Image Processor

The Image Processor is a tool for enhancing images and saving them as WINDOWS bitmaps, JPEG files and HTML web pages. It includes a Java Script generator that allows you to depict rotating molecules within an HTML web page.

The Image Processor is accessed through the Tools menu.

The Image Processor Window appears after selecting the menu item. In it is the currently drawn molecule and any other graphics depicted in the Drawing Window. From the Edit menu of the Image Processor you can crop an image, resize an image, adjust its brightness and contrast and add text. You can overlay one image on top of another with user selected transparency from the Edit window. From the File menu of the Image Processor window you can Open and Save Images in bitmap or JPEG format.

From the File menu you can create HTML pages. Before creating an HTML page add text, crop and adjust brightness and contrast. Here are instructions for creating a web page containing a rotating image.

2) Select the Image Processor from the Tools menu.

3) Add text to the drawing in the Image Processor Window. Select "Add Text" from the Edit menu. Type in the text in the Text Editor. Click on the Font button and select the font and font size you desire. Hit the Done button. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the text to where you want it. Do not worry about the image being covered up. When the text is where you want it, release the left mouse button. If you do not like the result, hit the Undo button on the Edit menu.

4) Choose "Crop" from the bottom of the Edit menu. Draw the box around the part of the image you want to keep with the mouse. To do push down the left mouse button at the upper left corner and drag the cursor to the lower right corner while holding the mouse button down. Release the button at the lower right corner.

5) Choose "Save as HTML" from the File menu. When prompted choose a file name for the HTML page.

6) The HTML Editor appears. This window allows you to add corporate logos, a title, text above and below the main image, create a rotating molecule, add buttons to the page and a mail link. All of what is described below is optional. If you do nothing but hit the "Done" and HTML page will be created with nothing more on it than what appears in the Image Processor Window. From top to bottom of this window, here is what you can do with this window.

a) You can set the background color for the entire page from the Options menu at the top of the HTML Editing window.

b) In the text box labeled "URL for logo graphics at the top" you can place a link to an image of your corporate or university logo. For example if you place this image in the subdirectory /gif and the logo graphics file is named mycollege.gif you would type in gif/mycollege.gif in this box. If left blank, the program will ignore this part of the HTML page creation.

c) "Title of Page": Type in the Title. Select the font button to change the background color for the title, the text color, the font and the font size. The Title appears between the corporate logo graphics and any text you type in above the main image.

d) "Link (URL) to attach to the Drawing". If you assign a link, then clicking on the main image will send the user to the designated URL. For instance, if you type "http://www.norgwyn.com" here then clicking on the main image of the molecule will send one to the Norgwyn Montgomery Software home page.

e) "Text above drawing". You can type in text here that will appear above the drawing of the molecule, for instance a description of its use. The font, font size, font color and font background color can be selected by clicking the "Font" button to the right of the text box.

f) "Text below drawing": Places text below the image. Click on Font to change the font.

g) "Add these links to the bottom of the page": This adds buttons to the bottom of the page which when clicked will send the user to some other URL. For Instance, typing "HOME" in the captions column and "http://www.norgwyn.com" in the URL column will place at button below the image and text labeled "HOME" that when clicked will send one to the Norgwyn Montgomery Software home page. You can add several buttons.

h) If you want a mail link on the page, check the check box and type in the e-mail address.