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... : Martin Wynne kellyh wrote: It is about time Flash died the horrible death it deserves! Hi Kelly, I keep reading this, but I disagree strongly. It may indeed be poor for real-world photographic moving video. That's because it was never originally designed for such applications. But for line graphics and animations, the things Shockwave Flash was actually designed for, it is great. And most importantly, using run-length encoding, it is lossless. This makes it infinitely superior to the utterly awful HTML5 video jpeg compression when applied to line graphics such as Templot screenshots. It is all moot, because I have long since accepted that there is no point my kicking against the inevitable end of Flash support. That's why I was so pleased to find the lossless FBR videos which I'm now using directly embedded in Templot (see the help> watch a video> menu items.) But of course FBR videos don't work on web pages, so there is no real choice on there but to accept the awful HTML5 video format. That's ...
... like to know if it is possible to import a .pdf file into background shapes without changing the file format. Unfortunately my cad package has lapsed due to lack of use and failing to renew. I have tried the Alt/ Print screen approach saving the file into Photoshop. Unfortunately the resulting plan loses a lot of definition. Gordon A posted: 12 Dec 2018 14:39 from: Phil O Hi Gordon, I have just had a quick look at background shapes and the only formats currently acceptable are PNG,GIF,JPEG, BMP and Metafile images. Martin may be able to add pdf. Phil. posted: 12 Dec 2018 15:03 from: Bruce A Wilson There are a number of on-line converters http://www.google.com/search?q =convert+ pdf+ to+ image&ie=utf-8 &oe=utf-8 &client=firefox-b Last edited on 12 Dec 2018 15:03 by Bruce A Wilson posted: 12 Dec 2018 15:04 from: Martin Wynne Gordon ...
... topic: 3332 Importing background shape on Applemac posted: 25 Sep 2018 22:59 from: roythebus Help, having used Templot for a few years, I'm now trying to import some old Frank Dyer track plans to see how they pan out. I'm running Templot on my Apple Macbook pro using Wine and Templot seems to run well in that but, trying to import a background shape doesn't seem to work. I have the plan in both JPEG and PDF format which both appear on the C drive on Wine. I select the file, click on it, click copy, but when I go back to the "import shape dialogue it won't drop the shape onto the track plan. What am I missing? Track plan attached, it's a bit faded but should be useable! Attachment: attach_2756_3332_New_Annington_tra ck_plan.jpeg 196 posted: 25 Sep 2018 23:16 from: Martin Wynne roythebus wrote: I select the file, click on it, click copy, but when I go back to the "import shape dialogue it won't drop the shape onto the ...
... sketchboard file here, I will see if I can find the problem. If the file is too big to post here (14MB), please email it to me. You can find my email address by clicking on my name on the left and looking in my Profile. cheers, Martin. posted: 9 Feb 2019 16:41 from: Richard Spratt The message usually comes up twice. It first started to happen after I started showing background shapes on the sketchboard. At one time the background did have a big jpeg, but I realised it was slowing things down so I stopped using it. I've tried loading the sk9 file without the trackplan but couldn't see anything unexpected, so here it is. Thanks Richard Attachment: attach_2801_3383_sketch_penrho_201 9_02_09_1310_28.sk9 157 posted: 9 Feb 2019 18:00 from: Martin Wynne Hi Richard, Thanks for the file. It created the same errors here. I found two very large corrupted rectangles in there. After removing them, the file seems to load ok -- attached below. All of which is a ...
... . Is there a zoom facility on the print map? As you know I use grouping a lot and sometimes I just want a crossover plus a few inches of the approach/exit track. I find it quite difficult to actually see where the crossover is on the map. Here's a pic. but of course it is larger than the normal screen size, so doesn't look as bad. Is there an issue with upload images? I followed the route and it started the upload, but nothing happened. It's a 557KB jpeg image and I waited four minutes.... I now added it as an attachment. The page preview helps, but that's much larger and I have to check each page individually. I'm sure there is a way to zoom in on the print map so I can select the three or for pages required, but haven't found one yet. Grateful for any pointers.... Attachment: attach_2981_3599_DSCF0202.jpg 127 Last edited on 22 Jan 2020 12:31 by Gordon S posted: 22 Jan 2020 14:19 from ...
... compress a fair length of track work into a few feet then you are going to get sharper angles. Hello Derek Thanks for the reply. Yes I'm plotting over the map. it is the 1:2500 of Ebbw Vale that I acquired from Edina many years ago. The Ebbw Vale map is not available at present from NLS. regards posted: 30 Dec 2017 10:04 from: Philip Griffiths Hello Martin, yes that is the slip that I am talking about. The map that I posted is a low quality jpeg I have of the map. I've attached a PNG version that I've trimmed. The previous posting was from a scan I made this year from the microfilm at the British Library. Unfortunately the machine only allowed me to create PDFs. The image posted was a screenshot as PDFs cannot be posted to this forum. Here are some pictures showing the slip: http://flic.kr/p /aZboU2 http://goo.gl/images/05OExl The crossover/ ladder from the platform line was situation from what I can ...
... not a novice and have been building railway models for many years. In the last few years I have built two end-to-end terminus to fiddle yard layouts. Both used templot and the track was built with SMP for plain line and copper clad soldered bullhead pointwork. I am very happy with both and I have learnt a lot, the second layout is much better technically than the first! I am not looking for slavish prototype fidelity but I want something that looks good and feels like the real thing. This jpeg is a general overview.1588_161717_090000000.jpg The attached box file shows where I have got to so far and I would welcome comments on the templot side of things. Please note that I have not really tackled timber shoving yet on this plan. That's for later. Turnouts are B8s throughout but with C10s on the two mainline junctions. This feels right to me but I am open to other suggestions. My real question is around the transition curves. I have tried hard to get a smooth transition between the "straight" sides (though ...
... A6. And using the 'flexitrack' option (2000mm long incidentally) I described some flowing curves over a drawing of the base boards I will probably use for my project. This I exported as a .png at the curious dpi of 262 (max allowed but I'm sure there's a reason) and a scale of 1:4. Importing this into Templot as a background I then set about plotting templates over the Anyrail track. I experimented almost all day but finally have what I think is a usable plan. I've attached a jpeg for interest. If anybody is sufficiently curious I'm happy to add the Box and .sk81 file. Although the plan is based on Hellesdon, I'm moved the location to the middle of the Norfolk Broads and designed the plan to comply with the Scalefour Society 'Standard Gauge Workbench' initiative- it seems as good a place to start as any. It's an end to end 'through' location and I've adopted- I think it was Ian Rice's idea of- a hidden return loop meaning that only one 'fiddle yard' is required. ...
29. Image Size
... topic: 2922 Image Size posted: 6 Sep 2016 09:01 from: Julian Reynolds Hi I am new to Templot and slowly working my way through the tutorials and videos I am trying to load a background image of the Dulverton Station but keep getting the following message when attempting to save my work. The scanned image is 3.89mb as a jpeg but 297mb as a bmp image. Am I just trying to load too much Data? I fortunately have a son who is good with Photoshop so if this is the issue expect I can get this resolved. Many thanksJulian 3169_060357_550000000.png posted: 6 Sep 2016 12:05 from: Martin Wynne Hi Julian, Welcome to Templot Club. Thanks for posting a nice clear screenshot. That is a message from the system, not from Templot. When I write error messages I try to be a bit more helpful and make suggestions to avoid the problem. Your image must be heavily compressed in the JPG file to go from 297 MB in the bitmap down to only 3.89 MB in the file. It is ...
30. 26D
... the North Junction they split, taking the electric lines to Manchester via Radcliffe Central, a second route to Manchester via Radcliffe Bridge and a third to Bolton. The two lines which curve away to the right are the short spur to Bury Knowlsley Street. All that is missing is the coal yard between the two plans. Ian Attachment: attach_1466_2005_Bury_Bolton_Stree t_Station.box 356 posted: 7 Jul 2012 01:13 from: Ian Allen Martin, Apologies, the sk81 file is too large to add as an attachment, so have put the original jpeg up instead. Ian Last edited on 7 Jul 2012 01:33 by Ian Allen posted: 7 Jul 2012 02:36 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ian, Thanks for that. The image was a large file because it was a full-colour scan. I have converted it to grey-scale which has made it much more manageable. This is the sketchboard view: 2_062131_450000000.png In order to use the files, the BGS and SK81 files are both needed. Save them both in the same folder. Here's the ...
... need to click the reload icon or press CTRL+ F5 to see it. The old-style version is still available, and you may find it more comfortable on a larger screen. There is a Desktop Version link at the top of the new page, or go to: http://templot.com/companion/desktop/ For months years I have been engaged in a battle of wits with modern browsers to try to keep Templot screenshots showing crisp and lossless, rather than having them resampled by the browser using inappropriate jpeg compression on line graphics. I have now given up on this. If some of the images now appear fuzzy, I'm sorry. It makes my blood boil to see images needlessly fuzzy, but I'm weary of the battle -- there are more important things in life. Most importantly to get some actual content into the Companion. It won't have escaped your notice that although the format has changed, there is still very little content. I'm hoping to do something about this soon. regards, Martin. posted: 20 ...
... to acquire the image proved to be reasonably straightforward. Getting it to tell me the DPI setting used, or let me set it first, has proved to be a minefield. I have spent several hours on it, hence my bad-tempered previous post. It seems that TWAIN is an old interface, not fully compliant on many scanners, and needs tweaking for different makes of scanner. There are several TWAIN toolbox softwares available, with some hefty price tags. The raw image is delivered as a bitmap, not a jpeg compressed file, which means a crisper image, but lacking the EXIF DPI info (which on many jpg files turns out to be wrong anyway). As a bitmap it should also contain the DPI info, but from my fairly new Canon scanner the relevant fields are empty. If I was writing a replacement for Photoshop I would need to spend weeks getting to the bottom of all this. But as Templot isn't intended to be a graphics editor program, I'm not going to do that. Instead I'm intending to re ...
... England, which you can view free of charge on line, marvellous for railway enthusiasts, historians and modellers.] [size=As well as being able to view on line, they offer a copy service whereby you can purchase full size scanned image on paper or as a digitised file on CD or DVD, the latter being ideal to import into Templot as a background image on which to overlay track. However because the original has been scanned they can only offer the digitised version as a tagged image file not as a JPEG or BITMAP. Am I correct in thinking that Templot will not accept a TIF file for a background picture import? If so, would it be acceptable to convert the TIF file (raster graphics) to a format that Templot will accept, and how best to do this?] [size= ]NSL supply high resolution images, their standard being 1:1 at 400dpi, although they can supply at any resolution required. I'm looking at the Worcester triangle and running shed on 50" OS maps which they can ...
... appropriate. I dont even see all that fuzzy edges you Windoze boys rabbit on about neither I just know I shall end up having to buy one of these iThings simply to know what happens with Templot on them. Martin. leave the dark side and enter the light, martin posted: 2 May 2015 07:36 from: Martin Wynne The BBC are now trying the Touchcast format for interactive video: http://bbc.co.uk/news/business-32539063 Which looks ideal for Templot tutorials, but no doubt uses fuzzy jpeg-style compression the same as HTML5 video. More info: http://touchcast.com regards, Martin. posted: 3 May 2015 01:38 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Duncan wrote: So I've actually learnt quite a lot from watching this video, on good practice with Templot, not to mention how to produce a diamond on a transition curve...brilliant!! Thanks Andrew. I have now updated the video with some additional notes and a new section showing how you can improve the accuracy of the result using ...
... 1 Apr 2015 20:28 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: as to HTML 5 quality that's a function of the codec being used by the browser, iOS and safari use H.264, which gives really good quality and quiet small sizes, but isn't royalty free( but apple pays the royalty) Flash is dead Martin, even Adobe know that. Hi Dave, Everyone I ask keeps telling me all this, but it just isn't true. Presumably if Apple says it often enough everyone believes them. The HTML5 codecs use jpeg-style compression and it just isn't suitable for recording screen graphics. For still images we have two formats -- JPG for real-world camera photos and scans, and lossless PNG for line graphics. The difference between them is significant and clearly visible. It's blindingly obvious that we need two similar formats for moving images. At present the only lossless video formats I know about are Flash, AVI+ TechSmith TSCC codec, and FBR. According to Blueberry they are using H.264 for the QuickTime exports: 2_011509_090000000.png So I ...
... topic: 2140 baseboard on background posted: 16 Jan 2013 15:38 from: stevo First, thanks for this marvellous piece of software. I'm fitting an 0 gauge layout around a room and have a rather complicated baseboard shape which I need to put in as a background shape. I've drawn it as a jpeg which I attach. The dimensions overall are 36400mm x 42500mm. How do I put it in as a background shape to the right size?undefined undefined 2613_161037_380000000.jpg Thanks Stevo posted: 16 Jan 2013 20:27 from: wally Steve, That looks like big layout, but are you serious that the room is 36.4 by 42.5 metres? Wally posted: 16 Jan 2013 20:56 from: Martin Wynne Hi Stevo, I think you have an extra zero in those dimensions, unless that's a barn door at top right. However, that doesn't change the method. It would be much better to draw your room directly in Templot using the background shapes functions, but you can use your existing image if you prefer, like this ...
... the vast majority of them would have no interest in the finer points of Templot. Indeed, it perceived complexities would just put them off. Re manuals you are not the only one who struggles- I am just getting to grips with AutoCad, and the manual is useless unless you already know how to do things- it is plainly written by geeks for geeks- and it makes the mistake of telling you how to work the software, not how to do make drawings. My only suggestion would be build a manual like jpeg images are built:- do the whole picture at a blocky level of detail, then do the whole thing at a slightly greater level of detail then repeat the process- thus at any stage you have something which is complete. BUT please take a happy pill this morning! There is no doom and gloom- you have far more contented users compared with the moaners. Any software which can generate a complete Template of the L&Y's Bolton West in about 15 minutes flat in any scale or gauge can only be ...
... What I'd like is for someone to draw up this plan in Templot so I can start laying it out and making track. The baseboard is 1200x720mm but I can stretch to 1250x750 if needed. Also, I'd prefer to use Easitrac points patterns so all the track is the same system. I'd be happy to donate towards your time by PayPal (or you can help out a fellow modeller with the goodness of your heart? ...). I can supply a 1:1 file is most formats – EPS, JPEG, PDF, AI, PICT, PSD, PNG, plus many more. I drew it in Adobe Illustrator. Please let me know on here or by email/PM if you're interested and I can send the file. Cheers! Attachment: attach_1302_1767_Branch_Terminus_4 .jpg 131 Last edited on 6 Jan 2012 16:02 by The Nth Degree posted: 6 Jan 2012 16:11 from: wcampbell23 OK- daft question: If you are going to use the Easitrac system why do you need the plan in Templot? Surely you ...
... from the ruler, click on background and then click in information window and it rights itself, so I won't be losing any sleep over it, but I thought you might like to know. I'll upload the screen shot in a following message, in case that's what messed up my first posting. Regards, Pete posted: 11 Dec 2011 22:12 from: Pete Brownlow Ok, it didn't like me just pasting the screen shot into the message (that's what went wrong first time) so I've uploaded it as a Jpeg: 147_111711_500000000.png Regards, Pete posted: 11 Dec 2011 23:33 from: Martin Wynne Pete Brownlow wrote: I noticed one oddity, not a show stopper, but as you move the ends of the ruler around, the last line in the information window (Timbering length) gets repeated over and over again. Hi Pete, Many thanks for reporting this. The total timbering length data is new in this TDV update (requested by Ian). It was much trickier to do than you might think -- obviously ...
40. Possible bug
... : 13 Jun 2011 08:06 from: its_all_downhill Hello Martin, I don't know whether to be happy or sad as I having joined your beta crew initially seeing all the other more learned users posting feedback to the TDV I thought I might have been a bit to eager to jump on the band wagon. However the more I use TDV I find more and more features I never really knew about and that make life so much easier Anyway on to the reason for the post, whilst trying to reimport a background image (jpeg) back into a plan I received the following error. If I click on enter dimensions then it can be readded. Is this just me or one of the gremlins? Regards Tom 109_130302_410000000.png posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:53 from: Martin Wynne Hi Tom, That's not actually a bug in TDV -- it's also in all earlier versions of Templot. Thanks for reporting it. It's not strictly speaking a bug. The add clicked shape function assumes that you have previously clicked 2 locations on the workpad to mark ...
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