Power Director Masks

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

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May 16, 2012 13:45

Hi,
I have created a 'Film Strip' mask (in Photo Paint X3). I copied the images to the PD 10 mask folder and everything works except for one detail... the image thumbnail image doesn't display properly? Could some one help me with this.
Here are the images taken from my PD mask folder.


Filename	filmStrip1Thumb.png	Download
Description	film strip thumb iamge
Filesize	896 bytes
Downloaded:	232 time(s)


Filename	filmStrip1.png	Download
Description	Filmstrip mask
Filesize	16 Kbytes
Downloaded:	224 time(s)

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vn800rider

Senior Contributor Location: Darwen, UK Joined: May 15, 2008 04:32 Messages: 1949 Offline

May 16, 2012 14:19

Just a quick reply from memory only - I think the thumbnails have to be 80x60 and also, I suspect, follow the same naming protocol as the other mask thumbnails. I may be able to look into it in a bit more detail later but maybe following the same naming will help.

Cheers
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

May 16, 2012 14:58

Krekt Adrian!

Jim - where the mask is made completely of **white & transparent spaces, the thumbnail has to be black & white... i.e. black replaces transparency. You'll see in the attached examples.

The mask itself can be any size/proportions, but the thumb has to be 80x60.

** any edges that are not exactly white will appear as artefacts

Cheers - Tony


Filename	S_233.png	Download
Description
Filesize	18 Kbytes
Downloaded:	235 time(s)


Filename	S_233Thumb.png	Download
Description
Filesize	789 bytes
Downloaded:	215 time(s)

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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

May 16, 2012 15:24

Hi,
Ok thanks for the information...the way I got the sizes was that the mask was a 512X512 size (max) and the thumbnail 80X60..
I will adjust accordingly as per advice
thanks
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