Image Clipping

[gordo99]

I have attached threefiles, I hope. One is a screen shot of X3D work space. One is a .png export and one is a .jpg export.

Both the export have been clipped to something less than the size of the image. The .png files shows severe gradation in the shadow.

I sthere something I can do to correct them? I prefer to save files in .png to take advantage of transparency.

I would like to attach the .X3D but I haven't figured out how to attach them yet.

Thanks,

Gordo

[Rik]

Hi Gordo.

You are exporting (I am assuming) with the following settings:
'Current window size' and you have the 'Crop' option ticked.

The cropping looks at the edge of the object and not any shadows applied.

Deselect the 'Crop' option and also deselect the 'Transparent' option.
Adjust the Width and Height until you get the right size including the shadow parts.
Then select the 'Transparent' option again before exporting.

EDIT: You can see in image 1, what the 'Crop' option does to the image.
In image 2, I have deselected the 'Transparent' option, then adjusted the Width and Height.
Remember to select the 'Transparent' option again before saving.

[gordo99]

Thank you Rik. Another eye opener. Great advice that solved my problem.

Gordo

[Burpee]

Hi, been a while.

I have Xara3D version 6. When I try to export my text as a PNG it is not transparent and I can't find any controls for selecting transparent. I watched a few tutorials but they are for the newer version. Any help? thanks.

[Burpee]

Oh for Heaven's sake. I figured it out....pffft. Thanks anyway.

Thanks for the info on exporting pngs Rik. I'll try it that way too.

[Burpee]

Sorry, I'm back. Nope, it doesn't work even when I select 'transparent'.

Here's a screen pic. I used the above settings...ok, wrong pic but I did it with the above settings. When I load the resulting PNG it looks like the center image on black. If I use my magic wand to delete the black in the image it creates the bottom image on orange.

What am I doing wrong?

[Scotty]

Hi,
Also to add to Bill's comment go into settings and set the settings to highest...these aren't the default settings.
Jim