Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-12 Thread William de Smet via use-livecode
Thanks all for directing me into a different approach! greetings, William Op wo 11 nov. 2020 om 19:19 schreef Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Using the backgroundPattern seems intuitive, but read the fine print: > image dimensions have very specific requir

Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Using the backgroundPattern seems intuitive, but read the fine print: image dimensions have very specific requirements, and not heeding those can yield unpredictable results. Earlier this year I had a project that used backgroundPattern as a way to use the graphic shape to mask an image. It w

Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
e- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of William de Smet via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: William de Smet Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPa

Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I should have said just create an image file the size and appearance that you want it to be, then import it into Livecode. Bob S On Nov 11, 2020, at 8:40 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Ideally though, just create an image file the size and appea

Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
As a pattern of a graphic, I don’t think so. Even scaling the graphic does not shrink or alter the position of the pattern. Why are you using a graphic instead of just an image? I think you can mask an image, so it should be possible to only show through what you want. Ideally though, just crea

Re: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread William de Smet via use-livecode
se-livecode > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Cc: William de Smet > Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? > > Hi there, > > When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the > image is not center

RE: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread Craig newman via use-livecode
Of William de Smet via use-livecode Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 6:38 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: William de Smet Subject: Best way to add an image to an oval graphic? Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the image is not centered inside the

Best way to add an image to an oval graphic?

2020-11-11 Thread William de Smet via use-livecode
Hi there, When I set the BackgroundPattern of an graphic oval to the image ID, the image is not centered inside the oval graphic. What is a better way to add an image to a graphic oval (and center it? greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list u