| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
I have a questions on the PAINT utiltiy.
Can I bring in a DDIF format image?
I want to use Digital's image software and scan in a document and
then bring up the image file in PAINT.
Does PAINT work with a Digitialize pad and PEN?
I now want to anotate the document, not change but add on top of the image.
Sounds like DECwrite doesn't it but I donot want all the functionality
of a desktop publishing tool.
The hardware would be a VAXstation 3100 with a PAD and PEN.
The application in a nutshell is. A student taking a course by
correspondence and is also attending a school. Would then fil out the
course material, scan in the completed questions. At a later date the
teacher would then bring in the image using paint and correct the
question.
The student would then print out the correct questions.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3509.1 | Yes, with two small problems | SCAM::DIAL | Wed Oct 24 1990 11:56 | 15 | |
1. Yes, Paint can read scanned DDIF files.
2. You can annotate the document, but you cannot keep the annotation
separate (I don't think DECwrite can do that either). There is no
reason that a digitizing pad and pen won't work.
But when Paint writes the image, it will be at the screen resolution,
rather than the scanned resolution.
An alternative (to #2) would be to use DECimage Services and write a
paint-like application with the features you require, this application
could include the scanning too.
I hope this helps.
Barry
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| 3509.2 | But only as a substitute for the mouse... | IO::MCCARTNEY | James T. McCartney III - DTN 381-2244 ZK02-2/N24 | Wed Oct 24 1990 14:32 | 14 |
>>> There is no reason that a digitizing pad and pen won't work. Execpt that there is not support in the X protocol for using a digitizing pad as anything other than a substitute mouse/locator. There is no support for the digitizing pad such that the pointer is constrained to a given window and the motions on the pad are scaled to the coordinate space represented in the window. This capability was left out of the original X protocol design and has only recently been described as a protocol extension. Someday maybe we'll have something other than a dead rodent to drag around... James | |||||
| 3509.3 | paint mulitple pages | CGOA01::PUTNAM | Tue Oct 30 1990 18:29 | 6 | |
I have one more question regrading paint.
What if the document is more than one page long?
Will PAINT see the second page(s) ?
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