Example A example-a

Create a fixed-size template with a static background image, a variable image which is aligned with the background at the left-center and scaled to not exceed 80% of the width and height of the background. And finally, one text layer with vertical text centered at the right edge of the canvas.

Example A image

The template record section-32f54710593e438fa0622224c89380af

Insert object

catalog::Id
myTemplate1
catalog::Modifier
src=backgroundImage&size=1000,1000&originN=0,0& layer=1&src=$object$&size=800,800&originN=-0.5,0&posN=-0.5,0& layer=2&$text=layer+2+text+goes+here&text=rtf…$text$…rtf-encoding&rotate=-90&originN=0.5,0&posN=0.5,0

The origin= values of all layers are specified explicitly in the template to strictly control positioning and alignment of the layers. Each layer origin is set to match the desired alignment for that layer. The origin= for the background (layer 0) is set to the center; this value is arbitrary because the background image does not change at run time; any value for the layer 0 origin could be used.

The pos= values provide the necessary offsets between the layer origin points, to achieve the desired layer positioning.

The anchor for the layer 1 image is placed at the left-center, with the pos= value. This setting achieves the left-center alignment between background and layer 1 image, regardless of the aspect ratio of the layer 1 image.

Similarly, the anchor for the text layer is positioned at the right-center of the auto-sized text box, with the pos= value. This setting achieves the desired right-center alignment for the rotated text, independent of font size and string length.

The actual display text is provided at run-time, so a variable is used to separate the text from the rtf formatting envelope. The default variable $object is used for the layer 1 image. This variable lets you specify this image in the request path.

Any image may be used for the background image and the layer 1 image. If the background image has a mask, the unmasked areas are filled with the default background color ( attribute::BkgColor), or left transparent when fmt=png-alpha or fmt=tif-alpha. If the background image has a non-square aspect ratio, it is centered in the reply image, and the extra space is filled with attribute::BkgColor. If the layer 1 image has alpha data or a mask, the background image (or background color) remains visible in the transparent areas. If the image has no mask, it fills the entire allocated rectangle.

Using the template section-3e04eedc268c482db5a8cfc662c0f327

http:// *server*/myRootId/anotherImage?template=myTemplate1&$text=about+the+image

The following image shows the composite result for different aspect ratios of the layer 1 image and different text strings.

Example A composite result image

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