When working with automation, which include images, you must deal with a number of questions. These questions could be a) how is the merge markers set or constructed for an image, full file path or?, b) how should the images be placed within the frame in terms of scaling and alignment, c) if the images does not exist what should we do? delete the frame or? In this tutorial we will try to cover these three issues. We will also discus default images, forces scaling, alignment by numbers and off set. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Auto detection of UTF-8
When a user save a csv or tab separeted file from Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers, the encoding identifier is not always included in the file. The UTF-8 format has the benefit of containing, not just the latin alphabet but also, East European, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and many, many others, all in one file type! Continue reading
Working with Pre Script to Search for Images
When creating a catalog, a price list or a campaign paper, data does contain every infomations available. But for some production that’s not enough. Part of the data could be missing in relation to the graphic production, like the correct link/locations to the images. If your images reside within folders and subfolders, and more subfolders this is the tutorial you will need to read. Continue reading