PSP version of place image

[lalee]

I need a way to efficiently crop and resize a lot of images to the same specifications.
In PhotoShop I often used the place option to insert an image into a new layer another image one and then either resize or reposition the image into the preferred canvas size.
In PSP I can paste into a selection but then the image aspect ratio changes/distorts or I can paste as new layer but if the image I'm pasting is larger than the one I'm pasting into, it has to be resized to fit and that can be time-consuming.
Perhaps I'm just missing something, but even my google searches have come up empty.

[LeviFiction]

I don't believe so. Though it sounds easy enough to script. As soon as I finish another project. It just needs to open an image as layer, and use the resize command set to percentage to scale it to the correct width or height. Just needs a little math is all. Not much to it.

[JoeB]

I don't believe so. Though it sounds easy enough to script. As soon as I finish another project. It just needs to open an image as layer, and use the resize command set to percentage to scale it to the correct width or height. Just needs a little math is all. Not much to it.

I'm not the OP, but "not much to it" for you would be waaayy beyond my capabilities with hand written Python scripting - AND the math involved!

[LeviFiction]

The math is the easiest part. Not even joking. It's simple percentages. Here's an example that will resize any layer to fit within the parent canvas and maintain it's aspect ratio.

Step 1: Grab the layer rectangle size
Step 2: Grab the canvas size
Step 3: Determine the longest side of the layer (default to width side if they are equal)
Step 4: Determine the shortest side of the canvas (default to width if they are equal)
Step 5: Divide short side by long side to get resize percentage
Step 6: Because the Resize command is weird about resizing layers, multiple the canvas width and height by the percentage calculated, and round to the floor to get the closest whole number
Step 7: Use the resize command with these new sizes, set "Resize all layers" to false so it only resize the currently selected layer.

I'm attaching that script, so it won't "Place" the image as a new layer. But if you open an image as a new layer and then run this script it'll quickly do the resizing for you, using the SmartSize method in the resize command. Much cleaner than using the pick tool to scale.

The "Open As Layer" script can also be quickly edited to do this exact same thing after it's finished opening the image as a layer. So it wouldn't take much to make the full script.

[Kathy_9]

Moved to PSP Scripting Sub-Forum.

[lalee]

The math is the easiest part. Not even joking. It's simple percentages. Here's an example that will resize any layer to fit within the parent canvas and maintain it's aspect ratio.

Step 1: Grab the layer rectangle size
Step 2: Grab the canvas size
Step 3: Determine the longest side of the layer (default to width side if they are equal)
Step 4: Determine the shortest side of the canvas (default to width if they are equal)
Step 5: Divide short side by long side to get resize percentage
Step 6: Because the Resize command is weird about resizing layers, multiple the canvas width and height by the percentage calculated, and round to the floor to get the closest whole number
Step 7: Use the resize command with these new sizes, set "Resize all layers" to false so it only resize the currently selected layer.

I'm attaching that script, so it won't "Place" the image as a new layer. But if you open an image as a new layer and then run this script it'll quickly do the resizing for you, using the SmartSize method in the resize command. Much cleaner than using the pick tool to scale.

The "Open As Layer" script can also be quickly edited to do this exact same thing after it's finished opening the image as a layer. So it wouldn't take much to make the full script.

Thank you so much! I will try this out and let you know how it goes.