on 9/7/03 23:38, Simon Barber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is a bit off topic - but I would be grateful if anyone can help with a > math/design problem. > > > > I am designing a cover for a publication, the size of which is 29.7cm long > by 21.0cm wide, landscape. > > > I need to fit forty images onto the one page. The proportions of the images > are the same as the cover 21/29.7 = 0.7070 ie the height is 71% of the > length. > > > I am trying to work out what size each image has to be to fit the forty on > the page. > > > If the images were square the calculation would be easy enough, but I do not > know of a formula to deal with the differing proportions. If anyone can help > I would be most grateful. > > > Cheers > > > > Si Barber > This is fun --- is the answer that it cannot be done with 40 shots without dead space ?
two solutions are bin 4 and have a grid of 6 x 6 making 36, or make a grid of 7 x 7 making 49 and be forced to find 9 new shots (or spaces). Another option is to find 2 more shots and lay them out 6 x 7. they would need slightly adjusting either thicker or thinner depending which side was 6 and which 7 nighty night alan mahon =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
