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MotionCAD Picture object help
 This page provides help for the MotionCAD picture object. Note to perform this operation you require the Pro or @Home version of MotionCAD.

  

How do I create a picture?

Using the Video Object, you can quickly create picture object. To do that just press the picture button . MotionCAD also contains a full-featured picture editor built into the product. To edit a picture double click on the picture to open the Property sheet click as shown above labeled "1".

This will bring up the bitmap dialog window as shown in the picture above. To edit the picture click on the "Edit" button shown above labeled "2". If you click on the "Load" button you will be asked to select a new file to load in the picture object.  

What can be done in the picture editor?

Just about anything can be done with the picture editor. Draw lines/circle/squares, spray, fill, erase, Cut/Copy/Paste, Crop, and Text.

You can control the zoom to make very detailed changes to the pictures.

When you are done, click OK and the changes you made will saved into MotionCAD. Click Cancel and the changes will be ignored.

Transparent  picture?

A powerful feature that lets you compare pictures together like blending, making a color in the bitmap transparent is a great tool for communicating a special detail of a movement state.  To use the transparent feature blue screen (extracted) videos are great source for these images.

To make a color transparent, click on the arrow that is beside the "Automatic" word shown above. This will drop down a list of colors that can be chosen as the transparent color.