"Slice and Splice"

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alpac1t

"Slice and Splice"

Post by alpac1t »

This new function would go on the "Edit" menu; it is related to both "crop" and "cut." If it were my choice, I'd put it next to "crop."

1. The normal selection tool is used to select an area that goes from border to border horizontally across the image.

2. The user clicks on "slice and splice." (Or just "slice"; or just "splice")

3. That operation divides ("slices") the image into two parts; that above the selection, and that below the selection.

4. The selected area disappears.

5. The two parts of the image are put back together ("spliced"), minus the selection.

6. We now have an image that is identical to the original, except that the part that was selected has entirely disappeared.

7. The same thing works vertically as well as horizontally.

8. The operation ONLY works when the user has selected an area that goes from border to border, either vertically or horizontally.

This would be a great aid to technical writers (like me) who have to show lots of screen shots, and are forced to include lots of empty screen area.

Thank you for your consideration.
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Post by Tommy »

HyperSnap have this function which is called "remove strip" and u can use it either vertical or orizontal.

i'd like XnView to ave this as well. it would be great to make it work also in batch mode
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Re: "Slice and Splice"

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alpac1t wrote:This new function would go on the "Edit" menu; it is related to both "crop" and "cut." If it were my choice, I'd put it next to "crop."

1. The normal selection tool is used to select an area that goes from border to border horizontally across the image.

2. The user clicks on "slice and splice." (Or just "slice"; or just "splice")

3. That operation divides ("slices") the image into two parts; that above the selection, and that below the selection.

4. The selected area disappears.

5. The two parts of the image are put back together ("spliced"), minus the selection.

6. We now have an image that is identical to the original, except that the part that was selected has entirely disappeared.

7. The same thing works vertically as well as horizontally.

8. The operation ONLY works when the user has selected an area that goes from border to border, either vertically or horizontally.

This would be a great aid to technical writers (like me) who have to show lots of screen shots, and are forced to include lots of empty screen area.

Thank you for your consideration.
Do you have an example of result wanted?
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Slice & Splice

Post by Ty »

Hi Pierre,

Thanks for fixing my logon info.

Here are samples:

1. Original image showing lots of wasted space: http://www.microsabio.com/zmisc/20.png

2. Top portion of new image (created by cropping 20.png): http://www.microsabio.com/zmisc/21.png

3. Bottom portion of new image (also created by cropping 20.png): http://www.microsabio.com/zmisc/22.png

4. New image, consisting of top and bottom portions stitched together using XnView's "create panorama" function: http://www.microsabio.com/zmisc/23.png

There is another set of images at the same location that shows a vertical screen being sliced and spliced: 30.png, 31.png, 32.png, 33.png.

Thank you for your consideration.
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Post by Tommy »

i need this feature too.
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Pierre,

If you don't put this feature in XnView, I might tell some of the fundamentalist right wing extremists that have taken over our country that there are hidden supplies of oil in France that you're not telling us about. Then we'll invade your country, kill lots of people ("terrorists"), set up secret prison camps, and torture people until we get all the features that we want in XnView.
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—> Ty

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- Tss, tss…Don't you know that we have one in the best and efficient Secret Investigations Service in the world ? :wink:
- I guess that they have read your posting already and are tracking you !
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Post by Tommy »

anyway i hope they will keep this feature in consideration for next releases.

i use that function a lot with external softwares. it would be great to do it with XnView as well
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Post by Tommy »

sorry if i resume this topic but i wanna ask if the slice and spice feature is going to be implemented in the near future
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Post by xnview »

Tommy wrote:sorry if i resume this topic but i wanna ask if the slice and spice feature is going to be implemented in the near future
Sorry but not in next release..
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Post by Tommy »

Thank you.
I hope "slice and spice" will see the light in XnView 2.0. :wink:
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