Re: Doing your own art

[copp <copp -at- FOX -dot- NSTN -dot- CA>]

dlmoody -at- indyunix -dot- iupui -dot- edu wrote:

>I am using Adobe Illustrator art files (they seem to be smaller in size than
>Corel Draw files) and am merging this lineart with WordPerfect text
>files.  Combinding these in an electronic typesetting program (XYvision)
>I can get down complete installation instructions to a Docutect system in
>what seems to be the time line movement of a concept.

>What I really want to get to is using video tape of an installation
>(HVAC) - (could be anything) to use as a foundation for writing sequence
>of events.  As one begins to write from viewing a particular tape one could
>stop periodically and pick a frame to use as an illustration, import that
>digital siginal into Photoshop, do an Adobe Illustrator file,then go back
>and forth between writing and imaging the remain sequence.  Do you know
>anyone working in this fashion?

The only thing I have heard about that is remotely like what you
describe is a program called The Snapper (not to be confused with the
book or movie).  This software allows you to plug a video tape
recorder into the back of your PC and "pull" frames from the
videotape.  A friend of a friend has apparently used it for web pages
with great success.   (She is a realtor and uses the Snapper to show
walk throughs of the homes on the market.)   Keep in mind -- I have
never seen it work and I'm not sure that the .jpg format will give you
the resolution/detail that a print document demands.  Hope this has
been somewhat helpful.

Good luck.

Stephanie
Stephanie Copp
Technical Writer
Toronto, Canada
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