Exercise A4: Saving Images

In this exercise you save images and set the file name, path, and format in the process.

When you save an image, the image format that you select determines whether AutoCAD Raster Design toolset prompts you to specify additional parameters, such as the encoding method for TIFF images.

You can access the Save and Save As dialog boxes using one of these methods:

• On the ribbon, click Raster Tools tab Insert & Write panel Save or Save As .
• In the Image Manager toolspace, Image Insertions view, select the image insertion object, then right-click and click WriteSave or Save As from the shortcut menu.
• In the drawing window, select an image, then right-click and choose Image Write Save or Save As.
• At the Command prompt, enter isave or isaveas.

You can also export images, which enables you to save an image with a correlation file that determines the position, rotation, and scale of the image when the image is inserted. Correlation files are helpful when you intend to use an image in more than one drawing or in another system.

Related Exercises

Before doing this exercise, ensure that AutoCAD Raster Design toolset options are set as described in the exercise Exercise A1: Setting AutoCAD Raster Design Toolset Options.

Exercise

Open the drawing file for this exercise

1. In the ..\Program Files\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\RasterDesign2024.Bundle\Contents\Tutorials\Tutorial1 folder, open the drawing file GettingStarted_04.dwg.

Save the images

2. On the ribbon, click Raster Tools tab Insert & Write panel Save .
3. Select the image frame of the USGS quad sheet and press Enter.
4. If the image is in a read-only folder, click Cancel to not save the image or browse to a new location for the image.
5. On the ribbon, click Raster Tools tab Insert & Write panel Save As . Then select the image frame of the tractor image.
6. Browse to the folder in which you want to save the image, change the filename to farm and click Save.
7. In the Encoding Method dialog box, select an encoding option and then click Finish.
8. Select the image frame of the aerial photograph in the upper right of the drawing area.
9. Right-click and click Repeat ISAVEAS from the shortcut menu.
10. Browse to the folder in which you want to save the image, change the filename to Aerial_photo and click Save.

    The aerial photograph is a TIFF image. AutoCAD Raster Design toolset prompts you to select an encoding method.

11. In the Encoding Method dialog box, select the Uncompressed encoding option click Next.
12. Select the organization Tiled option and click Finish.

    The image is saved.

13. Close the drawing without saving changes.