Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.uzoreto.com!newsreader4.netcologne.de!news.netcologne.de!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Winfield Hill Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Good programs to annotate images and graphs Date: 8 Oct 2018 07:33:11 -0700 Organization: Rowland Institute Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p8938720cf369a9e28cbf2b820a7349483f590c3ff4ed068d.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Direct Read News 5.60 X-Received-Bytes: 1318 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2905606036 Xref: csiph.com sci.electronics.design:518717 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! -- Thanks, - Win