Simple image mask help?

HI i was just wondering how to mask an image, say, i have an image of an apple surrounded by white, and i want to mask the white so it can blend smoothly with a red background. Any ideas?

max_wallace wrote:
is there an easier way? I just started java.My 2 cents:
1) The code in the link is pretty straightforward. However if you try it but stumble on a particular bit why not come back and ask a specific question about exactly what you don't understand?
2) If you've just started Java then perhaps it's a bit early to delve into graphics and Swing.

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I have followed the instructions to the letter on p136 of the "premiereelements_10_help.pdf" and somehow the image mask transition just does not seem to work.
With a Black & White one colour should be transparent to one clip and the colour to the other clip, but instead I just get the Black & White image thrown on the screen.
Just like a pasted inage into the joined clips.
Please can someone help as I'm sure there must be a step missing.
Using WIndows 7 x64 with the 64 bit version of Premiere Elements 10.
Thanks.

No worries. Thank you so much for your reply. I thought I was going MAD!!! ( I slowly was!!! )
Will Contact Adobe about this tomorrow.
In the meantime if you're reading this and also are using Windows 7 x64 with the 64-bit version of Adobe Premiere Elements 10,
please try using the "Image Mask" transition using the following steps (as per page 136 of the Premiere Elements 10 manual)
<------------------------------ From Adobe Premiere Elements 10 PDF Manual - Follow these steps to the letter. Play your clip back... watch it fail on Win 7 x64 ---------------------------------------->
Create special transitions
Create an Image Mask transition
You can use a black-and-white bitmap image as a transition mask.
The first clip replaces the black area in the image, and the second clip replaces the white areas in the image.
If you use a grayscale image for the mask, pixels containing 50% or more gray convert to black, and pixels containing less than 50% gray convert to white.
Apply an Image Mask transition
In the Tasks panel, click Edit, and then click Transitions .
From the menus in the Transition view, select Video Transitions from the first menu, select Special Effects from the second menu, and locate the Image Mask transition.
Drag the Image Mask transition to a cut between clips in the Timeline.
In the Image Mask Settings dialog box, click Select Image.
Locate and select the image file you want to use as a transition mask, and click Open. The image appears in the Image Mask Settings dialog box.
Click OK.
Cheers.

Cannot reduce file size in Acrobat X due to "image masks"

Occasionally, when I try to reduce the file size of a PDF file in Acrobat X, I am getting the error message that the file was not re-rendered because of "image masks".
What precisely does this mean? How are image masks created in the PDF production process and how do I avoid them going into the file?
In this case, it was a simple Word document including a text and two semi-transparent GIF images on top of each other placed behind the text.
Any help would be appreciated!

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I'm getting MAD.
I'm using php and GD
While the simple image and re size works like a charm, the multiple image upload or the multiple file upload have a strange behavior.
It opens the pop-up with flash, then eventually shows me files or thumbnails but when I try to up load I just wait and get the typical "system becoming unstable" flash error.
As I can see the directory is always generated (I've tried also to put a static directory) but after stargin the upload the flash uploader just crashes and no result.
Any help would be really appreciated

Hi Fonzie,
as the folder is getting created, the issue you´re having is not related to wrong folder permission - it´s something else...
As I wrote before, che common upload and resize function works perfectly
this one works perfectly, because it´s just one file to upload and to process, wheras doing that with multiple files might collide with some settings on your server
So for sure it's not a simple issue as the max filesize
Are you sure ? Did you check the current "max_upload_filesize" setting ? As long you don´t check it, you can´t know :-)
As a general rule of thumb, it´s important to be aware of the fact that uploading & resizing images on the server might collide with several PHP settings -- and the more images you upload and resize in one swoop, the closer you´re getting to these limits respectively might even be exceeding them. The following "directives" are those which have an effect on whether your image/file upload & processing will work or not:
- "max_upload_filesize" :: is sometimes set to just 8 MB on a shared hosting, sometimes 16 MB, sometimes more. This setting will affect the file upload procedure only
- "set_time_limit" (e.g. 30 seconds) :: if the execution time of a script exceeds this limit for whatever reason, the server simply shuts it down without letting you (respectively the flash uploader) know it´s been shut down. This *might* be the reason why ADDT´s flash uploader hangs respectively returns that error message after some time, because it´s waiting for some response from the server which never comes.
- "memory_limit" (e.g. 8 MB) :: this directive is a sort of "allocated server RAM" for your account, and it´s in particular the image resizing process which will grab more or less memory resources -- the higher the the resizing factor is, the more RAM is spent, and the more images are getting resized in one swoop, the worser it gets.
However, all these PHP directives can be changed, and your host might even be so courteous to increase the currently defined values of those abovementioned directives for you -- and that´s what I´m suggesting at this point.
Cheers
Günter Schenk
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver

Why does Illustrator on Windows 7, 64bit, take 30seconds+ to save a simple image?

This question is for Adobe Customer Service, thanks.
Why does Illustrator on Windows 7, 64bit, take 30seconds+ to save a simple image comprising of two rectangles only (screen shot below)? I set up a document like this to test the speed, since I've been having trouble saving all documents - they hang, sometimes with the 'this program is not responding' message. Switching to CC is not an option.
If it helps, I can come down to the Adobe San Francisco office with my computer. I've spent a long time trying to resolve this without success.
Btw, Photoshop CS6 saves fine.
Thanks again.

knot,
Customer Care is over there:
I believe this is one for Customer Care (tick I Still Need Help and hope for an agent available for a chat),
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?product=illustrator&topic=downloading-installing-and-s etting-up
Sometimes staff appear here.
We are just the natives.
Can you create artwork without delays?
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Hello, Arturoherva,
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No luck with applying Image Mask!

Im trying to add an Image Mask to a video clip in Motion.
I added the Image Mask to the clip per the instructions then added one of the Brushstroke movies from the Content folder in the Library.
The dashboard shows me that the movie is in the well.
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http://homepage.mac.com/longstrider/iMovieTheater12.html
I tried to apply it as a mask also, but because the pbrush is positioned at the bottom of the frame, it didn't do the trick for me.
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Sorry if this has been asked before. I really did try searching before posting.
I was trying to get a text mask to work for me in FCE 2 but I can't seem to figure it out. I can almost get the desired effect with a video layer, a text layer on top of that, and applying "Travel Matte-Luma". I can move around the text or the video, which is what I want to do. But the video that shows through the text is grayscale. So, I tried adding an image mask to the video clip. It worked and was in color, but I am unable to move the text over the desired part of the video. Does this make sense? Any ideas?

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So i attached 2 snapshots of the program to give a better idea of the problem. The first snapshot shows an image getting written to the local variable SavedMask. The second snapshot, which is run on the next iteration of a while loop, shows the local variable SavedMask being read to other image operations. When i run the program, the SavedMask image is always displayed correctly on the front panel, but i can't read from it for whatever reason. I think the problem could be like you said, that im only passing an imaq reference, and i think theres a certain way to extract the image data. Do you know the correct way to extract the image data or how to pass the image data and not just a reference to the data.
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Image mask

I am working on a custom sized video in FCPX. File size is 8150 x 1200. Everything seems to go on but image mask, when i load a same size png mask is appears stretched. I test it on a standard video size 4K and it works fine. Is image mask not working with custom files?
I often work on those kind of products and i should fix the problem
thank you for your help.
Aldo

I tried using the file you posted as an image mask on a 8150x1200 project and I got similar results as you did.
Although the image used as a mask is the same size as the project, it got stretched horizontally, producing "fat" people.
However, placing the same image on the timeline as a regular clip does not stretch it.
This suggests a workaround, that in my limited testing seems to work. (emphasis on workaround, since I believe it should not be necessary).
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Simple image rotation

Hi all,
Have a couple of pages on a site i'm building where i need a simple image rotation / image swap.
It doesn't have to be anything flash, it's purely for a 200px square image to automatically swap every 5 seconds or so. It doesn't need any user buttons to go to next / previous, or enlarge when clicked.
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Dan, download the cycle plugin pack first: http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/download.html. You can copy/ paste in a new .js file and store it locally on your site folder. Or, you could also use the cloud link as I've given below. Both will work.
Then, include the jQuery library to before closing your </head> tag:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>
Now, include the jQuery cycle plugin library before your </head> tag:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/malsup/cycle/jquery.cycle.all.latest.js"></script>
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<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
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fx: 'fade' // choose your transition type, ex: fade, scrollUp, shuffle, etc...
</script>
In the above code, Div with class slideshow will keep cycling with a fade effect. Note that for some effects to work, you may require the jquery easing plugin. But, fade will do just fine for your original question.
Then, structure your image container:
Based on your original code:
<p class="pagetext">    <img src="images/hgsindeximg1.png" alt="School pupils" width="300" height="233" class="fltrt">Welcome to our school website, we hope that you enjoy looking around the site. <br>
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You have to restructure it this way:
<p class="pagetext">
<div class="slideshow">
<img src="images/hgsindeximg1.png" alt="School pupils" width="300" height="233" class="fltrt">
<img src="images/hgsindeximg2.png" alt="School pupils" width="300" height"233" class="fltrt">
<img src="images/hgsindeximg3.png" alt="School pupils" width="300" height"233" class="fltrt">
</div>
Welcome to our school website, we hope that you enjoy looking around the site. <br>
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In the above code, I've added 2 more images that will rotate on your page. Change the filenames to whatever you desire. Also, ensure you retain the image dimensions same across all 3 images for best results.
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Trust this helps.

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select
"IMAGE_ID",
<img src="#OWNER#.deliver_thumbnail?p_image_id='||IMAGE_ID||'"/> thumbnail,
"FILENAME" from "ORDIMAGE_IMAGES"
where
instr(upper("FILENAME"),upper(nvl(:P1_REPORT_SEARCH,"FILENAME"))) >
Its is showing an error
showing only the coding part when i run the application instead of showing image....
can you please help me rectify the error
Edited by: 880021 on 17-Aug-2011 20:58

Creating a simple image application in Apex
Create a new application from scratch. Name it ORDImages_images.
Add a Report and Form Page based on your ORDImage_images table. Ensure that you select a Classic Report (i.e. not Interactive, which is the default). As expected, two pages are created.
Continue to create the application and then run it.
After the login page, there will be spurious entries for image and thumbnail.
This is expected because of the ORDImage columns in the images table.
Edit Page 1 and open the Images Region
The Source entry is
select
"IMAGE_ID",
"IMAGE",
"THUMBNAIL",
"FILENAME"
from "ORDIMAGE_IMAGES"
where
instr(upper("FILENAME"),upper(nvl(:P1_REPORT_SEARCH,"FILENAME"))) > 0
In SQL Developer, create the deliver_images_thumb procedure
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE deliver_thumbnail(p_image_id IN NUMBER) IS
l_thumbnail ORDSYS.ORDImage;
BEGIN
-- Fetch the thumbnail from the database
SELECT thumbnail
INTO l_thumbnail
FROM ORDImage_images
WHERE image_id = p_image_id;
-- Check update time if browser sent If-Modified-Since header
IF ordplsgwyutil.cache_is_valid( l_thumbnail.getUpdateTime() )THEN
owa_util.status_line( ordplsgwyutil.http_status_not_modified );
RETURN;
END IF;
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owa_util.mime_header( l_thumbnail.mimeType, FALSE );
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owa_util.http_header_close();
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END IF;
END;
Then
GRANT EXECUTE ON deliver_thumbnail TO PUBLIC;
Return to Apex and change the Source entry to
select
"IMAGE_ID",
'<img src="#OWNER#.deliver_thumbnail?p_image_id='||IMAGE_ID||'"/>' thumbnail,
"FILENAME" from "ORDIMAGE_IMAGES"
where
instr(upper("FILENAME"),upper(nvl(:P1_REPORT_SEARCH,"FILENAME"))) > 0
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Apply the changes and re-run.
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In Page Items, open and delete the P2_THUMBNAIL item.
Open the P2_IMAGE item.
Under Name, change the Display As entry to Display Image (from the select list).
Under Settings, change the Based On entry to BLOB Column returned by SQL Statement
Enter
SELECT i.image.source.localdata
FROM ORDimage_images i
WHERE image_id = :P2_IMAGE_ID
as the SQL Statement
Apply changes and re-run the application
Making an image clickable
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as Link Text.
Select Page 2 as the Target Page in this Application.
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Removing the Spreadsheet link
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Please help - image viewer help needed

hi
can anyone plase help
I am building a CSS site and want a simple image viewer -
just one image viewing in a box with >> and << buttons
for the user to scroll through images. I know that dreamweaver has
a built in Image viewer but it does not work properly. It will not
go back to the first image after it has gone forward to the next
images. Even the tutorial does this.
Does anyone know why this happens or can anyone direct me to
a good tutorial that will provide instructions for this?
I know that there are many add ons to deal with this but it
is only a small function that I should be able to produce myself.
Many Thanks

If you're building a CSS site you might not want to use
Flash. Try Googling
for "lightbox". If you have a development budget, you might
also want to
have a look at this:
http://www.projectseven.com/products/galleries/ssm/ssm_01.htm
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Authors: "42nd Street: Mastering the Art of CSS Design"
"sarah louise water" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
news:fhocso$61t$[email protected]..
> hi
> can anyone plase help
>
> I am building a CSS site and want a simple image viewer
- just one image
> viewing in a box with >> and << buttons for
the user to scroll through
> images.
> I know that dreamweaver has a built in Image viewer but
it does not work
> properly. It will not go back to the first image after
it has gone forward
> to
> the next images. Even the tutorial does this.
>
> Does anyone know why this happens or can anyone direct
me to a good
> tutorial
> that will provide instructions for this?
> I know that there are may add ons to deal with this but
it is only a small
> function that I should be able to produce myself.
>
> Many Thanks
>

Problem w/saving simple image as .png

Hello: Level: Newbie'ish OS: Win7 64bit PS: CS6
I have been making a simple image of a 300 by 100 rounded rectangle and then adding various layer styles. Basically I am makeing mobile headers which will be used for mobile websites.
Today I was reviewing a few that I have made and noticed that when I open them in their .png format and then create a selection around one (Ctrl + Click) that the lower right coner is not being selected as rounded but as a point and so when I copy and then paste it into a new document it has three rounded corners and one somewhat visible pointed corner. ?? ??
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Hey c.pf...
sorry for just getting back ~ the holiday season has me run'n Crazy.
any way, i figured out my problem. i hadn't realized that i accidentally clicked the outer glow option and it was so faint that i couldn't see it all that well or actually ~ at all until i went back through the LS ...
so, when i would save the image (mobile header) it was including or making room for the outer glow
funny how something so simple can be overlooked.
well, sorry for bothering ya over nothing ~ but i really appreciate your willingness to help me out
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