1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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- Header and Footer are always placed on border of image not within margins
- Top margin for thumbnails gets ignored completely when using a Header but not the bottom margin for footer.
- Output folder is mandatory. It doesn't work like in batch processing where you can enter a name for a sub folder to be created. Also impossible to automatically create the contact sheets in the same folder as the pictures

Additional Suggestion:
- orientation left/center/right for footer would be great
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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XnSoldier wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:00 pm - Header and Footer are always placed on border of image not within margins
- Top margin for thumbnails gets ignored completely when using a Header but not the bottom margin for footer.
Could you post some screenshots?
- Output folder is mandatory. It doesn't work like in batch processing where you can enter a name for a sub folder to be created. Also impossible to automatically create the contact sheets in the same folder as the pictures
ok
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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Here a quick example
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Sheet Title_0000.jpg
Sheet No Titles_0000.jpg
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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btw: Display quality sub par compared to Firefox. Both in 100%
Top is XnView, Bottom is Firefox on Windows 10.
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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Thanks, :bugconfirmed: Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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XnSoldier wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2023 10:02 am btw: Display quality sub par compared to Firefox. Both in 100%
Top is XnView, Bottom is Firefox on Windows 10.
When viewing the output file in XnView?
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.5.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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checking with 1.9.2 now:
quality looks fine even without antialiasing option. Thanks Pierre!

BUT:
- margin affects footer/header and thumbs but there is virtually no space between text and thumbs for vertical thumbs.
Sheet_0007.jpg
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- ® symbol shows as superscript
- Progress bar shows now text and now progress (as in processing pictures or anything. Just the animated pattern in the bar is showing.
xnview progress bar.jpg
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Further:
- suggestion: preview sheet during settings to see live results of changes
- suggestion positioning option for footer (left, centre, right)
- suggestion: different font sizes for header, footer. Normally a title is larger than footers/copyright infos
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Re: 1.5.2 Contact Sheet: Margin ignored for Header, output folder mandatory

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XnSoldier wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 12:43 pm - margin affects footer/header and thumbs but there is virtually no space between text and thumbs for vertical thumbs.
So use vertical spacing between text and thumbnails?
- ® symbol shows as superscript
- Progress bar shows now text and now progress (as in processing pictures or anything. Just the animated pattern in the bar is showing.xnview progress bar.jpg
what do you means?
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