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Author Topic: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(  (Read 6965 times)

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Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« on: January 12, 2017, 04:30 PM »
I've checked "Add border to image" and clicked Apply and Accept, but screenshot images aren't getting a border  :o
What am I doing wrong? :-[

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2017, 04:43 PM »
Border gets added with color and size specified in options -- perhaps its adding it but you don't see it?

It's also possible there is some transparency effect?

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2017, 07:00 AM »
This is what I've specified, but still no border :(
sc options.pngAdd Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2017, 07:33 AM »
Did you set the Post capture options to apply it automatically?

Screenshot - 19-02-2017 , 14_28_17.pngAdd Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(

Another way to apply the Quick Border would be to use "SpecialFX2/Border around image/Simple border around image - inside", (or -outside)

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2017, 09:07 AM »
Yes, that's what I have.
post capture.pngAdd Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2017, 09:21 AM »
It may be because you are using the "post capture pop-up dialog" option? If you tell SC to just show it's main window (or hide it's main window) after capture, does that solve the problem?

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2017, 11:58 AM »
Aha!
I had "PopUp Choice Dialog" selected, but I've changed it to:
NEW SC.pngAdd Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(

Thanks so much for your patience, much appreciated! :Thmbsup:

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2017, 12:16 PM »
That's not your fault -- that should probably be considered a bug that it doesn't apply that when showing the post capture pop-up dialog -- i will fix.

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2017, 07:35 AM »
Thanks, Mouser ~
What I didn't tell you is that Screenshot Captor is the utility I use more than any other, there's not a day goes by that I don't use it at least 3 or 4 times, and not uncommonly 10 or 15.


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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2017, 07:51 AM »
Awesome  :Thmbsup:

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2017, 09:52 AM »
Once again the same problem has recurred — no border — even though I have:
Special Effect Options: Quick Borders > blue > width 3 > simple outside
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The Basics > Interface Options > Show Main Form

Weird  :o

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2017, 10:47 AM »
How many screenshots did you make like that since the computer was last (re)started? Or since SSC was last (re)started? Wichever was the most recent action.

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2017, 05:43 PM »
Sorry, Ath, I don't understand your question. I frequently make many screenshots every day, I don't recall what day it was the borders stopped working.
Maybe I'll try re-installing.

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2017, 03:25 AM »
I'm trying to determine if you make many screenshots without restarting screenshotcaptor and/or your computer. If so it might be a minor glitch in SSC, not releasing a resource when adding that border, resulting in an internal failure (that is not shown to the end-user) and the auto-added border not working as expected any more.

Does many, in this context, mean tens, hundreds or thousands?

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2017, 09:46 AM »
Hi Ath ~
I might make two to three dozen screenshots per day, then on another day only a couple of individual shots.
I've just closed SSC and re-run it, and still no border  :(

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2017, 06:03 PM »
Are you using the pop-up post capture dialog?

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Re: Add Border To Image Isn't Adding a Border :o(
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2017, 09:20 AM »
Aha, that does it, thanks mouser :Thmbsup: