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Subject:RE: Using digital camera for illustrations? From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:23:54 -0500
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> From: cchris
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Using digital camera for illustrations?
>
> ...If you've got a day or so of extra time, you could learn
> enough technical illustration to turn out really
> nice graphics (especially when you're drawing a simple
> shape like a TV set-top box) and at the same time pick up
> an important skill. If you're interested and have access to
> a line-art application like Macromedia FreeHand or Adobe
> Illustrator, let me know and I'll send you some
> step-by-step guides on doing isometric artwork...
Here's a cheat that has served me well:
1. Take a digital photo and insert the resulting JPEG into a new Visio
drawing.
2. Build an illustration *over* the photo, using straight lines, curves,
rectangles, ovals, etc. Add shading and fine grids as needed for the
details.
3. Delete the photo from the drawing. What's left is a clear schematic
without the clutter of a live photo. YMMV
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