MEP2013: Buggy aspect ratio

terrypin wrote on 2/24/2013, 9:24 AM

This is reminiscent of similar buggy behaviour in MEP 2013 I described some months ago.

In my illustration below, the two objects are identical, with size 2881 x 1621, which is an aspect ratio of 1.778, i.e. 16:9. Both should fill the 1920 x 1080 monitor. But the width of the selected object is shown incorrectly as 1616. This arose after various operations on it (moves, copying, etc) as in the case I reported months ago.

Or for better quality: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/MEP2013-BuggyMemoryRetention.jpg

The object's properties show that the cause seems to arise from an incorrect aspect ratio:

Or for better quality: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4019461/MEP2013-BuggyAspectRatio.jpg

It's as if MEP2013 clings on wrongly to a previous set of properties for an object. Or somehow its AR calculation routine breaks down.

I saved the image with a new name from my editor and that was then displayed and reported correctly.

An obscure bug IMO, so I've formally reported it, as it may provide a clue to other strange behaviour.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Comments

johnebaker wrote on 2/24/2013, 3:31 PM

Hi Terry

I cannot duplicate this one, no matter how much copying, pasting, moving around and replacingI do.

John

terrypin wrote on 2/24/2013, 4:33 PM

Hi John,

Thanks for trying, but I'm not at all surprised, This sort of weird behaviour happens once in a blue moon for me. There's some rare combination of operations that causes it - but pinning it down will probably prove impossible.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK