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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ImageEditor 1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994, PICTUREWORKS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
This document contains additional information about the ImageEditor 1.1 XTension
that could not be included in the manual.
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• EPS/DCS file format When saving images in the EPS/DCS file format, you must
first convert your image to CMYK mode. If your image is in another color
mode, the DCS options will be grayed and unavailable. To save an image in the
EPS/DCS format:
1. Choose CMYK from the IMAGE XT Mode menu. If your image is already CMYK color,
skip to the next step.
2. Choose Save As from the File menu.
3. Select the EPSF file format from the pop-up menu.
4. Click the Save button or press the Return key. The EPS options dialog box appears.
5. Select the dialog box options that you want to use and click OK.
If you choose to cancel when saving an image as EPS Desktop Color Separation
files, the original DCS files may inadvertently be deleted. As well, if you
save an EPS composite image as the same name as a previous EPS/DCS file, the
original DCS components will remain on the hard drive.
• Temporary Files To provide and ensure proper handing of your image,
ImageEditor creates a temporary, or spill file. To do this ImageEditor requires
two and one-third times the size of the image you are editing. The temporary
file will be created on the same drive from which the QuarkXPress application
is executed and is titled "ImageEditor Temp".
• Grayscale editing
When editing images in grayscale you can select a new shade to
paint with. Clicking the foreground color swatch brings up a grayscale palette.
The slider numbers correspond to the currently selected foreground gray and
are set from 0 (white) to 255 (black). Drag the sliders on the gray palette to
select the desired shade. To select a gray from the Gray Palette:
1. Click once on the Current Color Swatch on the ImageEditor tool palette to
open theImageEditor grayscale palette.
2. Drag the slider to select the desired shade of gray. Drag to the left to
select a lighter shade or to the right for a darker shade. The new shade of
gray appears in the sample on the palette.
3. Click OK to accept the gray and exit the dialog box. The shade you selected
is now the foreground color and is updated in the Current Color Swatch on the
ImageEditor tool palette.
• PICT File Format The PICT file format is available when saving Black and
White, Grayscale, or RGB images and supports 24-bit RGB color, not only 8-bits
as documented in this guide. Use the 8-bits per pixel option to sample your
image down to create different imaging effects, support specific application
requirements and save disk space. The PICT file format options dialog box only
appears when saving an RGB image.
• Dimmed Edit Picture Command There may be an occasion when the Edit Picture
command in the Utilities menu appears grayed and unavailable. If this happens,
first make sure that the ImageEditor is not already open and running in the
background. Use the View Windows command from the QuarkXPress menu bar to select
the image name and bring the ImageEditor to the foreground. This situation may
also occur if there are missing image files. If a picture has been moved since
the last time you opened your document the Edit Picture command will be dimmed.
Choose Picture Usage from the Utilities menu to update picture box links.
• Pasting Between Image Windows Anew clipboard is created for each session in
the ImageEditor. That clipboard is also closed and cleared when you quit the
ImageEditor. Therefore, the cut, copy, and paste feature is not supported
between image windows and multiple sessions in the ImageEditor.
• Saving Images When saving images with the same file name but in a different
file format, with the Replace Original in Quark option deselected, the Quark
Picture Box may not update properly. Clear the original Picture Box and
reimport the image file. Interrupting Screen Repaints If the screen repaint is
interrupted with the ImageEditor window in the background, the image may not
fully redraw. To correct, force a screen repaint from the ImageEditor.
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December 14, 1994