Setting pivot point
Hi all,
I'm using InDesign CS5. I know that with the Rotate Tool, I can not only rotate an object, but change the position of the point on which it rotates. I'd like each object in my document to remember where I placed the pivot point...but every time I deselect the object and reselect, the pivot point always moves back to the center...
This is a long shot, but is it possible to keep the pivot point where I place it?
Thanks!!!!
gmannib wrote:
Hi all,
I'm using InDesign CS5. I know that with the Rotate Tool, I can not only rotate an object, but change the position of the point on which it rotates. I'd like each object in my document to remember where I placed the pivot point...but every time I deselect the object and reselect, the pivot point always moves back to the center...
This is a long shot, but is it possible to keep the pivot point where I place it?
Thanks!!!!
One common workaround for this is to group the object with a larger one whose center is at the desired location, and rotate larger one. One downside might be if the larger object interferes with text wrap etc. One way to deal with this might be to put the larger object on its own layer - InDesign can group across layers; hide the layer when it's not needed, and enable "Suppress text wrap when layer is hidden," in the layer options dialog box.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
Peter Gold
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> attempts to preserve highlights (Lee Jay)
> the exposure slider is almost exactly equivalent to the white point slider in Photoshop's levels/curves (Joa V. L.)
I think this is the root of the issue, for me - the exposure control is being intelligent in a way to protect hilights, which is counter to my intent. My experience leads me to disagree strongly with Joa's comment (though I would be very happy to discover I was wrong) - my problem is specifically that adjusting exposure up (brightening the image with exposure) affects tones less, the brighter they are.
> I need to decrease the Brightness (Henry_Deer)
> you may need to generate a higher-contrast tone curve and work with that (Lee Jay)
The brightness adjustment seems analogous to my use of the tone curve, though it's an alternate approach I haven't tried. However, both seem to suffer from the 'several rounds' problem.
Edited to reply to a few specific points -
How can i set the pointer of a resultset to its start position? newbie.. :(
hi all.
i have a resultset of a sql query. then i wanna count the number of rows by doing a while loop:
while(rs.next())
count++;
then i wana do the same again, but it does not work anymore. i guess i have to set the pointer to its starting position, but i tried beforeFirst(), first(), absolute() and it didnt work. what method do i have to use for this?
thanks! :)
j0shUse the getType method to determine if your ResultSet is of type TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY. If it is
then you cannot reset the cursor. You may be able to obtain a result set that allows reseting the cursor by
passing the appropriate arguments to the createStatement method of your Connection. Whether your
will get one or not depends on the JDBC driver you are using and whether it supports them.
matfud -
How to create an Area(or shape) from a set of points?
In fact I want to accomplish a function which can fill an area of same color on an image, just like the Magic Wand tool in Photoshop.
I have written a function to figure out the points which should be included in the Area, but I don't know how to create the Area from a set of points...:(
I tried to create Rectengel2D from each point, the union them one by one, but it's too slow
Anyone can help me? Thanksyou should look att the fillPolygon api instead, it can draw more than one corner.
I would use it in a paintComponent method and a method that creates the x and y cordinates for each corner.
API HELP:
http://jdrawing.sourceforge.net/doc/0.2.1/api/org/jdrawing/graphics/FillPolygon.html -
Create an area from a set of points
How to create an area from a set of points ? I searched everywhere but could not find a better solution for it. Let�s say that I have a matrix that contains the points for a shape. I�ll need a way to connect the points near each other continuously to form the outline for the shape.
Thanks fro any feedback.... But I'll also need a way to connect
those points in an order so that they'll form the
path (edge) of the shape.Do you mean the Convex Hull [1] of a set of points?
If so, you could find it by implementing a Graham Scan [2] algorithm and then calculating the area of the polygon [3].
[1] http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConvexHull.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_scan
[3] http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PolygonArea.html -
Create waveform from a set of points with differtent time intervals
Hello,
I would like to create a waveform from a set of points like this
Time Data
0 0
0,5 1
0,6 2
1 1
2 0
5 1
The problem is that the time interval between each points are not the same.
The only idea I found was to create a waveform for each doublet of points with the same rate (100ms) and than to append them together.
Does anybody have a better idea?
Regards,
Risotto.If you use a Wave From data type, re-sampling is not required.
When using a WF datatype the chart (graph) will pick-up the X value from the t0 of the waveform.
The trick is to just build an array of the single update value and make sure the t0 value is correct.
Re-create this example
and try it for yourself.
Ben
Note: make sure the data you pass is consistant with the data already displayed. If you post a t0 value that is older than what is already displayed, the chart will clear the display and start over.
Message Edited by Ben on 09-15-2006 11:49 AM
Ben Rayner
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