PowerClip placeholder frame proportions

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PowerClip image fields currently have their coordinated calculated according to 
the image placeholder inside them. Is this the way to go?

A different issue drew my attention to this.
If a PowerClip container in the CorelDRAW template file has different 
proportions than the variable image placeholder inside it, the FitInField 
selection will also be disproportional.
Ex. This template:
http://d1.zetaprints.com/mageimage/index.php/magentot-03/powerclip-frame-test.ht
ml
has 3 PowerClip containers. Each is a perfect square shape. The image 
placeholders inside them, however, are different. Top one is much wider than 
its container (powerclip_frame.png), the middle one is much higher and the 
bottom one is 1:1 proportional.
If you click on the first image (Horizontal), the FitInField selection will be 
rectangular shape when in fact the frame in the template is square 
(powerclip_frame_02.png).

Possible problem:
1. FitInField selection frame proportions will not be proportional to the 
actual frame (visible area in the template) but to the placeholder inside it.

It is possible that we discussed this earlier as part of the "contextual crop" 
tasks but I couldn't find any issues about it.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by agur...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2011 at 2:51

Attachments:

• powerclip_frame.png
• powerclip_frame_02.png

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Hm. Yes, we go by the placeholder.
The clipping path can be anything. It can be a circle or an irregular shape.
De we need to update help for this or do you think we need to go by the 
clipping path if it's rectangular?

Original comment by ad...@zetaprints.com on 14 Nov 2011 at 8:07

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I probably need to update PowerClip help posts:
http://www.zetaprints.com/help/power-clip-vs-simple-placeholder/
http://www.zetaprints.com/help/use-of-power-clip/
to warn about extremely disproportional image placeholders inside PowerClips.

Original comment by agur...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 1:15

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Original comment by ad...@zetaprints.com on 15 Nov 2011 at 9:18

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This post already contains info on this issue (bottom of the post):
http://www.zetaprints.com/help/power-clip-vs-simple-placeholder/

Since this problem is also (and probably will be, most often) encountered as 
part of Magento, I dedicated a section on it in this new post:
http://www.zetaprints.com/magentohelp/fit-in-field-image-editing/

Original comment by agur...@gmail.com on 22 Nov 2011 at 6:00

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Original comment by ad...@zetaprints.com on 22 Nov 2011 at 9:29

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