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

[XnSoldier]

- 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

[xnview]

- 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

[XnSoldier]

Here a quick example

[XnSoldier]

btw: Display quality sub par compared to Firefox. Both in 100%
Top is XnView, Bottom is Firefox on Windows 10.

[xnview]

Thanks, Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

[xnview]

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?

[xnview]

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.5.4. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.

[XnSoldier]

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

- ® 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

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

[xnview]

- 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?

[XnSoldier]

- 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?

yes, there should be some more space or possibility to enter a blank second text line in the title

typo. now = no. No text and no progressing bar with progress bar. Just a moving pattern in the dialog box.
® symbol shows in title text as superscript meaning it is small and higher than normal characters. like ² or ³ instead of 2 and 3.

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