArrayCollection;
} else {
// no information retrieved worry about this later
private function mainBuilder( event:Event ):void {
var tabNavigator:TabNavigator = TabNavigator( event.target
var pattern:RegExp = /\D/gi;
if (tabNavigator.selectedChild.id != "NewTab") {
// Remove all non-digits from LID
var str:String = tabNavigator.selectedChild.id;
currentID=(str.replace(pattern, ""));
phpHTTPService.send();
// loop through all children and remove any datagrids while
adding to the current one
for (y=0; y<tabNavigator.numChildren; y++) {
var tmpNavID:String = tabNavigator.childDescriptors[y].id
if ((tmpNavID == tabNavigator.selectedChild.id) &&
(tmpNavID != "")) {
// this does not work as intended...
tabNavigator.selectedChild.addChild(dynDataGrid);
} else {
// this does not work.
//How do you access something directly with an ID but
represented by a variable?
// tmpNavID.removeChildAt(0);
} else {
// New Tab selected, do something here
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:HTTPService id="phpHTTPService"
url="/flex/php/AssetsInLocation.php" useProxy="false" method="GET"
result="getDataFromServer(event)">
<mx:request xmlns="">
<lid>{currentID}</lid>
</mx:request>
</mx:HTTPService>
<mx:TabNavigator id="tabNav"
creationComplete="tabNav.selectedIndex=0;mainBuilder(event)"
width="100%" change="mainBuilder(event);">
<mx:HBox id="LID2345" label="Tab 1" width="100%"
height="100%" horizontalAlign="center">
<!-- <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{infoDataGrid}"
width="80%"/> -->
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HBox id="LID1111" label="Tab 2" width="100%"
height="100%" horizontalAlign="center">
<!-- <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{infoDataGrid}"
width="80%"/> -->
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HBox id="LID1234" label="Tab 3" width="100%"
height="100%" horizontalAlign="center">
<!-- <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{infoDataGrid}"
width="80%"/> -->
</mx:HBox>
<mx:Canvas id="NewTab" label="New..." width="100%"
height="100%">
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:TabNavigator>
</mx:Application>
Thanks all for your assistance.I think Ned is on the right track, but the specific form of
the command may be off. If the ProgressEvent handler is defined on
MC_Holder_Image, then the command to get the
MC_Holder_Preload_TextField object should be something like:
var oTextField:TextField =
this.parent.parent.MC_Holder_Preload.getChildByName(childname);
oTextField.text = "some text";
The first "parent" references MC_Holder_Sprite, the second
MC_Holder. If there are several instances of MC_Holder_Preload,
then the above would have to be modified to account for that by
first using the getChildByName method to acquire the appropriate
instance like so:
var oMC:MovieClip =
this.parent.parent.getChildByName(HolderPreloadName);
var oTextField:TextField = oMC.getChildByName(TextFieldName);
Hope this (a) makes sense, (b) helps and (c) actually works.
Regards
Dave Spaar -
Need immediate help with layers
Hello.
Can someone please tell me how I get a selected background to "go behind" the writing.
Its an elementary question, Im aware, but Ive been fiddling with this thing for ages and can't see a way out.
Thanks
LWhat version of InDesign are you using? In CS5 and later it's pretty easy to arrange objects just by dragging them in the Layers panel (you may have to click a layer's triangle to expand it and expose all the objects it contains). Ther are also the commands in the Object > Arrange menus to send backward, forward to the back and to the front. These work only for th layer on which an object currently resides. Objects on other layers will remain above or below depending on the layer positon in the layer stack.
You may want to add a layer just for the your background objects, and once you've put the things on it that belong there you can lock it so they won't accidentally get selected. -
I have PSE 7, and have previously and sucessfully used the gaussian blur filter to blur the background of a photo. I followed the pse tutorial instructions to the letter, and had no problems. NOW, when I do the exact same steps, the blur occurs on my original photo. When I hilight the layer mask, use the brush to "unblur" the image, it shows the black marks on the mask, but nothing happens to the photo! It never gets clear.
I must have done something, but I have no idea what. Please don't tell me to do it another way, I NEED to know why this worked before and isn't now.
Thanks!flair4hair wrote:
I opened a photo, made a duplicate copy (or layer..ctrl-j), with layer selected, chose gaussian blur. Blurred like 8.4 pxls, now, for some reason, my ORIGINAL photo has been blurred. I don't think that's supposed to happen! the lock is there, the eye is there. So then I make a layer mask, and with that highlighted, I used the brush to "unblur", but NOTHING HAPPENS!! waaa
I have done this sucessfully MANY times before, so I'm either missing a step, or I accidentally hit something I didn't know I did, and don't know how to undo it!
Yeah, nothing is going to happen via masking if both layers are blurred. Only the highlighted layer...the one you duplicated... should be blurred. There is a shortcut that applies the last filter that was applied without bringing up a dialog (Ctrl F on PC; I think it's Cmd F on the Mac). I doubt you would have highlighted the background layer then done that without realizing it.
Assuming you didn't hit Ctrl F, I'd recommend resetting your application preference file.
See step #5 "Preference File Gone Awry". There are instructions for both Windows and Mac.
http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/troubleshooting/1_troubles hooting.htm#Preference
Hopefully, you didn't close and save the blurred file with the original filename because that would overwrite your original. Then again not sure exactly how version sets work so if you did save it might still be in your Organizer.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/7.0_Win/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59 -7f5f.html -
I pulled up an image in PS CS3 to edit (Tiff file). I added a few designs using a couple of different brushes. And I also added text. It's for a birth announcement. Now, when I try to open it using iphoto (for a slideshow) OR when I try to open it with my Press Products (CPQ), it won't open! All of my images (that haven't been edited with brushes, etc.) appear. The images I have edited appear but I cannot click on them... their numbers, etc. are faded.
The only place I can open them is PS CS3! I have tried saving them every which way. One thing I've noticed is it says something like "File must be saved as a copy"... and then it has an exclamation mark beside the Layers box... but I CANNOT click on the layers box to 'save as a copy', etc...
What do I do? Help! I've never experienced this with CS2... on my PC. I have to have this birth announcement ready by this week!
TIA,
A*Yea, I know I have a slideshow in bridge but I like the iphoto options, etc... My main problem is that I cannot open the pictures in my press products for ordering... or anywhere else. The only place I can open them is in PS CS3. I would like to do a slideshow too but my main thing is getting these images ordered. :D Thank you for your response! Have a great day. :D
A -
I need help with a Object Array
I am having trouble and this maybe really simple seeing that I am fairly new to java but I have text that is being broken down in to preset part with those parts stored in Object arrays.
Now I also have a object array inside my object array. Within the second object array are the broken down parts of the text and I want to compare this text with another string so for example this is what I am trying
boolean found = false;
for (int i = 0; i < FirstObjectArray.length ;i++)
Object[] SecondObjectArray = (Object[]) FirstObjectArray;
if(SecondObjectArray[0] == "string")
found = true;
break;
else
found = false;
}Help would be very appreciated.astlanda wrote:
Sure, you're right.
[public boolean equals(Object obj)|http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29]
sharkura said all the OP needs at the moment. I just wanted to clarify a bit why You don't use == 99.999% of the time with objects, and never with String.
I have argued elsewhere in these forums that it is inappropriate to tell anyone that you never use == to compare objects. This has not always been accepted. I have, on rare occasions, known experienced developers to blindly compare two objects with equals(), and cite the professor that taught them, 15 years iin the past, that object references are never compared using ==, but always with equals().
However, the cases where == is appropriate and equals() is not are indeed rare, but not, in my experience, non-existent. In my statement, I probably exaggerated. And String is a case where I can probably accept that you will probably never go wrong with equals(). If the String has been pooled (see String::intern()), you can actually use either. From the javadocs: "*It follows that for any two strings s and t, s.intern() == t.intern() is true if and only if s.equals(t) is true.*"
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Hello,
First off thanks in advance to anyone who helps. I am trying to write a program that using a class string object to convert this kind of "text speech" to english. For example if the user inputs "HowAreYou?", I want the program to output "How are you?" I am having too much trouble with strings for some reason. This is what I have so far and I am not sure where to go from here. Should I use a do loop to check through the input string until it is done seperating the words? And how should I go about doing that?
import java.util.Scanner;
public class P8
public static void main( String args[] )
char choice;
String line = null;
String answer = null;
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
do
System.out.println();
System.out.print("ENTER TextSpeak sentence(s): ");
line = scan.nextLine();
System.out.print( "Converted to English: \t ");
System.out.print( textSpeaktoEng( line ) );
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Want more TextSpeak?\t\t ");
answer = scan.next();
choice = answer.charAt(0);
if( scan.hasNextLine() )
answer = scan.nextLine();
}while(choice != 'N' && choice != 'n');
public static String textSpeakToEng(String s)
String engStr = null;
if( Character.isUpperCase( s.charAt(j) ) )
engStr += ? ?;
engStr += Character.toLowerCase( s.charAt(j) );
scan.close();
}I got my program to compile and run but I have a problem. If I input something like "ThisForumIsGreat" it will output just "t f i g" in lower case letters. Any suggestions?
import java.util.Scanner;
public class P8
public static void main( String args[] )
char choice; // Repeat until n or N
String line = null; // Sentences to toTextSpeak
String answer = null; // Repeat program scan
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); // Read from keyboard
do
System.out.println();
System.out.print("ENTER TextSpeak sentence(s): ");
line = scan.nextLine(); // Read input line
System.out.print( "Converted to English: \t ");
System.out.print( textSpeakToEng( line ) );
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Want more TextSpeak?\t\t ");
answer = scan.next(); // Read line, assign to string
choice = answer.charAt(0); // Assign 1st character
if( scan.hasNextLine() ) // <ENTER> character
answer = scan.nextLine(); // Read line, discard
}while(choice != 'N' && choice != 'n'); // Repeat until input start n or N
public static String textSpeakToEng(String s)
String engStr = null;
int i;
for ( i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i )
if( Character.isUpperCase( s.charAt(i) ) )
engStr += " "; // Append 1 blank space
engStr += Character.toLowerCase( s.charAt(i) ); // Append lowercase
return( engStr );
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I just upgraded to CP 5. Need help with drawing objects.
I am trying to put a simple drawing object around a word. Like a square. I can't figure out how to not have any fill, just the outline of the box. Any suggestions? I was able to do this in CP 4.
Hi there
Personally, I'd use a Highlight Box to accomplish this. But that's just me.
Here are the steps for a square drawing object. I'll assume you have already inserted the object and placed it and all you want are instructions for dealing with the fill.
Look inside the properties inspector at the Fill & Stroke section. Click the Fill color and configure Alpha to 0%.
Cheers... Rick
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Need help with Calling objects
I have created an object named "user" and I currently have 1 Frame in my program. The first frame is called "LogonFrame" and the second is called "UserDataFrame".
In the main method of the application I declare a "User" object as user and then call LogonFrame to retreive the logon_name and password from the user. The logon_name and password will be placed in the User object to be accessed throughout the application.
When I compile the application I receive the following error message:
Error: (85) variable user not found in class GL2.LogonFrame
*I know that 85 is the line number that the error is located
*GL2 is the name of the package.
Has anyone ever encountered this error before, and if so how can I fix this error.
*Listed below is the code used in the User object if it helps at all.
Jason Franz
// Copyright (c) 2003 Jason T. Franz
package GL2;
* A Class class.
* <P>
* @author Jason T. Franz
public class User extends Object {
private static int user_id;
private static String first_name;
private static String last_name;
public static void User(){
user_id = 0;
first_name = "";
last_name = "";
//sets the user ID
public static void setUserID(int newID){
user_id = newID;
//Returns the User ID
public static int getUserID(){
return user_id;
//Sets the User First Name
public static void setFirstName(String newFirstName){
first_name = newFirstName;
//Gets the Users First Name
public static String getFirstName(){
return first_name;
//Sets the Users Last Name
public static void setLastName(String newLastName){
last_name = newLastName;
public static String getLastName(){
return last_name;
//Resets all data in the User Class
public static void reset(){
user_id = 0;
first_name = "";
last_name = "";The code below is a small portion of the program.
If it helps at all I am useing Oracle JDeveloper version 3.2.3 with JDK1.2.2_JDeveloper
This section is the User object
// Copyright (c) 2003 Jason T. Franz
package GL2;
* A Class class.
* <P>
* @author Jason T. Franz
public class User extends Object {
private String first_name;
private String last_name;
public User(){
first_name = "Jason";
last_name = "Franz";
//Sets the User First Name
public void setFirstName(String newFirstName){
first_name = newFirstName;
//Gets the Users First Name
public String getFirstName(){
return first_name;
//Sets the Users Last Name
public void setLastName(String newLastName){
last_name = newLastName;
public String getLastName(){
return last_name;
//Resets all data in the User Class
public void reset(){
first_name = "";
last_name = "";
logon_name = "";
user_password = "";
}Here is the main method.
// Copyright (c) 2003 Jason T. Franz
package GL2;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
* GL2.DevilsHead
* <P>
* @author Jason T. Franz
public class DevilsHead {
public User user = new User();
* Constructor
public DevilsHead() {
AddUserFrame frame = new AddUserFrame();
//Center the window
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Dimension frameSize = frame.getSize();
if (frameSize.height > screenSize.height) {
frameSize.height = screenSize.height;
if (frameSize.width > screenSize.width) {
frameSize.width = screenSize.width;
frame.setLocation((screenSize.width - frameSize.width)/2, (screenSize.height - frameSize.height)/2);
frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() { public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { System.exit(0); } });
frame.setVisible(true);
* main
* @param args
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
new DevilsHead();
}and here is the Frame which calls the user object to display the Information.
// Copyright (c) 2003 Jason T. Franz
package GL2;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
* A Swing-based top level window class.
* <P>
* @author Jason T. Franz
public class AddUserFrame extends JFrame {
BorderLayout borderLayout1 = new BorderLayout();
JPanel jPanel1 = new JPanel();
Button button1 = new Button();
* Constructs a new instance.
public AddUserFrame() {
super();
try {
jbInit();
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
* Initializes the state of this instance.
private void jbInit() throws Exception {
this.getContentPane().setLayout(borderLayout1);
this.setSize(new Dimension(400, 300));
button1.setLabel("button1");
button1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
button1_actionPerformed(e);
this.setTitle("Add a User");
this.getContentPane().add(jPanel1, BorderLayout.CENTER);
jPanel1.add(button1, null);
void button1_actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println(user.getFirstName());
System.out.println(user.getLastName());
}The error I receive is
Error: (51) variable user not found in class GL2.AddUserFrame -
Hello, i'm new to java and i'm building applets with eclipse. I'm stuck on how to move and object to the left of the screen i can move it right of the screen with the
blueTriangle.slowMoveXPosition(50);
but how do i move it back again say 50. I know this easy stuff for you guys.
Do i have to put something on negative positions in the triangle class file?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks.Hello, i'm new to java and i'm building applets with
eclipse. I'm stuck on how to move and object to the
left of the screen i can move it right of the screen
with the
blueTriangle.slowMoveXPosition(50); What class is this 'blueTriangle' reference talking about?
I doubt it's a standard one which anyone here would know about. I bet it's something your school provided instead, or another 3rd-party. So ask them. -
Help with Registering objects/access cache
Below is the save routine i use to persist my top-level objects to the database.
It seems very likely that I am doing something fundamentally wrong as I am obvserving behaviour that I do not expect.
For example, I am using a field called version_id to hold an integer for optimistic locking. The first time I save the object, the correct sql is created, and the database row looks as I would expect. However, subsequent attempts to save do not work because I cannot figure out how to get a reference to the object with the incremented version_id.
It would be much appreciated if someone can see things i am doing incorrecty with the implementation i have included below.
thanks in advance.
craig
public static Object save(IdentifiableValue obj, String sessionName) {
Object entity= null;
try {
UnitOfWork uow= getSession(sessionName).acquireUnitOfWork();
if (obj.isNew())
uow.registerObject(obj);
entity= uow.deepMergeClone(obj);
// uow.printRegisteredObjects();
uow.commit();
// uow.registerObject(facility);
} catch (DatabaseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Object returnValue= getSession(sessionName).readObject(obj);
return returnValue;
}When I create a new record, the id (sequence generated) gets set fine, but not the version number.
When I save a record, the version id is not incremented.
It seems to use the version number field properly in the sql though.
Below is my sessions.xml entry, which looks like I am not JTS unless I am doing something incorrect.
Any help is much appreciated.
<session>
<name>default</name>
<project-xml>toplink.xml</project-xml>
<session-type>
<server-session/>
</session-type>
<enable-logging>true</enable-logging>
<logging-options>
<log-debug>true</log-debug>
<log-exceptions>true</log-exceptions>
<log-exception-stacktrace>true</log-exception-stacktrace>
<print-thread>true</print-thread>
<print-session>true</print-session>
<print-connection>true</print-connection>
<print-date>true</print-date>
</logging-options>
<login>
<platform-class>oracle.toplink.internal.databaseaccess.OraclePlatform</platform-class>
<datasource>jdbc/toplinkDS</datasource>
<uses-external-connection-pool>true</uses-external-connection-pool>
<uses-external-transaction-controller>false</uses-external-transaction-controller>
</login>
</session>
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