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Cropping Photos :: Every Picture Tells a Story

Introduction Photography, be it digital or traditional, is in many respects an applied art. There are technical aspects to taking the 'snap shot' but there's also a significant artistic component in the composition of memorable photos. Every pictu ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-12-09 11:24 - 1 comment - 16 attachments

Drawing using Pixel Units :: PowerCADD

... the interesting history behind how a postscript printing pixel came to use the standard of 1/72" (let us know if you are really ... on the subject). Suffice to say that for our purposes a pixel is 1/72" or 0.013889" and if we work from that math, the rest is ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 12:54 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

Dynamic Snap with Object Snap off

Issue Dynamic Snapping does not work if Object Snap is turned off in the Layout menu > Drawing Setup > Snap Tab . This condition is the opposite to how things worked in PowerCADD 6 and earlier. Affects PowerCADD v7.00, v7.0.1 ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 13:18 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

iWork 08: Pages: Type Size Too Small On Screen

Question: I use Pages in iWork'08 and find that 12 point type is too small to be seen easily on my monitor. Is there a way to change it? Must I always initially bring up 12 point type, and then change it to 16 or some such, just for that spec ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 14:15 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

What Changed in PowerCADD 9

What's different in PowerCADD 9 from previous versions? In PowerCADD 9 Engineered Software added a special Help Menu item which brings up a list of the new features of PowerCADD 9 ( Help menu → What's New ). To further assist we've added ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 02:38 - 0 comments - 9 attachments

Tinting Bitmaps with Transparent Backgrounds

Abstract I'd like bitmaps to maintain their transparent backgrounds after applying certain QuickTime Effects such as Tinting. PowerCADD 6.0.4 makes them opaque (solid white), how do I get around that. Requirements PowerCADD v6 (v6.0.4 ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 11:59 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Bitmaps and Highlight Selection

Question Should bitmaps be treated as a special condition when Highlight Selection (Choose PowerCADD menu > Preferences > View > Highlight Selection ) is enabled? Requirements PowerCADD v6 and Mac OS ? X Panther Powe ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 13:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

New Print feature in PCD7.0.6

Question New Printing feature for Layer Opacity ? Attributes (transparency). Requirements PowerCADD 7.0.6 and Mac OS ? X Tiger or Leopard (10.5.2 or newer recommended) Background Engine ...

Book page - EditorHuc - 2011-11-13 13:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments