ReportWorks | Tools | Raster
Use the Raster menu option or toolbar button to insert into a ReportWorks page a BMP, JPG, PNG, EMF, WMF PCX, TGA or TIFF image. You can adjust the image's scaling and outline. See the RockPlot (Rw2D) tool for inserting RockPlot-generated graphic images, and the Georaster tool for raster images with world coordinates.
- Raster: Click on this tab to define the raster image to be placed on the page, and to define its scaling and settings.
- Picture: First, click on the small open-file button
to browse for the image file to be placed on the page. The supported formats are listed above.
- Link: Choose Link to have ReportWorks store only the name and path of the image file being inserted, so that it reads the contents of the image from the external file location. Note that the full path of the file is stored, so that if the ReportWorks document and image files are relocated, you'll need to re-browse for the image to re-link it.
- Benefits: The ReportWorks file stays smaller, and you can update the location or name of the BMP, JPG (etc.) file at any time.
- Drawbacks: You need to be sure to keep the linked image file with the ReportWorks file so that the linking will remain intact. A bit of a pain.
- Embed: Choose Embed to simply store the contents of the raster image file in the ReportWorks document. LogPlot's automatic exports to ReportWorks default to this method.
- Benefits: You don't have to worry about keeping the linked images available for the ReportWorks document.
- Drawbacks: The ReportWorks file size increases.
- Scaling: Use these settings to adjust how the image is to be scaled within the defined image boundary. Note that for any scaling change to take effect, you'll need to click on the Apply button.
- Best Fit (Equal): This is the default setting, in which the horizontal and vertical axes of the image are plotted at the same scale or pixel density.
- Stretch: Click in this radio button if you want the image to be stretched to fill the defined image boundary, which may result in the horizontal and vertical axes being plotted at different scales.
- Margins/Offsets: These settings are used to adjust the placement of the image within the defined boundary. The numeric values you enter represent inches or centimeters, as you've defined the page units.
- Transparent Color: Check the Enabled box if you want ReportWorks to render a specific image color as transparent. Click on the color box to select that color.
- Layer: Select the layer to which the raster image is to be assigned by clicking on the down-arrow button.
- Outline Options: Click on the Outline tab in the Options window to access these settings:
- Style: Click in this drop-down box to choose the line style for the raster image perimeter, such as None for no outline, Solid for a solid outline, or Dashed for a dashed outline.
- Color: Choose the outline color by clicking in the color box and making your selection.
- Width: If the style is set to Solid, you can designate a line width by typing in an integer value, with 0 equaling thin lines, widening as the integer increases. Non-solid lines (dashed, dot-dashed, etc.) are set automatically to a thin width.
- Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
- Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the image.
- Click on the Raster toolbar button
or choose the Tools | Raster (BMP, JPG, TIFF) menu option.
- Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the one corner of the image is to be placed, and click and hold the left mouse button to insert it.
- With the button still pressed in, drag to the location of the diagonal corner point, and release the mouse button. As you drag, you'll see a "rubber band" image of the shape's outline.
- The program will display the Raster Options dialog box. Browse for the image to be inserted and establish its settings as described above. Click Apply to apply the settings you've chosen.
- Click Close to close the Raster Options window.
- You can access the image's options at any time by double-clicking on the image or by right-clicking and choosing Properties.
- You can resize the image block by first single-clicking on the image to see the boundary "handles." Then, click and hold on any of the handles on the corners or edges and drag to the new position. Release the mouse button when the boundary's edges are in the correct position. The raster image will be redrawn within the new boundary using the selected stretch or best-fit scaling you've selected.
- Reposition the image as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the text and dragging it to the new location.
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