Chegs77 Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 I am having difficulty exporting to an image file. When I select it, nothing happens. No window with options, it is just as if I did not select anything. Any advice? Thanks, Catherine Quote Link to comment
Marc Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 What do you want to do with the image?The answer to this question will help to determine what kind of export to do.you can e-mail me directly at marc@maabaa.com m Quote Link to comment
klaus Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 VectorWorks uses QuickTime to perform a number of operations within the program. You must have QuickTime installed to be able to utilize these functions. QuickTime 4.x allowed QuickTime 3D to be installed automatically. The latest version of QuickTime, QuickTime 5.0 does not include QuickTime 3D in the typical installation. If you go to Export Image and do not see any image options, or no export image dialog box appears, you may have QT 5 installed without the requiried QD3D component. To fix this problem, simply reinstall QuickTime 5. You can download it from the QuickTime web site. When you start the installation, be sure to select a Custom installation rather than the default Typical installation. Make sure you select the QuickTime 3d component along with all the components already selected. The best way to ensure you have the corrent components installed is to select everything and install everything. Quote Link to comment
Chegs77 Posted May 16, 2002 Author Share Posted May 16, 2002 I reinstalled Quicktime 5, customizing and adding the 3D Draw options, restarted my computer, but still no go. I opened the file, got it the image that I wanted to export to a jpg, but still when I try to export to image file, nothing happens. No dialog box opens, no options to choose from, just nothing - as if I had not done anything. What else could I be doing wrong? Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 Actually, there are two QuickTime components that are required for the image export. QuickTime 3D is only used under VectorWorks 8, but for image importing/exporting you need to have the QuickTime Still Image component as well. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
Chegs77 Posted May 29, 2002 Author Share Posted May 29, 2002 Thank you! That got it! I reinstalled custom again, choosing 3D and Still Image and I can now export to Image file. Much appreciated, Catherine Quote Link to comment
Chegs77 Posted May 29, 2002 Author Share Posted May 29, 2002 Well, It seemed as though the export was working, but when I go to find the file after I've exported it, it is not anywhere to be found. I export to image, select jpg and the appropriate file location, and save. Once it completes, it returns to the save image file box. If I look in the location where I saved it, nothing. I searched for jpg files by the name I saved it as, and nothing. Any ideas? Catherine Quote Link to comment
Matthew Giampapa Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 If you hit the update button before you save it, it should show you a preview of the image. If this is created, everything should work. If you can't get a preview, try an uncompressed image type like bitmap (bmp) instead. Matthew GiampapaNNA Technical Support Quote Link to comment
TiTaNiuM sAMuRai Posted May 29, 2002 Share Posted May 29, 2002 3D and Still image should have no effect. You want to include Authoring Tools (or something similar). Quote Link to comment
Chegs77 Posted May 29, 2002 Author Share Posted May 29, 2002 I was able to export a bitmap file. I found it and opened it and everything! If I need it as a jpg, I can always take it into photoshop and convert it, although there should be a way to export a .jpg, shouldn't there. Would the authoring tools affect what type of file I am able to export to? Catherine Quote Link to comment
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