Help With Insert File

Calibre

Hey all, how goes in these crazy days?

If I might ask for assistance. I am using the Heraldry option via CC3+ and I'm having an issue. Below you will see 2 PNGs I've simply tried to insert onto a blue shield. Attempting to render this design out resulted in craziness: 100 passes?!? when finished, the results attempt to save somewhere on my machine, but I can't find them.

Therefore, I ask: what is the proper way of creating the design in CC3+? Do I have to import the PNGs and painstakingly draw them via a polygon drawing tool? Somehow convert them into one of the types of symbols? Something else? Please advise.



Yikes. Problems showing images.


Standby please

Monsen

The number of passes are only dependent on the export resolution you use (+ anti-aliasing size), not the png's you add. If you get 100 passes, your export resolution is way to high, and I am betting the images generated are so large that the final convertion step crashes, resulting in no files.

Try to reduce your export resolution significantly. (What do you have it on now btw? and what is the anti-aliasing setting?)

Calibre

Thank you, Monsen.

Apparently you are quite correct. Exporting with transparent background hid the massive size. Redoing asap.


thanks!

Cal

Calibre

Attempting again. Thanks for your patience Monsen.

Cal

What the heck is up with the gargantuan background? argh.

Calibre

Are these images too large? I did a resize on both and they still seem too large.


Could advise please?


thanks
Cal

PS: maybe if I do 100 x 100 that will fix.

Calibre

Maybe I should just describe what I need:

a cross moline fitchy argent: the cross above is close, but is a cross fitchy flory argent

a flame gules fimbriated or: a red flame outlined in gold


all this on an Azure shield.


thanks
Cal

Monsen

As I said above, the size of the images doesn't matter at all (well, within reason), it is the export resolution in CC3+ that causes the number of passes to go up. Resizing the images won't do anything to affect that.

JimP

Posted By: Calibre

Yikes. Problems showing images.


Standby please

Limit of about 1 megabyte and 1000 pixels in both directions.

Otherwise you'll get some message about it can't find the discussion.

Calibre

OK, using inkscape, I can't see how to change the resolution, only the size. Apparently, I need some other graphic editor.

Suggestions?


thanks
Cal

JimP

Irfanview is good.

https://www.irfanview.com/

Monsen

Your image editor doesn't have anything to do with this.

If CC3+ gives you 100 passes, it is because your your export resolution IN CC3+ is too high. Check Tools menu --> Options --> BMP, JPEG, PNG button.
Either the width/height values here are way out of proportions, or less likely, your max pixels per pass have been lowered, but this can only be done from the command line, which is unlikely to have happened.

Shessar

Posted By: Calibre

Therefore, I ask: what is the proper way of creating the design in CC3+? Do I have to import the PNGs and painstakingly draw them via a polygon drawing tool? Somehow convert them into one of the types of symbols? Something else? Please advise.

To get PNG images into CC3+:
1. put them in a folder where you intend to keep them. If you insert images into CC3+ then later move them to a different folder on your system, it will break the connection between your map file and the image.

2. navigate to and open the folder using the folder navigation button at the top of your symbol catalog window (shows a yellow folder icon).

3. Select one of the images and click OPEN.

Your images are now usable as simple symbols. You will have to set the Sheet and Layer that you want them on before placing them since none of that has been defined.

Attempting to render this design out resulted in craziness: 100 passes?!?

When you choose to save the FCW map file as a JPEG or PNG, make sure that the resolution and anti alias is not set too high. This setting can be accessed via the option button in the save as dialog.

Calibre

Hey all

Sorry for delay in response. However I'd like to point out that the resolution settings I use are the ones Ralf advised me to use when exporting my highly intricate maps. Heretofore, I've had no issues with saving as rectangular PNG.

Hence, my confusion.

Monson, I don't know what resolution to use for rendering out my coat of arms. Thank you for your help.

thanks
Cal

Monsen

Well, unless you need it in insanely high quality, I'd say that setting the width and height to 1000 pixels each and the anti-alias setting to 25% should be fine. Double the width/height if you really need it.