Hello. I really hope somebody can solve my dilemma. In a nutshell, I am attempting to figure out a way to allow me reapply materials to a frame after I have resized the frame and applied materials to it previously. Allow me to explain:
I open a new window. I select "standard selection tool." I then create a rectangle in the middle of the page. I then want to create a frame around that rectangle so I select "format/frame shadow" and select the frame.
After selecting the frame I highlight the frame and thereafter apply materials to it via the "material attribute." (I.e. for example I will apply a reflection and metallic properties to the frame to make it look pretty).
After making the frame look perfect, I inevitably realize that the exact size of the frame needs to be modified slightly so I enlarge the frame (i.e. I utilize the transform tool and enlarge the frame).
Unfortunately after enlarging the frame, the materials used to make the frame look pretty look stretched. Therefore, I attempt to reapply the materials to the frame. However, once I attempt to do this, I run into a problem. The program tells me that it cannot apply the materials to the frame and reports the following message, "unable to apply the selected thumbnails properties to the image.[800: 312:2074]"
Therefore, I am thereafter forced to re-create my frame all over again completely from scratch this time attempting to make the frame the precise size and shape that I want.
Accordingly, I have the following question: is there any way possible to apply materials to frame after you have modified its size and have already applied materials to it in the past?
Any information would be enormously appreciated. Thank you in advance.
reapply material to frame after modifying size of frame
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keenart
I have PI 10, but cannot find the exact controls you are speaking of. If I go into Photo, Photo Frame, I can create a Frame from a selection.
Getting to your questions about a garbaged image.
I never use the Transform tool to resize a graphic image as it will stretch the pixels to a larger size, sometimes giving you the jaggies.
There are several ways to appraoch this problem:
When you create your base image, use a higher resolution, other than the standard 72dpi Ulead will pick for you, perhaps 160 dpi. The old standard of selecting dpi was based on a multiple of your printer capabilities. 360 Printer dpi, i.e. 90, 135, 180, etc. dpi.
You can either redimension your image, by going to Adjust, Resize, and change the dimensions to the new size. Or, right click on your image, in the Menu Item select Properties, in the Object Properties Dialog, change the Size. Either of these two methods will fill-in new pixels when you resize, anti-alias, if you have it on, and give you a smooth look.
I don't have a problem applying any number of materials, but then I don't use the Transform Tool.
Getting to your questions about a garbaged image.
I never use the Transform tool to resize a graphic image as it will stretch the pixels to a larger size, sometimes giving you the jaggies.
There are several ways to appraoch this problem:
When you create your base image, use a higher resolution, other than the standard 72dpi Ulead will pick for you, perhaps 160 dpi. The old standard of selecting dpi was based on a multiple of your printer capabilities. 360 Printer dpi, i.e. 90, 135, 180, etc. dpi.
You can either redimension your image, by going to Adjust, Resize, and change the dimensions to the new size. Or, right click on your image, in the Menu Item select Properties, in the Object Properties Dialog, change the Size. Either of these two methods will fill-in new pixels when you resize, anti-alias, if you have it on, and give you a smooth look.
I don't have a problem applying any number of materials, but then I don't use the Transform Tool.