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One feature that would increase the usefullness of SMath for me is to be able to select a PDF file as a Background image.

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I think this is not a useful feature in the eyes of the developer.

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As an Electrical Engineer in Canada, I am using SMath since many years for all kind of personnal work. One feature that would increase the usefullness of SMath for me is to be able to select a PDF file as a Background image. Of course it would be great to have a SMath page created per each PDF pages.

The goal is to "SMath"[verb] selected formulas and graphs on top of the PDF document to experiment with results and to master its contents.

If I push it a bit, there are great apps that can read a formula from an image. So, it would be possible to select an area of the PDF document to instantly capture an image formula into a "SMath" formula.

Keep up the great work!!!

public void SetBackground(
	Bitmap bmp,
	int pageNum,
	BackgroundImageSize size
)

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One feature that would increase the usefullness of SMath for me is to be able to select a PDF file as a Background image.

I think this is not a useful feature in the eyes of the developer. I filed this in the Issue Tracker system as SS-1237 but it got closed without being implemented.

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I'm pretty sure this could be done quite easily with a plugin

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seems to me a different thing... here is asked to used a pdf as background, page-by-page; the BTS request was to use an image inside the header/footer, with placeholders or something similar.

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When I add a background image, SMath ask if you want it applied to current page or all pages. One way to add a logo or any header/footer could be to design it as a Bitmap (full page) and add it as a background image applied to all pages.

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edit not easy as expected... anyway I've found a possible way (here for further reference)

GhostscriptSharp wrapper for Ghostscript

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I would like to suggest making the "background image" to function like IRFANVIEW "overlay/watermark".I need to make some backgrounds translucent and I cannot find how to do this natively in SMATH.

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I think you have to use an image manipulation program
like Gimp or Krita (both free).
In the example published by Jean, I copied the image to Gimp, lower the opacity to 38% and save the image in PNG format.
I have inserted the saved image as a background.

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I would like to suggest making the "background image" to function like IRFANVIEW "overlay/watermark".I need to make some backgrounds translucent and I cannot find how to do this natively in SMATH.Hoping the IRFAN code is available since it's free too

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Hello:

I think you have to use an image manipulation program
like Gimp or Krita (both free).
In the example published by Jean, I copied the image to Gimp, lower the opacity to 38% and save the image in PNG format.

I have inserted the saved image as a background.



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Best Regards

Carlos

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Yes!I was looking at "muting" the background image as it was overwhelming the "calculation".IrfanView and OpenOffice call it "translucent" and you called it "opacity"

Jean,
I know you are not a believer of this, but it's for a presentation and having their "logo" is required.Now to PDF and add this calculation to my slides.

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...what else about this thread ?