Bryce Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 I've got a problem. Pictures in a data merge always go to 100%. I have repositioned and resized them smaller to fit the item and I turn the preview off and on and it's back to where it was. This is in Affinity Publisher 1.10.5. I've tried exporting it with the way I want them and they export wrong too. Am I doing something wrong? viterzbayraku 1 Quote
Bryce Posted May 23, 2022 Author Posted May 23, 2022 i saw your post to and I think they are related. I didn't want to hijack the post because I wasn't sure if it was connected. This is about the only thing I use Indesign for now is data merging pictures and I was hoping to switch to Affinity for that. Quote
lacerto Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Bryce said: Am I doing something wrong? I just tested this on Windows version 1.10.5 and images scale within the Picture frame controls according to the setting made on the merge setup document: Do you mean that the images always use "No Fit" picture frame property (the portion of unscaled image cropped as specified within the picture frame), or that the image is always shown completely and that the picture frame is also resized to fit the image sizes? Quote
walt.farrell Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 9 hours ago, Bryce said: Pictures in a data merge always go to 100%. Are you using Picture Frames, or just inserting the image directly? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
lacerto Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, anto said: I can notice, that this problem in my case was when images had different resolution DPI. Images are scaled based on document DPI but I think their nominal DPIs are not relevant so how they show within the picture controls when the images are not fitted in any way, should only depend on how they are aligned within the control, and how much they have pixels. So below the document DPI is 2400 and 1200 dpi (compare these to "No Fit" version in my previous post when the document DPI was 300dpi). IMO the data merge feature works as expected when merging images. Quote
lacerto Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Are you using Picture Frames, or just inserting the image directly? Is it possible to pull images from a data source without a picture control? Quote
walt.farrell Posted May 23, 2022 Posted May 23, 2022 1 minute ago, lacerto said: Is it possible to pull images from a data source without a picture control? I thought it was, but I have very little experience using images and Data Merge. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Staff DWright Posted May 23, 2022 Staff Posted May 23, 2022 Is it possible for your to send me copies of the data source file and your .afpub document using the Dropbox link below https://www.dropbox.com/request/4UNEwrMyqRfnpMVXILeT Quote
Bryce Posted May 24, 2022 Author Posted May 24, 2022 I just uploaded the files. @Anto - all pictures are the same size 5x7@300. I want them to shrink to put on buttons. @walt.farrellI was using picture frames. I'm not sure how to data merge pictures without frames. walt.farrell 1 Quote
Old Bruce Posted May 31, 2022 Posted May 31, 2022 @Bryce, I think you want to be asking @DWright, the person who set up the 'dropbox', and not @anto who is just a member of the forum like you or I. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.6.0 | Affinity Photo 2.6.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.
Bryce Posted August 22, 2022 Author Posted August 22, 2022 @DWright Was there any update on this bug that resizes back to 100% on data merged images? thanks! viterzbayraku 1 Quote
jakenitefire Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 On 8/22/2022 at 2:44 AM, Bryce said: @DWright Was there any update on this bug that resizes back to 100% on data merged images? thanks! Did you try the "Properties" on the toolbar, with your picture frame selected? Maybe there is a wrong scaling method actived. Quote
viterzbayraku Posted Monday at 08:00 AM Posted Monday at 08:00 AM The problem still exists. After resizing of the picture in Picture Frame before Merge generation I end up with generated images that are scaled back to their actual size. The scale I set is ignored. Quote
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