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OTHER VISUALIZATION RESOURCES


ENLARGING AN IMAGE

To enlarge an image:

  • click on the Area Cursor . Notice that the cursor changes its format.
  • move the cursor over the image, to the upper left corner of the area you want to enlarge, click the mouse left button at that position. Move the cursor to the bottom right corner of the area you want to enlarge, again click, at that position, the mouse left button. The whole area will be marked.
  • click the Draw button   in the toolbar.

If you move the cursor inside the marked area you can click and drag the marked area to other parts of the image. If you move the area cursor outside the rectangle the closest edge of the rectangle will be moved to the position where the cursor is, so you can enlarge the rectangle in one of its sides. If the area cursor is placed closer to a corner the corner will move with the cursor so the rectangle will be changed in two dimensions. If you click with the mouse right button the rectangle closes.

The figure below presents all the possible ways that you can move the rectangle sides before drawing.


CHANGING POSITION

Once the image is enlarged you can still visualize a part of it which is not displayed in the display.

To move an image (flying):

  • click the Flying Cursor button . Notice that the cursor changes its format;
  • put the cursor over the image at any position, then click and drag with the mouse left button move the flying cursor in the opposite direction from the point you want to visualize. The region pointed by the flying cursor will show up exactly over the point where the cursor was released.
  • click over the Reset button    to get the original image back.

USING ZOOM IN AND ZOOM OUT

  • In order to scale 4 times your image, click over the Zoom In button  .
  • To reverse this operation just click theZoom Out button   .


MOVING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SCENE

Once you have enlarged your image several times it is possible to return to the previous scene using the Previous button .


STOPING THE VISUAIZATION OF A TM-IMAGE CATEGORY

  • Click the Control Panel button in the tools bar. Disable the TM-Image category making a double click.

HIGHLIGHTING A COLORED COMPOSITION    VISUALIZING OTHER CATEGORIES


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