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PROBLEM WITH PLUGIN OUTPUT

Postby bhp2000 » Tue May 26, 2015 11:23 am

Hi-

New here and first have to say I love this software
and the fine work being submitted.

Any help here would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

HAVING A PROBLEM WITH OUTPUT AS A PLUG-IN

I recently purchased the Plug-In version, the 64 bit version
to use with the 64 bit version of XARA Designer Pro 10. (Windows, 7 pro, 64)
(BTW I use a number of PS type plugins successfully with this software and it's set up to do so)

I'm hoping I'm just doing something wrong and hoping someone can point out
the error of my ways. ;-)

EXAMPLE: Have an image and open the SP PLUG IN to ADD say a border.
I find the border, press okay and then save and close and am returned to my
software...but....no border. Maybe a hairline of it on a couple of sides and that's it.

HOWEVER...if I SAVE AS the image with border as a jpeg (from inside Smart Photo)
...the entire border is rendered just fine in the resulting jpeg.

EXAMPLE 2: Now with that said, let's say I use an image and apply an
overall grunge effect. I click okay, then save and close. NOW, the effect
has been applied when returned to my software but only WITHIN the confines
of the image itself.

I THEN FIGURED...Okay, if I want to have a border, I'm going to have to
start with a larger page size (than the image itself) in my software to
account for same. That didn't work either.

I'M HOPING I'M JUST AN IDIOT and missing something elementary here
or, I unfortunately just plopped down the extra money for a plugin
instead of the stand alone.

ANY THOUGHTS? IDEAS?

Many thanks, Bob

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Re: PROBLEM WITH PLUGIN OUTPUT

Postby DennB » Tue May 26, 2015 2:41 pm

I tried to do a test, but the trial of XARA Designer Pro 10 doesn't allow that. (Sending to another application is greyed out) All I can say is that SPE Studio works flawlessly in my host programs. I would think there must be something with XARA that needs adjusting? Could be an adjusting factor in SPE, but since I do not have this problem, I cannot tell you.

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Re: PROBLEM WITH PLUGIN OUTPUT

Postby bhp2000 » Tue May 26, 2015 3:18 pm

Thanks for the reply DennB and effort.

In subsequent tests, any border (or similar) that has the "padding option"
allows me to apply the full image seen in PE. Those without this option
will only affect the image itself...and nothing outside of same.

I'll check some XARA forums and see if anyone there has a solution.
I'm pretty sure I came upon PE in one of those forums.

Thanks again!

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Re: PROBLEM WITH PLUGIN OUTPUT

Postby admin » Wed May 27, 2015 9:46 am

Hi,

I'm not familiar with Xara, but I can tell you how it works as a Photoshop plugin:

If you apply a border, because the Photoshop plugin system doesn't support images changing size, the image will be resized including the border so that the output is the same size as the input. I just checked that in Photoshop, and it worked.

I'm not sure what you mean about applying an affect only appearing within the image, as I can't see how an effect can be applied outside an image!

Tony

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Re: PROBLEM WITH PLUGIN OUTPUT

Postby bhp2000 » Wed May 27, 2015 9:22 pm

Hi Tony

Sorry for the delay responding but been having problems logging in to the forum.

Yes, that was written in error regarding expanding the image.
When I mentioned within the image, again, in haste but basically
saying the only result I can get is anything occurring on the image
itself rather than the exterior looks etc. EXCEPT...when I use an
image that offers the PADDING slider. THEN...it works as you describe
using PS.

I looked through my manual of my software and came upon an interesting
sentence that said it was fully compatible with PS plug-ins. (32 bit version of my
software only) I use the 64 bit version so there's room for error obviously.

All my other PS or PS type plug-ins work just fine though.

So, looks like I'm stuck exporting Tiffs or Jpegs when an effect
doesn't have padding.

Hey, thanks for running that test on PS and your reply.

Best regards, Bob

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