Pola Wall Map Generator :
Instructions + Program

What is the purpose of this program ?

This program allow you to build a "Photo Collage" without pain. It gives you the same result as mine (click here to see it). So, this program generates automatically the HTML MAP Tags and the final picture of the "Photo Collage".

Start the program on-line : here (Java Web Start)

You can have a look at Fresque Creator, the Pola Wall's half-brother. I hope to find some time to add to Pola Wall some Fresque Creator features like loading/saving maps and pictures or delete pictures directly from list.

Like this program (and ugly css buttons !!) ?

How to use it :

  • 1 - Add Pictures
    Load pictures (only Jpeg and Png formats are allowed).
    Pictures loaded will be stored on the left. Nota : Whatever the native size and format the pictures will always have the same apparent ratio.

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  • 2 - Drag n' drop your picture on the panel (on the right)

  • 2 bis - Background color
    You can change background color, if you wish to match with your web page background color.

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  • 3 - Check Z-clipping
    Don't hesitate to use it to know exactly how the program handle the polygons Z-clipping.
    Useable areas are filled in red with transparency effect and the area's border is underlined with blue.
    (If there was a problem, don't hesitate to use the "Undo" button to remove the last picture "glued". You can click to remove all pictures one by one)

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  • 3bis - Show coords matching
    If you enable this checkbox, the polygons coordinates mapping will appear as black lines all over the image's borders. They must match.

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  • 4 - Create Map/Save Picture
    Save in PNG the final "Photo Collage" picture you'll use in your web page and generate the MAP tags part. You can copy it into your HTML code.

    Before saving, you can fill the "Picture Directory" field to add directly the final "Photo Collage" picture directory path.

    The checkbox Javascript is used to generate automatically my own function calls, so normally you don't need to check it.

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