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"Slice and Splice"

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:03 am
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.

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:31 am
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

Re: "Slice and Splice"

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:51 am
by xnview
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?

Slice & Splice

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:05 pm
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.

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:11 am
by Tommy
i need this feature too.

Slice & Splice

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:35 am
by Ty
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.

[ OT ] Tssss....

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:06 am
by Clo
—> Ty

:D Hello !

- 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 !
- The best SIS is The Vatican's one, though… Surprising, but true ! Image

:mrgreen: Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:23 pm
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

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:46 pm
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

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:38 pm
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..

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:50 pm
by Tommy
Thank you.
I hope "slice and spice" will see the light in XnView 2.0. :wink: