Creating and Editing Graphics
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1. Section pasted here which overwrites original content Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 10 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL iii How To Make A New Image File From Part of Another Image File Den mal ena g Elo e em Now use your cursor and the selection tool to draw a box around what you want to copy see below E _ Oy Section pasted here which overwrites original content Choose Edit gt Copy then choose Edit gt Paste As New Image A new image will show up ina different window This means a new file has been created You can then save this file with another name and or in a different format I e Head JPG head jpo Miel ES New Image File Created This is a good way to extract parts of images to show Blow Up details see next page Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 11 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL VI EXAMPLE OF CLOSE UP IN PRESENTATION First the pictures were inserted into Power Point Then the red boxes and lines were drawn using the Power Point drawing tools Note the captions under the photos they explain how the Blown Up effect was produced Section Copied From Large Version of File A jpg Copying From a Larger File Makes It Appear As If This Was Magnified or Blown Up Smaller Version of File A jpg Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 12 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL VII ANNOTATIONS To create annotations it is recommended that you insert photos into Power Po2. AEN 8 F Copy And Pasting Images amp Parts of Images 0 cece cece cece eeee ee eee 9 1 How To Copy Parts of IMageS seeped creceacevecuceceeecerutcseemeacesoanyaenecs 9 ii How To Copy Parts of An Image Into Another Image 10 iii How To Make A New Image File From Part of Another Image File 11 VI Example Of Detail Blow Up Made Using Photo Editor 0 00 ccc cece eens 12 VII Adding Annotations amp Notes sssnnssunssenssensssrrsseesssrrseererssrrreseesso 13 Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 1 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL I INTRODUCTION This document will provide assistance in making professional graphics for your presentations reports and web pages Due to graphics degradation during conversion from Power Point to HTML and PDF file formats the images are BEST viewed printed from PowerPoint IH AVAILABLE SOFTWARE FOR EDITING PICTURES Microsoft Photo Editor is a basic picture editor comes with MS Office which can open save and translate different file formats It can also perform basic editing functions which allow you to modify or enhance an image To run Photo Editor look in the Start Menu or Start gt Find Files Or Folders gt Photoed exe Double click on the Photo Editor Icon You will be shown how to use the basic tools in Photo Editor in section V You will also be shown how to use SolidWorks section IV to make image files of solid models Ho
3. GRAPHICS TUTORIAL Creating and Editing Graphics Presentations Web Pages and Reports By Martin L Culpepper Wooden Board Game Solid Model Rendered in PhotoWorks to Look Like Wood CONTENTS L J APPOCUCHION ere there dinvrseseounadupe ess hor nina onde na enanne rest howe anne mace seaenavenss 2 II Available Software For Editing Making Pictures cccceeeeee cece esses sence 2 MET IEE Orns E E EE EEEE SE A acer EE ender eeees 2 CASA ENEE EEE EEE E E see eestor ee 2 BIPPO TIC a E T E E EE E 2 C Example of Images Best Saves As GIF Files Images with few colors 3 D Example of Images Best Saves As JPG Files Photos images with shading 3 IV Making Image Files In Solid WorkS 0 ccc cece ccc cece cece eee e een e eee eee e teen ee nnes 4 A Shaded Images Not Life Like 0 0 cece cece cece cence eee cece eee eeeeee eens 4 B Using PhotoWorks Life Like Images c0ccccceceeeeeeeeussseeeeess 5 V Editing Images With Microsoft Photo Editor ccc cece cece eee eee e eee eees 6 A Changing The Size Of An mage cc cccccceeeseeceeneeeeeessneeneees 6 B Changing the File Format Of An Image ccccc cece cece eee e eee e ens 6 C Rotate Ata a C2 nacatonisennatinesainseoaaca EEEE 7 D Adjusting Brightness amp Comtrast cccccceecseeeeeeeeeeesseceeneeteeesens 7 FON GEpen ie MIAO CS o achsuadebes int scaseumea and ae Guu E
4. Power Point will not read TIF files To do so open the TIF file in Photo Editor then choose File gt Save As Save As Save ir E Calady CAD Files Electronic _Calady 4 calady prod sheet title gif a calady button gif 47 mancala gif File name mancala gi Save as type Graphics Interchange Format gif Cancel Graphics Interchange Format git Windows Bitmap bmp JPEG File Interchange Format ipa Tag Image File Format tif Portable Network rapie E PC Paintbrush More gt gt In the above example I could save mancala gif to mancala jpg Saving a file as a new format does not erase the original file In this case I would have both mancala gif and mancala jpg saved to my computer Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 6 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL C Rotating An Image If you need to rotate and image for instance if the camera was at weird angle choose Image gt Rotate Rotate Onentation Rotate left Rotate right Transpose Invert Mirror ie By degree 25 1 359 SE Before This image rotated by 25 degrees x Cancel D Adjusting Brightness amp Contrast If the image you have is too dark light or contrasty colors blend together Photo Editor may be able to help To edit this utility choose Image gt Balance By modifying these settings you can go from a dark picture say the
5. flash did not fire properly see example to a more presentable image Balance Brightness Contrast Gamma all colors Cancel Original Settings Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper T GRAPHICS TUTORIAL E Sharpening Images If you have an image which appears to be fuzzy you can use the sharpen tool to make the image look crisp There are other similar tools you can try under the Effects menu trying them out is the best way to learn Softer Image Sharpen Soften Negative Despeckle Fosterize Edge Chalk and Charcoal Emboss Graphic Fen Notepaper Watercolor Stained Glass Stamp Texturizer Sharper Image Pinned Joints Elastic Averaging Quasi Kinematic Couplings Kinematic Couplings Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 8 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL F Copying And Pasting Images In Photo Editor you can copy paste parts of images This is a very powerful tool which will allow you to edit out unwanted parts of an image or transfer a portion of an image to its own image file VERY USEFUL 1 How To Copy Parts of Images To copy part of an image from one spot to another in the same image choose the select icon from the tool bar Deag D p n r71 EAEE EA L J Then use your cursor to draw a box around what you want to cut or copy E mancala gif Choose Edit gt C
6. int then use the drawing tools as opposed to putting the annotations into the image file itself For instance in the graphic below several circles were drawn using the circle tool from the drawing tool bar This tool bar is usually at the bottom of the screen If you can t find it Right Click in the menu bar at top and select Drawing To add text to drawn items Right Click on them l e the circles and select Add Text This allows you to add annotations to items you have drawn There are many shapes and lines which can be drawn see the AutoShape Menu in the Drawing Toolbar You can also rotate items you ve drawn see the Draw Menu in the Drawing Toolbar Pin or rotary joints Bar 1 or Link 1 Bar 2 or Link 2 Door or Link 3 Wall or Link 4 You can also change the color thickness and style solid dashed dotted of the lines which make up the items you ve drawn by double clicking on them Try clicking on one of the circles above a box similar to the one shown below should appear You can then make changes Format AutoShape Ei Fill o NoFil E Semitransparent rrr Err Color a Style z Dashed weight 2 pt Connector gt SY Arros Begin style End style Begin size End size T Default for new objects Cancel Preview Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 13
7. mages with few colors 10 am Edit Undo Faste Cr Redo Eir Cut Cirle ii Copy Ctrl C Paste Cth 0 am Paste as New Image Select All Cr D Example of Images Best Saved As JPG Files Photos images with shading i i m GIF limit 256 colors JPG i Notice difference on ears arm JPG Pinned Joints Shading requires many colors Elastic Averaging Quasi Kinematic Couplings Kinematic Couplings o Pinned Joints GIF limit 256 colors Elastic Averaging 256 colors low shading quality Quasi Kinematic Couplings Kinematic Coupling Has shading around the edges so would JP want to save as JPG file gt ba I St Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 7 3 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL IV MAKING PICTURE FILES IN SOLIDWORKS SolidWorks is a very powerful tool for making image file with different views with different colors as exploded views as cross sections and even as animations If you desire animations see me and I will help you it is somewhat complex How you make an image file depends on what you want to use it for A Shaded Images Not lifelike These are best used to show the geometry of parts assemblies of machines First make sure SolidWorks is in Shaded Mode Then position orient Instead of saving as a part SLDPRT file you save as a tif TIF file see 14 17 of SolidWorks User Manual for detail Note a TIF file is another image file format which is NOT used for web pages Before you
8. n Line mode used Illustration From Design Intent Lecture From 2 000 so small details are easier to see Enhancements annotations added in Power Point B Using PhotoWorks Life Like Images These are best used to convey how a machine part product would look to a consumer Chapter 14 of the SolidWorks tutorial covers how to use PhotoWorks to make life like images VERY EASY After you have rendered an image in PhotoWorks you save it as a TIF file Metal Machining Tool Mancala Wooden Board Game Rendered in PhotoWorks to Look Like Metal Rendered in PhotoWorks to Look Like Wood Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 5 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL V EDITING IMAGES WITH MICROSOFT PHOTO EDITOR A Changing The Size Of An Image Allows you to change a large image file into a smaller image Typically reducing the size pixels or inches of an image by half reduces the file size in bytes by a factor of 4 To change the size of the image file you are working on choose Image gt Resize Width 2 60 fioo Z F Allow distortion Unita T Smooth Inches o o 5 T ae This image reduced in size by 50 B Changing the File Format Of An Image You can open various types of graphic files in Photo Editor GIF TIF and JPG included then save them in different formats You might need to save a TIF file made in SolidWorks to a JPG file so that you can post it on the web or import it into Power Point In some cases
9. opy then choose Edit gt Paste to paste the selection back into the picture A flashing box should surround the newly copied section You can click and drag the newly copied section to position it where you want Then deselect the section by clicking somewhere else in the picture WARNING once you click off of the selection you can no longer move it The copied sections will overwrite what it was copied over i mancala gif Section pasted here which overwrites original content Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 9 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL u How To Copy Parts of An Image Into Another Image To copy part of an image from into another image make sure that both image files are open then choose the select icon from the tool bar mE a Di agulo r go H Now use your cursor to draw a box around what you want to cut or copy see below Choose Edit gt Copy then click inside of the picture you want to paste into see below The title bar of the window should be blue highlighted to show that it is the active window Choose Edit gt Paste to paste the selection into the image A flashing box should surround the newly copied section You can click and drag the newly copied section to position it where you want Then deselect the section by clicking somewhere else in the picture Once you click off of the selection you can no longer move it The copied sections will overwrite what it was copied over untitled3 Miel Ei
10. use a TIF image you will have to open them in Microsoft Photo Editor then re save them in JPG or GIF format see page 6 Save jni E Desktop er ce y shot_glass SLDPRT 75 Network Neighborhood Junk _ New Peg Design T shot_glass SLDPAT T shel SLDPRT File name shot_glass SLD PAT Dave az type Part Files prt sldprt Cancel Lib Feat Part Files sldlfp References Farasolid Files _t Paragalid Binary Files 4 6 IGES Files 103 STEP APZUS step ALIS Files sat When you save as a TIFF file what you get is exactly what you see on the screen Therefore it is best to put your model in the mode you want to see shaded now hidden line hidden line then turn off temporary axes origins and other things which interfere take away from the picture unless you want them there You can turn these off under SolidWorks View Menu You can also insert drawing files via Insert gt Object then browse to the file you want to insert Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 4 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL Keyboard Tray Small Medium Shelving a Large Shelves al Angled Equipment Drawers Wire Spooling Rack Cut Away View Of Prototype Cart Exploded View Of Gear Pump Annotations were added in image editing program Note endplates are transparent B ne Origin was not turned off on purpose O B gt Test Fixture No Hidde
11. wever you must first understand image file formats commonly used on the web and in presentations HI FILE FORMATS Depending on the type of picture one can reduce the size in bytes of the picture file by using a different type of compression file size reducing technology Sadly there is not one uniform format that works well for all types of images As larger files take longer to load require more disk space and can take longer to print it is in your best interest to use a file format which will result in smaller file sizes for your images The goods and bads of the two most common file formats are discussed below A GIF Files_ The GIF file format picture gif allows only 256 colors per picture This means that only 256 different colors are available to represent the picture Though this may seem like a great many colors it is not This type of format is excellent for line drawings sketches or pictures with little shading and where few colors are required They usually produce large files for photographs which require many colors I e photographs B JPG Files Fas The JPG file format picture jpg has built in compression which works well for photographs or pictures with shading For images with few colors see GIF files above the JPG file format is not efficient and can lead to large file sizes Graphics Tutorial 2001 Martin L Culpepper 2 GRAPHICS TUTORIAL C Example of Images Best Saved As GIF Files I
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