Hi Ronny (and anyone interested),
attached is the latest update of the FREE BDSwapImage macro. The latest version has built upon the QuickSwap module (select 2 images and then swap them with one click) by adding a QuickSwapSize module which not only swaps 2 images, but also swaps their sizes.The macro also has the original module SwapImage module which pops up a userform and allows the user to choose how the 2 images are swapped (e.g. swap the position of their top left corners, bottom right corners, etc). Here is a screen capture of how the modules appear in the Macro Manager docker, assign shortcut buttons/keystrokes to make them one click away:
Refer to the video below to see the intented use of this macro:
Brian said:.The macro also has the original module SwapImage module which pops up a userform and allows the user to choose how the 2 images are swapped (e.g. swap the position of their top left corners, bottom right corners, etc).
hi Brian,
Looks good. FWIW, this functionality has been in the commercial Dizzy shaping macro since 2007, and it also includes all alignment and transformation options. Plus much more...
Jeff Harrison said:FWIW, this functionality has been in the commercial Dizzy shaping macro since 2007, and it also includes all alignment and transformation options. Plus much more...
Hi.
Yes. That's one helluva macro. Very handy.
Do you guys use this image swap feature a lot?
-John
RunFlaCruiser said: Do you guys use this image swap feature a lot?
Hi John,
yes, Ronny says he uses it a lot and I personally use it all the time! I am not a graphic designer, so I mainly use Draw for page layout to then output a navigable PDF file. It is very common for me to have 10-15 images to choose from and only need 3 or 4 in a design on a particular page. I drag 3 likely candidtates into position in the design and have the rest of the image at the side of the page. I then swap the images around until I get the best look. There is often a main larger image and then several smaller images. The macro in its current state is going to save me SO MUCH time!
Best regards,Brian.
Brian said:Ronny says he uses it a lot and I personally use it all the time!
Ronny Axelsson said:The second edition of the 5th version is awesome.
Hi Ronny,
I am really glad you like it. I like it too. I have just finished messing around with this silly concept:
Hello Ronny, Jeff, et al
This video shows a macro I wrote for MS Word (2007 and 2010 versions) and is an example of the "type of functionality" I want to see in a macro for CorelDraw. I want to see a macro allow the user to completely change the look of the page in one click and have many looks to choose from. That as a starting point...and then later include a form for manually adjusting some of the things within the styles to further expand the possibilities. In Word it was a piece of cake as Word has "style SETS" which change the appearance of every single style used on the page to something else with one click. This can still be done in CorelDraw, but instead of coding to choose a different style set we have to manually code every parameter; in other words, manually create style sets ourselves.
What do you guys think?
I should have mentioned in my last post that it is the Quick Styler part of the macro at the end of the video which I am referring to in particular. I created this macro for a friend of mine who needed a resume and has no idea how to use MS Office, or any other software for that matter (even though he has had a computer for several years).
Near the start of the video where the user can click buttons to add predefined headings...maybe that could be used in some way too? Adding headings for a restaurant or fish and chip shop menu, for example? Buttons for all different meal groups, etc.? Maybe the user could add their own presets, which would then be one click away.
Just thinking aloud here, if I am too noisy tell me to shut up.
Brian said:... is an example of the "type of functionality" I want to see in a macro for CorelDraw.
I agree, I started something like this in the X3 era but only got the UI started.
Brian said:This can still be done in CorelDraw, but instead of coding to choose a different style set we have to manually code every parameter; in other words, manually create style sets ourselves.
Yes, I think I figured a way to do it, but the one downside is that it's not possible to tag inside a paragraph text frame. However, I like your word macro and totally agree with your vision.
Jeff Harrison said:but the one downside is that it's not possible to tag inside a paragraph text frame
Hi Jeff,
I am not sure what you mean by this. You can use CorelDraw styles within paragraphs (paragraph text boxes) as per my following video. About 2 years ago I figured out the code to create styles and edit styles, and apply them to selected text. I then started working on code to replace one style with another within a document. For some reason I was distracted with work or other things and never finished it, I didn't keep my test code either. Late last year I had another look at it and could not figure out what I had previously achieved. I will have another look at this in the near future as my "figuring out" skills have improved in recent times
Brian said:I am not sure what you mean by this. You can use CorelDraw styles within paragraphs (paragraph text boxes) as per my following video.
You can apply a style as you've shown, but the brick wall I ran into was that there's no way to externally-link styles to certain rows of text inside a paragraph text frame.
I've found a way otherwise however, for artistic text and such that I think will work.
Our goals are the same: I'm speaking of changing a style sheet and having the entire document change. AFAIK , only an entire p. text frame would change if a style sheet was updated, not specific words inside it. I think Ventura and probably ID can do that.
This is all too cool! I had no idea Brian was so active in this channel (coreldraw.com forum). Cool beans. Love Dizzy's Shaping as well.