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Post by aram528 on Jun 28, 2024 23:05:44 GMT
Good afternoon or evening to all forum members and contributors. I need please the help of people who have more experience in handling the program Albumeasy v4.5.0 (since there is no tutorial of this version and the videos that exist can not be applied because they are very old),that I can provide the code to have a guide to what I really want to do as attached image,I've been trying to understand this program for over a month,but what I want to implement in the sheets I really can not find it. Thank you for your attention  |
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madbaker
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Post by madbaker on Jun 29, 2024 15:05:16 GMT
Hey aram528 , looking at those images, I can see how you might do everything you want, with the exception of the text block to the right of the postal union stamp. I'm heading out for the day but will try to work up some code this evening. There is a topic here called 'all things AlbumEasy' which might help guide you too. thestampforum.boards.net/thread/6701/all-albumeasy-free-album-softwarePS - I should also mention that AlbumEasy’s help function is quite strong. Every command has documentation and some examples too. I tend to have it open in a side window when I build pages. |
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Post by clivel on Jun 30, 2024 3:34:58 GMT
It is possible to reproduce your example page with AlbumEasy, however it is not straightforward. Here is how you could do it:
The only command that supports justified text as per the paragraphs of text under the stamps in your example, is the PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START command, so that is what I have used below
The first item on your page, the mini-sheet, is relatively straight forward to do, e.g copy this into a new album text file:
ALBUM_PAGES_SIZE (210.0 297.0) #sized A4
ALBUM_PAGES_MARGINS (15.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 )
ALBUM_PAGES_SPACING (0.0 0.0)
PAGE_START
PAGE_TEXT_CENTRE (HB 16 "COMMEMORATIONS" 8.0)
ROW_START_FS (HN 10 0.1 5.0)
STAMP_ADD_IMG (60 50 "TestImage.jpg" "" "" "" "")
STAMP_HEADING (HB 10 "150 years ................................ 1859 - 2009" )
PAGE_VSPACE(2)
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START(HN 10 JUSTIFIED 60.0 5.0 60.0)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore
et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam.
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_END
You will of course have to change "TestImage.jpg" to the name of an actual image file and probably change the size. I used the PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START command to place the paragraph of text under the stamp with left and right padding of 60mm to set the paragraph of text the same width as the box above it.
You will probably have to adjust these to fit the actual mini-sheet width.
The next row, the four stamps is done in exactly the same way. However, the difficult part is that you will have to guess the vertical position of the start of the text paragraphs. e.g copy and paste the following into your album file, for the example I have only included two stamps.
PAGE_VSPACE(10.0)
ROW_START_FS (HN 10 0.1 15.0)
STAMP_ADD_IMG (25 35 "TestImage.jpg" "" "" "" "")
STAMP_HEADING (HB 10 "Text Line One\nLine Two" )
STAMP_ADD_IMG (35 25 "TestImage.jpg" "" "" "" "")
STAMP_HEADING (HB 10 "Text Line One\nLine Two\nThree" )
PAGE_VSPACE(2.0)
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START(HN 10 JUSTIFIED 52.0 5.0 95.0)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor.
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_END
PAGE_SET_VERTICAL_POS (156.0)
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START(HN 10 JUSTIFIED 92.0 5.0 50.0)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor.
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_END
The PAGE_SET_VERTICAL_POS (156.0) sets the vertical position of the block of text under the second stamp.
The final row, the two stamps with a block of text between, is done in a similar fashion but with a STAMP_ADD_BLANK to leave a gap between the two stamps for the block of text.
e.g copy and paste the following into the album file:
PAGE_VSPACE(10.0)
ROW_START_FS (HN 10 0.1 15.0)
STAMP_ADD_IMG (50 40 "TestImage.jpg" "" "" "" "")
STAMP_HEADING (HB 10 "Text Line One\nLine Two" )
STAMP_ADD_BLANK(30 40)
STAMP_ADD_IMG (50 40 "TestImage.jpg" "" "" "" "")
STAMP_HEADING (HB 10 "Text Line One" )
PAGE_SET_VERTICAL_POS (195.0)
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START(HN 10 JUSTIFIED 62.0 5.0 65.0)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor. Incididunt ut labore
et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam. Incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam.
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_END
PAGE_SET_VERTICAL_POS (230.0)
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START(HN 10 JUSTIFIED 120.0 5.0 12.0)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor. incididunt ut labore
et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam.
PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_END
This is the result, but of course you will need to use the correct images and correctly sized stamp boxes, I only guessed these:
Please let me know if anything is not clear or if you have any more questions.
Clive
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Post by aram528 on Jun 30, 2024 3:44:57 GMT
Mr.Clive It is very kind of you to give me this help, I appreciate it very much. I will let you know if there is any news about what has been sent. Kind regards It is possible to reproduce your example page with AlbumEasy, however it is not straightforward. Here is how you could do it:...
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Post by aram528 on Jun 30, 2024 3:48:00 GMT
Mr Madbaker Thank you for your comments and I will take them into account Best Regards Hey aram528 , looking at those images, I can see how you might do everything you want, with the exception of the text block to the right of the postal union stamp. I'm heading out for the day but will try to work up some code this evening. There is a topic here called 'all things AlbumEasy' which might help guide you too. thestampforum.boards.net/thread/6701/all-albumeasy-free-album-softwarePS - I should also mention that AlbumEasy’s help function is quite strong. Every command has documentation and some examples too. I tend to have it open in a side window when I build pages. |
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madbaker
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Post by madbaker on Jun 30, 2024 4:13:13 GMT
Wow, what a great explanation, clivel.
I didn't appreciate the details of what aram528 was asking for, especially around justifying the text under each stamp. Your example has much more precision than what I was going to share. Thanks for showing the use of the PAGE_TEXT_PARAGRAPH_START command.
This question and the solution shows that if you adopt the 'layout commands' mental model over the 'what you see is what you get' mental model of a drawing package, you still have pinpoint control of things. I tend to use AlbumEasy to figure out equal / proportional spacing for me, rather than placing things in exact positions, so this has been a real eye opener for me.
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