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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: external figure sizing
Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 23:07:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <554E770E.9060407@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <freemail.20150509222630.89210.1@fmxmldata00.freemail.hu>

On 5/9/2015 10:26 PM, Csikos Bela wrote:
> Hello list members:
>
> I would like to make a photo montage (4x3 images on one page) using
> \placefigure, \externalfigure and combinations. The images should be scaled to the
> same size, eg to .25\textwith and .3\textheight so that the  aspect ratios of the images
> are kept and the appropriate value is used for width or height. That is the smaller value
> from .25\textwith and .3\textheight is used for the image size.
>
> Using only \useexternalfigure[Fig1][1.jpg][width=.25\textwidth] may not give the correct
> result if the image requires size adjustment by height and vice versa. Defining both
> width and height results in exact resizing and the aspect ratio is not maintained.
>
> How can this be solved?

\useMPlibrary[dum]

\showframe

\starttext

\setuplayout[middle]

\defineexternalfigure[quarter][factor=max]

\vbox{\dorecurse{4}{\hbox{\hsize.25\textwidth\vsize.25\textheight\dorecurse{4}{\externalfigure[dummy][quarter]}}}}

\page

\setuppapersize[A4,landscape] \setuplayout[middle]

\vbox{\dorecurse{4}{\hbox{\hsize.25\textwidth\vsize.25\textheight\dorecurse{4}{\externalfigure[dummy][quarter]}}}}

\stoptext

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-09 21:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-09 20:26 Csikos Bela
2015-05-09 21:07 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2015-05-09 21:08 ` Peter Münster
2015-05-11 15:27   ` Csikos Bela

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