The HELP screens also mentions a Zoom feature and appears to give instructions on resizing images. I considered a test run but don't have any pictures linked in the database currently in Leg8. Might be worth a few minutes trial for someone who does.
Cheryl 2marion wimps wrote: > This may be of help - from Sherry from Support when I had a > problem with pictures: > Did they discuss using smaller size photos? I've found that > if you use > high resolution pictures that it can hang. I recommend > pictures no > larger than 150-200 KB in file size. > > On our website at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/tipsMedia-Menu.asp > <http://legacyfamilytree.com/tipsMedia-Menu.asp> > , > you'll find an extensive article on working with pictures in > Legacy, > > The article can be access through the "Tips from the > Experts" link in > the Support section of the Legacy Home tab under the heading > "Pictures, Sound and Video: Multimedia Files" > > > On 9 April 2014 00:32, Barb Weed <bweed66...@yahoo.com > <mailto:bweed66...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > Yes I realize that the size of the pictures are off. But > where do I find the right size and proportion to use? I > don't see it in the help file. > Barb > > On Sunday, April 6, 2014 10:19 AM, David Abernathy > <da...@schmeckabernathy.com > <mailto:da...@schmeckabernathy.com>> wrote: > That “White area” is because the image is NOT the same > size and/or ratio (height x width) as the thumbnail area is. > One needs to find out what this ratio is and only use > images that are of this ratio. > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices > in my head. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > <http://www.schmeckabernathy.com/> > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot > Antivirus == > *From:*Barb Weed [mailto:bweed66...@yahoo.com > <mailto:bweed66...@yahoo.com>] > *Sent:* Saturday, April 05, 2014 10:53 AM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Pictures on Pedigree view > Hello, I don't care for the boxes with the male and > female figures in them so I have turned them off. But > when there is a picture to go with the name on the > pedigree, it prints in a box with white space edgeing > it. That does not look good. I would prefer to see the > pictures without the box or at least make the box > transparent. It would even look better is the pictures > would fill the box. Is there a way to do that? > Barb Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
