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Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs

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On 2018-10-08 07:33, Winfield Hill wrote:
> Bob Engelhardt wrote...
>>
>> Nobody has described how annotation is done in any of these suggestions
>> - a crucial detail.  I don't think Win wants to learn how to do it, just
>> to find that it isn't what he wants.
>>
>> An ideal annotator would:
>> - be object based so the annotation could be amended at any time (of
>> course this is really a matter of the underlying file),
>> - be a 1-step process;
>>    - with the mouse, locate the tip of the pointer-line,
>>    - drag the line to the desired text location,
>>    - type in the text
>> - parametized line type (arrow or not, weight, color), text background
>> box or not, text font, color, etc
>
>   Yes!
>

Not ideal, but what I sometimes do is this sort of workflow:

1. Decide what the size of the graph is planned to be. Import that to 
MS-Paint.

2. Type the annotation in OpenOffice with a nice font you like. 
MS-Office and others work as well.

3. Stretch the horizontal axis by inserting spaces.

4. Stretch the vertical axis by customizing the line spacing.

Print the OpenOffice document to PDF and open. Copy the vertical and 
horizontal axis over using the snapshot function of the PDF reader. Must 
be done separately in two steps because else it wipes out the graph.

Annotations can also be created nicely with CAD software. A schematic 
file doesn't have to contain electronic components. I use Eagle and even 
do mechanical drawings with it. However, it's graphics import functions 
are very lacking or at least were up to version 7. Other CAD might be 
better here. IIRC someone did a wedding cake design using Eagle.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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Good programs to annotate images and graphs Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2018-10-08 02:20 -0700
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Gerhard Hoffmann <ghf@hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de> - 2018-10-08 12:17 +0200
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com> - 2018-10-08 11:50 +0100
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-08 11:04 +0000
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org - 2018-10-08 11:19 +0000
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs o pere o <me@somewhere.net> - 2018-10-08 14:15 +0200
  Good programs to annotate images and graphs pcdhobbs@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 05:28 -0700
    Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2018-10-08 06:05 -0700
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2018-10-08 09:09 -0400
    Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2018-10-08 07:33 -0700
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2018-10-08 09:25 -0700
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-08 22:11 +0000
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs o pere o <me@somewhere.net> - 2018-10-09 08:48 +0200
    Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs John Robertson <spam@flippers.com> - 2018-10-08 16:04 -0700
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs tabbypurr@gmail.com - 2018-10-08 08:20 -0700
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-08 10:50 -0700
    Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Terry Pinnell <me@somewhere.invalid> - 2018-10-09 20:05 +0100
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Malcolm Moore <abor1953needle@yahoodagger.co.nz> - 2018-10-10 20:10 +1300
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Martin Riddle <martin_ridd@verizon.net> - 2018-10-08 18:43 -0400
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs krw@notreal.com - 2018-10-08 22:46 -0400
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Prof78 <scott.hamilton@manchester.ac.uk> - 2018-10-10 02:53 -0700
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2018-10-10 08:34 -0700
    Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Marke <mark.e.emerson@gmail.com> - 2018-10-10 09:21 -0700
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2018-10-10 15:01 -0400
      Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2018-10-10 15:42 -0700
        Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Chris <c@b.a> - 2018-10-11 11:47 +1100
          Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2018-10-11 06:21 -0700
            Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Chris <c@b.a> - 2018-10-15 11:34 +1100
  Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Badbob <badbob45@wi.rr.com> - 2018-10-10 12:05 -0500

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