Rendered Size and Position

Working with Images

On This Page

•	Image Size
•	Dots Per Inch (DPI) and Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
•	Working with Anchor Points
•	Positioning
•	Set the Position

Image Size and Position

Image Size
Images are referred to by their size in pixels i.e. the number of pixels across (width) by the number of pixels high (height). In the example of the flower above the image is 2376 pixels wide by 1584 pixels high. When you select the image in the program its size is reported in the Object Manager.

Dots Per Inch (DPI) & Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
Dots per inch (DPI) or dpi is often confused as an actual measurement of an image on computer disc which is quite incorrect. As explained above the size of the image is measured by the number of pixels across and the number of pixels high. DPI, however, refers to the physical world i.e. the number of dots that are actually printed per inch onto media such as paper or vinyl. Similarly the term Pixels Per Inch (PPI) or ppi refers to the number of pixels used to display an image such as the one above on your computer's monitor.

Therefore when calculating an image in terms of DPI you need to think of an image's pixels being stretched or squashed to fit within a physical size set by you in the drawing area. So if you wanted the image of the flower shown above to be printed at say 24" wide (609.6mm) then you would need to stretch its 2,376 pixels over 24" which works out to be 99 dots per inch i.e. 99dpi. A selected image's DPI and rendered size is reported in the DesignCenter (as shown directly below).

Images and the DesignCenter

Images in the Design Center

When an image/bitmap is selected a suite of image tools will appear under Bitmap and Image tools in the DesignCenter, as shown above, with most of the tools outlined in the topics on images/bitmaps available in the DesignCenter. The advantage of the DesignCenter is that you can leave it open to access the image/bitmap tools whenever you require them, also see DesignCenter

Working with Anchor Points

1" Image (bitmap) on a 10" x 10" Page (centered)
Anchor Point set to Center (where to measure from)

Positioning
SignMaster Cut allows you to measure the distance from the page's origin (top left corner by default - as shown directly above) to any one of the 9 positions of an Image (bitmap) as shown in the Anchor Point icon (see above). By clicking on an Anchor point the distance from the page's x and y coordinates will be automatically displayed in the x and y origin.

To	Do the following
Set the Position	1.	When an Image (bitmap) is selected click in the x or y coordinate
	2.	Click the Up arrow to increase the distance from the page's origin or the Down arrow to decrease the distance from the page's origin or type in a value and press Enter.
		You can also use the Center node using the Pick tool to position the object visually in the drawing (see above).

You can change the size of the image using the width and height edit boxes and lock the ratio by clicking on the padlock to the right of the scale edit box.