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Michael's Corner is a monthly publication written by Michael E. Beall, Autodesk Authorized Author and peripatetic AutoCAD trainer. Michael travels all over the USA, bringing his fantastic experience and great understanding of AutoCAD to his clients. Michael's Corner brings together many of the tips, tricks and methods developed during these training sessions for the benefit of all users.

Michael's Corner provides something for every AutoCAD user. Every month, a number of articles cover a wide range of topics, suitable for users at all levels, including "The Basics" for those just starting out. Essentially, the aim of Michael's Corner is to help all AutoCAD users work smarter and faster.

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Originally published March 2003

Raster Images 301

In this final review of raster images, we take a look at the remaining Image tools on the Reference toolbar. The Image Quality tool prompts for quality settings, Draft and High. In Draft mode, inserted raster images are more pixelated as shown in the figure (near right). The High mode softens the image (far right). Depending upon the drawing and the image, you may not need to change the default setting of High.

It's easy to make graphic adjustments to your image, too. Double-click on an image frame in A2002, you get the Image Adjust dialog shown here. To achieve a 'watermark' effect, adjust the Fade slider and you will see the selected image fade in the Preview box. Adjust the Contrast slider and the image takes on a less realistic quality. Although the Darkness slider renders a similar effect to the Fade feature visually, as you make the adjustments, you will see the obvious differences.

Tip: Double-click the image frame and the Image Adjust dialog opens.

There's a Reset button to go back to the defaults. Once you have made your adjustments, choose OK to close the dialog, turn the image frame off and you're ready to plot!

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