>I want to make a picture database. And I would love to be able to drop
>picture-files into the program window. But how do I do that? I need a
>pointer to the file dropped. so that I can load it.
The external collection, a commercial MetaCard external which can be
found at the cross worlds site, supports drag and drop.
>I also wonder if there are a way to resize a picture to a new size from
>within the program
MetaCard supports this directly by setting the rect of an image.
>Ofcourse I can resize the pictures in photoshop, but reziseing 10,000
photos
>is more than i bother to do.
As I recall photoshop has an action palette which could automate this for
you, there are also other graphic packages which handle batch processing.
>Another suggestion: When using Gif images, the border of the image is
not
>anti aliased, would it be possible to make a "mask" that consists of
more
>than Transparent/not transparent
Why not make the edges partially transparent(some pixels transparent, and
some pixels not) in photoshop, and then import into MetaCard.
regards,
Tuviah Snyder
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