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... out-of-memory condition and make a more graceful recovery. Thanks for reporting it. I also think there may be an issue with the save file options as when you select a different file type in the file type window, it does not automatically change in the file name window (as it does in Windows) and needs to be deleted manually unless you are overwriting everything, eg changing the file type to .JPEG still saves as .PNG. The big question there is why do you want to save from Templot in JPG format? I was sorely tempted not to include the JPG option, but allowed it because you may perhaps have a large scanned image on the background as a picture shape. The JPG format is intended only for photographic real-world images from a lens (camera or scanner). It is the worst possible format for saving screen graphics and makes a pig's ear of it. Your screenshot above would have been much clearer and sharper in PNG format, and would have been a smaller file size at the same time. ...
... then give it a real testing. Best regards. Brian Nicholls. posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:56 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: BTW, I can if required produce the images in any format you wish: PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF, TIFF. However, it would seem the requirement is for GIF format, so that's what will be provided. Hi Brian, Thanks for your further thoughts. Sketchboard can add bitmap items in any of these file formats: BMP, GIF, PNG, JPG, HCK. It is important for non-rectangular objects that the background can be made transparent. Otherwise such objects would be displayed on a rectangular image patch. This means that only GIF and PNG are the real options, and sketchboard supports transparent backgrounds for both of these formats. In theory PNG is better because it can support transparency with full colour, whereas GIF is limited to 256-colour format. In practice not all image editor programs support transparent PNGs (so users might have trouble editing them if needed) ...
... : 475 Bullhead& flat bottom Turnouts+ CWR expansion fittings posted: 5 Jul 2008 20:53 from: Phil O Hi All Attached Are a few photo's I took at Merehead during the Quarry event. I was suprised at just how much bullhead rail is still in use. The first series of photo's is a 1in 7 1/2 B/Head turnout. Attachment: attach_298_475_1_in_7.5_B-H_nose.jpg 896 posted: 5 Jul 2008 20:56 from: Phil O The Nose Attachment: attach_300_475_1_in_7.5_B-H_turnout_nose_(1) .jpg 942 posted: 5 Jul 2008 20:57 from: Phil O The nose Attachment: attach_301_475_1_in_7.5_B-H_turnout_nose_(2) .jpg 896 posted: 5 Jul 2008 20:58 from: Phil O The Switches Attachment: attach_302_475_B-H_B_Switches_(1) .jpg 874 posted: 5 Jul 2008 20:59 from: Phil O The switches Attachment: attach_303_475_B-H_B_Switches_(2) .jpg 870 posted: 5 Jul 2008 21:00 from: Phil O Nose with spacing blocks Attachment: attach_304_475_B- ...
... now be individually set and adjusted by mouse action sketchboard layout drawing function rail foot edge lines can be shown on FB templates (flat-bottom rails) print menu renamed output menu output in diagram mode -- solid colour infill between stock rail edges Important: not available for partial templates if stock rails omitted -- temporarily lay plain track templates across complex formations to create diagram-mode output. output to PDF files, including large single pages for roll-paper poster printing export to bitmap image files in PNG, GIF, JPG, BMP formats export to vector image metafiles in EMF, WMF formats easy capture of screenshots to PNG files print now! function to bypass printer setup and calibration background picture shapes -- support for PNG, JPG, GIF image formats background picture shapes -- images saved in the BGS folder in SK8 format background picture shapes -- images can be wrapped along the control template additional top tool buttons: "beginner buttons" for the most common mouse actions F9 mouse action adjusts V-crossing angle only, F10 adjusts K ...
... clearance for the flanges. What I couldn't work out was how to move the blade along the template, then later in the day how to download my own old template to Templot. I still haven't managed that despite Martin's explanation! Maybe I'm getting too old to remember all these computer instructions. Thanks to all for the help so far. I have 2 of these slips to build, luckily both from the same template. posted: 26 Jan 2014 09:50 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, If you look at your jpg, it does say printer uncalibrated. If you copy the two related files into the folders where they should go you can then load your jpg as the bgs file. If you want to move the blades along, make sure your peg is on front of switch and try snake through peg on actions mouse actions control/geometry menu option. (Ctrl F6) Stephen roythebus wrote: Hi Borg Rail, thanks for taking the time to help on this one. My printer was calibrated. As this was one of the ...
... ". This setting normally defaults to "fit to paper" in most reader programs, so it is important to remember to change it. And to ask the copyshop to change it if you are having large-format PDFs printed. regards, Martin. posted: 2 Jan 2012 02:34 from: Donald MacLean Thank you Martin I am impressed! I didn't expect a response before tomorrow- Monday- morning Canadian time. I had been using the menu normal size 100% option but when I go to output as jpg/png/bmp etc., the dpi setting of 4000 does not change and the resulting file makes a 3mm scale, #6 straight left hand point come out at 35 inches long!!! [and height is increased in an equivalent manner!] In other words the 100% option doesn't seem to work. [I am trying to produce a point base cutting template for a medium duty 'cutter/plotter' I have just purchased. If I can get it to work, I'll write it up here ...
... use images from Google Earth as a background? If so how do I do it? Hi Andy, Yes. This Templot screenshot of Corfe Castle is from Paul Boyd: 105_151522_380000000.png Background images are inserted in picture shapes. You would need to capture the image as a screenshot first. See this video: http://www.templot.com/martweb/videos/map_picture_shape.exe More info: http://www.templot.com/martweb/gs_bgshape.htm Note that in TDV it is no longer necessary to use BMP format only, you can also use JPG, PNG and GIF image files. Also it is no longer necessary to save the file in the SHAPE-FILES folder. Also, you can now bend such images to fit your railway room, see: message 9830 regards, Martin. posted: 7 Jan 2012 21:21 from: andygall Hi Martin, thanks for the fast reply, i'm not that upto speed on computers but i've managed to save the image as a jpg file, how do i open that into templot so i can save it as a ...
... topic: 1800 New to templot and have a few questions? posted: 21 Jan 2012 18:03 from: kingkong92 Hello all, I am planning a small layout of a sawmill an want to use templot for designing and have a few questions... 1. How do I import a scanned sketch of my layout (jpg) to use as a background? 2. Failing the above how do i draw a simple rectangle 1850 mm x 630mm, what should i enter in the 4 dimension boxes? Thanks for any help Sam Attachment: attach_1324_1800_Track_plan.jpg 399 posted: 21 Jan 2012 19:20 from: Les G kingkong92 wrote:...1. How do I import a scanned sketch of my layout (jpg) to use as a background? 2. Failing the above how do i draw a simple rectangle 1850 mm x 630mm, what should i enter in the 4 dimension boxes?... Hi Sam, Welcome to the Templot club; a good place to start is: Companion- Backgrounds and Scans. You will also ...
... the generator. You can't have both at once. I have also been working this week on the Sketchbook feature. After much head scratching I have finally beaten the Windows metafile functions into submission. The base track plan can now be inserted either in raster format (bitmap) or in vector format (metafile). The latter provides much improved zooming and printout. It also provides an EMF file in passing, which can be opened in most photo editor programs, and then re-saved in GIF or PNG format (or JPG if you must). This means I no longer need to provide a separate raster image output in these formats, which has saved quite a bit of work. regards, Martin. posted: 4 Jul 2010 18:48 from: Brian Nicholls Martin Wynne wrote: I thought I would start a topic where I can report occasionally about what I'm currently working on in Templot. Comments and suggestions welcome, but don't leave it too long or I may have moved on to something else. Hi Martin, First let me ...
... 12:39 from: Jim Guthrie allanferguson wrote: If something was being laid as a sleepered lead at Blackford in the 1970s it was undoubtedly secondhand. Not in the running line I hope but in the yard, which by then as I recall was an Up refuge siding with a tamper siding off it. The tamper was actually parked in the siding in the photograph. Jim. posted: 26 Apr 2016 17:06 from: allanferguson Well, I'm trying to upload a drawing of NBR pointwork as above. It's a JPG file of 373 kb, and the program keeps telling me that the file I am trying to load is in a non allowed format.... should be JPG. I've given up now. Allan F (Frustrated of Fife) posted: 26 Apr 2016 17:24 from: Martin Wynne Hi Allan, Rename the .JPG file as .jpg (lower case). Alternatively, if there is any punctuation or spaces in the file name, remove it/them (especially apostrophes and extra dots other than the one ...
... ). Go to the Save as type: box (2) and click the drop-down arrow (3). Select Windows Bitmap or BMP on the list of file formats (4). (If there is a choice of BMP formats, choose "24-bit" or "32-bit" or "Full Colour" or "True Colour" .) Then you can enter a suitable name in the File name: box and click the Save button. If you have already saved the scan in JPG format I recommend scanning it again as above. The JPG format may have lost some of the precision detail in the image. Saving it instead in a loss-less format such as BMP preserves all the available detail, which is why Templot uses the BMP format for background images. If you are unable to scan it again, you should be able to open the JPG file in whichever program you normally use to edit photographs, or in the Paint program which comes with Windows, and then Save As... ...
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... 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 the bitmap size which Templot has to deal with internally after expanding the file, and 297 MB is on the large side of normal expectations. Your screenshot shows it to be 20513 x 5076 pixels. There are several things you can try. The obvious one is to resize it in Photoshop to a smaller size. If you reduce it to say 33%, 6838 x 1692, that would reduce the bitmap size ...
... by electronic mail? Hi Gordon, 1. Arrange your screen as required. 2. Press the PrintScreen key on the keyboard -- it's usually just to the right of F12. (It would be far more logical called "Copy Screen" because that's what it does, but some things are beyond human understanding. It doesn't print anything.) 3. Start your favourite picture editor program or Windows Paint. 4. Click Edit> Paste. 5. Save the image -- but NOT, please not, in JPG format. JPG is totally unsuitable for screenshots and computer graphics, and will produce the largest file size and worst possible image quality. JPG is intended for real world images captured with a lens (from cameras and scanners). Save instead in GIF or PNG format. Ideally first reduce the colour-depth to 8-bits and then save in PNG format. This gives the minimum file size and a perfect reproduction of your screen. p.s. ALT+ PrintScreen is useful to copy only the active window, instead of ...
... , i'd not seen that one. Are the tutorial videos for the tandem and slip turnouts still relevent to TDV? These look quite advanced. If i just use simple turnouts and diamond crossing for now can these be converted at a later stage? Will keep plugging away and hope to make futher progress over the weekend. Ray Last edited on 7 Jan 2012 22:24 by r_wilton posted: 7 Jan 2012 22:51 from: Martin Wynne Hi Ray, Your problem with uploads is that you are saving the screenshots in JPG format. JPG should never be used for computer graphics -- it is intended for photographs and scans only. Always save screenshots in PNG format -- output> export a screenshot... menu item. The file will be smaller and the image will look much better. Are the tutorial videos for the tandem and slip turnouts still relevant to TDV? These look quite advanced. Yes. Often the later Templot versions include extra functions which eliminate or simplify some of the video stages, but the video can still be ...
... W x 1008H with a Bit Depth of 24. When importing to Templot I believe I need to know the DPI, how do I find this information or have I got it completely wrong Hi David, In the current versions of Templot you can't use GIF files, you need to save it again in BMP format. Save it in the C:\TEMPLOT\SHAPE-FILES\ folder so that Templot can find it every time you reload the BGS file from there. Edits: Templot2 now supports GIF, PNG, JPG, in addition to BMP. For scanned items -- use JPG. For computer graphics and CAD drawings -- use PNG. Do not use JPG for these. It is no longer necessary to save the image file in the shapes folder. The video needs updating to reflect these changes. If it is a "25-inch" OS map the scale is actually 1:2500, not 1:25000. That is the scale of the "Explorer" OS maps and too small to be much use in ...
... until there is a locomotive in the way. Martin. posted: 28 Feb 2018 05:12 from: Martin Wynne Hi Rob, First try. I put a+ 3 dioptre close-up lens on the camera, set f/16, left everything else on Auto, attached an air-tube release, plonked an 0 Gauge wagon in front of it, and this is the result: 1. Full frame reduced to 20%: wagon_close_up2.jpg 2. Actual size dot-for-dot cropped from the (JPG) image. This is an area about 10mm x 8mm on the model, i.e. about 100 dots per mm. wagon_close_up1.jpg I'm well pleased with that, bearing in mind how little effort was needed to set it up. EXIF data says: F/16 1.2 seconds ISO 800 I'm sure with a bit of tweaking and use of a RAW image that could be improved. The wagon could do with a bit of tweaking, too. cheers, Martin. posted: 28 Feb 2018 14:04 from: Paul ...
... : 18 Dec 2016 22:21 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: Also have a look under the TEMPLOT COMPANION heading to the right of the screen under REAL TRACK. There is a lot of useful information there. Tony, thanks for helping Richard. Here's the link: http://templot.com/martweb/gs_realtrack.htm Martin. posted: 18 Dec 2016 22:25 from: John Preston Hi Rich, Again, I have taken the liberty, this time, to superimpose the upper and the lower plans (jpg file attached). You will notice I have the lower plan in blue and the upper plan in red. I have the following concerns regarding the lower and left side of the combined plan. It would appear that some of your upper grades are coming down directly over lower level trackwork, particularly in the lower left corner. It appears the lower level ramp up to the upper level needs to come back down to arrive at the turntable and fiddle yard. Clearances here look rather tight. I would suggest that ramp elevations ...
... topic: 186 GW special chairs posted: 3 Oct 2007 02:27 from: Phil O Hi all Here is tonights installment of the special chairs Cheers Phil Attachment: attach_84_Check_chairs.dxf 359 posted: 3 Oct 2007 02:28 from: Phil O check chair with flare for the ends of check rails Attachment: attach_85_13_Check_chair_(flared) .JPG 256 posted: 3 Oct 2007 02:29 from: Phil O ChecK chair plain for all others Attachment: attach_86_14_Check_chair_(plain) .JPG 248 posted: 21 Oct 2007 20:48 from: Bruce Wilson Phil's Check Chairs dxf converted to PNG Bruce Wilson Barrie, Ontario Attachment: attach_115_CheckChairs.PNG 201 Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Share and show> GW special chairs about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this ...
... line thickness> set any line thickness... menu item. Also of course they need to be set to some colour other than white. They are probably going faint because you are viewing the image at less than 100% using a resampling algorithm. The default settings are intended to be only 1 dot wide at 100% size, which is fine for printing, and should show on the screen as thin lines in PNG format. Your files are looking ok here at 100% size. (If you use the JPG format, all bets are off. Don't do it.) See also: topic 2848 regards, Martin. posted: 5 Mar 2016 21:51 from: Martin Wynne p.s. Stuart, This is a section of what I'm seeing on my screen, using all the Templot defaults, and displaying the PNG image at 100% in the Windows Photo Viewer: 2_051649_540000000.png Martin. posted: 6 Mar 2016 09:15 from: stuart1600 Thanks, Martin. I've been looking at a number of boxes that I've never really ...
... better bitrates then flash a on2 codec etc Last edited on 25 Oct 2017 10:18 by madscientist posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:29 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: Martyn, I don't understand why this is all so complex, you can use screen recording software like FBR to create MP4 files, everything will handle MP4 these days Hi Dave, Yes I know it will, and that's what I'm doing. But it's FUZZY, and it drives me mad when I know it needn't be. Would you use lossy JPG for a CAD drawing, instead of lossless PNG? Of course not. So why are we being forced to do that with videos? If there are two different formats for still images, why not for video? Even decades-old animated GIFs have better sharpness for screen graphics than MP4 files. And another thing. File sizes for that video: FBR fully interactive: 1156 KB. SWF (Flash) fully interactive: 1218 KB MP4 same video, without interactive functions: 4841 KB. 4 times or more on ...
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