Layout help/critque...

mbshaw77 Jun 22, 2004

  1. Kenneth L. Anthony

    Kenneth L. Anthony TrainBoard Member

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    It sounds like you were trying to print out the track plan directly from the internet page.

    Sometimes in modeling, it is easier if you take the time to build a jig, or build something temporary to hold pieces together even though that doesn't end up in the final model. Same thing in computing. I often find it easier to print or handle pictures from a web page by saving them as separate files.

    This is what I can do as a plain basic operation of my WindowsXP operating program. I imagine a lot of other variations of the Windows programs operate similarly. "Right click" on the trackplan you want to print, keep or manipulate. You will get a "DIALOGUE BOX" with a number of options. One near the top will be "save picture as". By default, my Windows suggests saving it in a file called "My Pictures". I have my computer configurated a different way because I use it mainly for graphics and video editing, but no matter. Save the trackplan or whatever picture somewhere on your harddrive. Or you could save it on a floppy. Or "wherever...." as they say.

    I have a photo program that allows me to change the size, resolution, etc of the image I have saved, cut and paste changes, etc. That is nice, but you don't need such a program to make a print out. I just go on "My Computer" or "Explore" to the folder where I have saved the picture and click its icon to display. Then I can print the picture file from there. Then if you don't want to use up space on your hard drive, or just don't want to have a lot of files to sort through, you can delete the file.

    One other useful trick involving "right click" on a picture. When someone posts a picture on Trainboard, they write out an "UBB Code" with the URL of the website from which the picture is posted, such as www.railimages.com. However, when that code is written properly and everything works, you don't see the code on the Trainboard message. Rather it automatically displays the picture that the code sends it to. If you right click on a picture and look for "properties" in the dialogue box, it will tell you information about the picture such as maybe its pixel size (such as 640 x 480) or memory size (98K), or its file format such as a .jpg file. The filename for an automatically-displayed picture will probably be its URL, such as a Railimages album. With that information, you can hunt up the website from which the picture was posted and possibly find similar and related pictures, information, even though that info was not explicitly referenced in the original post.

    Just a little suggestion.
     
  2. disisme

    disisme TrainBoard Supporter

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    Couldnt have put it better myself Ken [​IMG]
     
  3. Shortround

    Shortround Permanently dispatched

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    Thanks for the advice Kenneth. I was finaly able to get it to work using IrfanView. It wouldn't work with PhotoShop.
    ;)
     

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