LumaPix :: FotoFusion
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Each frame that contains an image has a number. This serves two purposes:
| • | The Selection State |
If the frame is unselected, the number looks like this:
If the frame is selected, the number looks like this:
If the image within the frame has become disconnected from the original image, the number will look like this:
See below to learn how to fix this problem.
This is used to know which frame the next and previous frame selection buttons will move to.
The frame number is also useful as a reference when discussing collages with others, for proofing commercial work or sharing images for reorder with friends and family. Click here to learn how to add file information to your output.
Frame numbers can be reset. Click on TOOLS on the menu, then select CANVAS and finally select RENUMBER FRAMES to reorder your project. Alternatively, right-mouse down outside of the canvas area and select RENUMBER FRAMES from the list of options.
The frame number is used to swap images between two frames.
Mouse-down on the frame number and drag to swap an image from one frame to another.
Please note: empty frames (not containing an image) will not have a number. Hover over the empty frame to add an image.
To pick up an image and return it to the dropper, click on the frame number (as opposed to dragging it).
You will now be able to pick up other images or drop images into other frames (by left-clicking on them). See Adding Images to the Canvas for more detail.
Reconnecting to your source images
If you see that your frame number has turned red, FotoFusion is warning you that it cannot link the canvas thumbnail versions of your images back to the original image files. If this has occurred, you will also receive an error message when attempting to output your files that tells you that FotoFusion cannot find your original images.
In order to create high-quality output, FotoFusion needs to gather additional information from your original images. The link between the thumbnail version of your image on your canvas and the original image must be maintained in order for the output to be rendered.
The link between the thumbnail version of the image and the original file can be severed in several ways, most of which can be restored.
| • | If your original images have been moved from their original directory, click on TOOLS >> Locate Missing Images, and point FotoFusion back to the files in their new location. |
| • | If your original images reside on an external memory device (eg. cd, thumb drive, external hard drive) that has been removed from your system, reattach the device, and click on F5 on your keyboard. If this doesn't work, shut FotoFusion down and relaunch the software, then your project. |
| • | If your original images reside on a non-networked drive that has been reassigned a new drive letter (eg. Windows assigned it to G: on one session, and reassigned it as F: on the subsequent session), click on TOOLS >> Locate Missing Images, and point FotoFusion back to the files in the newly assigned drive. (FotoFusion will warn you if this may occur when you drop the images, and will offer to make a local cached version of your images to prevent this from happening in the first instance.) |
| • | If your original images have been renamed or deleted, you will need to redrop new copies of the images. Renamed images cannot be recognized as the equivalents to the thumbnails. Deleted images, obviously, cannot be found at all. |
| • | If you have moved the .scrap project file to a new computer without archiving it, you should return to the original computer and archive the project. Archiving bundles the project instructions with the original images, into a .scrappackage format. When restored on a second machine, FotoFusion will save the images into new directory, and maintain the links required to output the project. |
