CombineZM Help

Load a Stack

There are four ways to start loading a stack into CombineZM they are all at the top of the File menu.   You should be aware that all frames in a Stack should be the same size, even Import Frame mentioned below modifies it's subject to the current stack dimentions.

  1. New Use this when your pictures are stored as individual files, acceptable formats are .bmp, .jpg, .tif, .gif and .png.   You can load several files at once using the standard Windows methods, e.g. drag a box round some, clicking while holding Control or Shift down, or clicking on one then doing 'Control+A' to select all.   The file selection dialog is resizeable, and it's View menu will allow you to see thumbnails.   On loading files CZM will sort them into alphanumeric order.
  2. Resume Work If you have been working on a stack before and used 'Save Work' on the Undo menu, or used the '-w' option from the command line work files will have been saved, 'Resume Work' allows you to reload these files, this includes the Stack Picture and Out.
  3. Extract Frames This function builds a Stack from the individual frames in a Windows Movie File, .wmv.   You can use a .wmv file as an efficient storage medium for a stack which will be viewable as a movie or reloadable using this function.   CZM has an upper limit of 255 frames for the Do Stack macro, and upto 10000 frames for some other purposes, though some functions may not work properly with large numbers of frames due to arithmetic overflows etc.
  4. Getting a Stack from an attached Camera This will be discussed elsewhere.

In addition to the above 'Load Frames' and 'Import Frame' will load additional frames and place them at the top of the stack.   Load Frames works in the same way as New but will not remove existing Frames.

Import Frame only loads one item but the size restriction mentioned above is relaxed, the frame is either loaded at the upper left corner of an empty frame or if it is too big the right and or bottom are cropped to make it fit a frame.   This function is useful for adding text etc. to your work.

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