Resizing images/boxes without dragging???

Does anyone know if I can resize an image or box by simply typing in the dimensions somewhere instead of dragging from a handle?

Click your object to select it & then go to the metrics inspector (it's the little ruler) where you can type in the dimensions you want. If you want it to increase or decrease proportionally, check the box next to Constrain proportions & then you only need to enter one dimension & the other will resize also as soon as you tab out of the box or press Return.

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http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/quickstart/adding_drag_and_drop/
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Well I tried on my wife's MB and it worked fine, but keeps the same aspect ratio. Nearly there. I tried the local Apple outlet, but they had just taken Aperture off the demo machine .
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By combining they fiddling with aspect ratios and the pinch/squeeze routine - on the MB (or via Lion and a track pad I assume) - I should get there.
Pity those pesky handles don't work!!
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This function has always worked perfectly for me for years. It started about 2 weeks ago and I have no clue why it is doing this.
Whenever I try to resize a folder containing mutiple or even single images, it freezes the program and computer until I restart everything.
More specifics;
files are being downsized not upsized.
the original image loads into the program, then as it is being resized, it freezes up at the same point each time. This is when the "progress bar" (not sure of exact name) at the bottom of the page shows about 25% progress.
I have cleaned up the hard drive and done a file reorganization.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program.
I can resize images directly through the image/resize function one at a time. The problem is that I frequently have to resize large batches of images.
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Dave

Dave
This has caught other people. Check you Resize Image box to see if some strange value has been entered. One user had accidentally entered 4 pixels instead of 4 inches so all his pictures came out really small. I wonder if you have the opposite problem and are resaving to some extremely large size that Elements does not like.
If not post back.
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Can text boxes be resized in FW without distorting the text? Can their size be seen when originally drasing them? Perhaps spoiled by PowerPoint, I like to set the width of vector objects (e.g. rectangle) and the width of the text that will fill it to the same size. (I know PP has the ability to put borders on text boxes but when working in FW I need to work with 2 objects, the rectangle and the text box). Say I have a rectangle that is 81px wide. Can I set a text box to 81px wide without distorting the text?
I tend to want to control actual object sizes so I can get good spacial alignment. For example, I tend to set the width of a text object to an odd number of px so that any line coming out of the text object aligns well with the text. I must admit that it may be time for me to use a different technique in FW (e.g. more alignment of multiple objects vs. knowing dimensions and seting locations). Does my approach need improvement?
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As I wean off of PP I've started looking at FW and Illustrator (I have both). I've done a logo or two in FW and have used it to build some simple web graphics (e.g. buttons, menus). It can, as I recall, be a little more complex than what I need in this case.
Since PP is not a graphics program, its drawing capabilities are very limited. As a consequence, any graphics application will have many more features than you're used to seeing and more than you need for any one project.
I did a little experimenting with Illustrator and my first impression is that it will work better for me for this work. It seems a little more intuitive.
Is a general guideline to use FW for web-destined graphics and Illustrator for what I used to do in PP?
Your suggested guideline is good. Also, note that if you make a logo or vector graphic in Illustrator (saving as .ai format), you can import that into Fireworks and work with it as a vector object there. FW can import and use, just not create, .ai objectes and files.
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cheers!
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About the video, you could try setting the flash.media.Video's smoothing property to TRUE. This should keep a quality, but you can do nothing if the video has a poor quality. You need a great video.
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I have a signature that contains an avatar image (size 120px by 120px)
Every time I 'Send' an 'Auto Resize Image' > 'Settings' dialogue box pops up
How can I bypass this as its becoming annoying.
Most emails (98%) do not contain any other embedded or attached images.
This only started to happen after upgrading to latest version of Thunderbird, was never an issue before.

Doesn't sound like a standard Thunderbird pop up as I've not come across it.
Do you by any chance have an addon /extension such as Auto Resize Image?
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/auto-resize-image/
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Hi all,
I would like to create a folder that contains re-sized versions of my master images. The folder will be photos that I am posting to my web site and I want to be able to control their size and keep this resized image in my aperture library. I am uploading them through the site host's uploader (squarespace) using finder, not exporting through aperture. Is there a way to create duplicate,resized versions of the images without exporting and re-importing the photos?
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Using the media browser isn't going to help you at all because that will be accessing Previews in Adobe98 profile - not something you should be putting up on a website.
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Greetings. I have to create image swaps without having the
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Or, simply remove the dimensions from the base image's
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You are trapped between the smoke and mirrors of the basic approach that GL
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What GL calls 'text boxes', 'image boxes', and other such usages, are really
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Hello,
I am putting a portfolio together containing a ton of images.
I constantly use the SHIFT to resize images in proportion constantly, but it is not work. It resizes randomly wherever my curser goes.
It works in Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC
I have uninstalled InDesign (uninstalled preferences too), then re-installed with no result.
Using the Scale tool (by pressing S) still does not work
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                                      FileHandler.PHOTOS_PATH, fileName);
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          int[] imgRgbData = new int[img.getWidth () * img.getHeight ()];
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          try
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                       img.getHeight ());
          catch (Exception e)
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          DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream (baos);
          try
               for (int i = 0; i < imgRgbData.length; i++)
                    dos.writeInt (imgRgbData);
               imageData = baos.toByteArray ();
               baos.close ();
               dos.close ();
          catch (Exception e)
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I've run totally out of any idea what's wrong, please help!
Edited by: crawlie on Jul 17, 2010 6:21 PM

Hey Crawlie,
Please note that simply writing int values into ByteArrayOutputStream will not suffice. Please have a look at the following conversion from int pixel value into byte[4]:
public static final byte[] intToByteArray(int value) {
        return new byte[] {
                (byte)(value >>> 24),
                (byte)(value >>> 16),
                (byte)(value >>> 8),
                (byte)value
}Good Luck!
Daniel

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