Picture Properties Dialog
The dialog is intended for selecting settings for exporting
ConceptDraw Project objects data (files) in graphic
formats.
To activate the dialog:
- Click the Graphic
File option in the File/Export
menu.
- Select the required format.
- Click the
Save button. The dialog will appear.
The
Picture Properties dialog view for the Windows
platform:

The Picture Properties dialog view for the MacOS X
platform:

The dialog consists of the following control elements:
- The
Image Size section - switches for image sizes.
It is a
group of control elements for selecting image sizes saved in a graphics
file:
- Original size - image sizes are equal to
those of ConceptDraw Project objects.
- Use
zoom - image sizes are equal to those of ConceptDraw
Project objects at the current value of
Zoom.
- Fit to size(pixels) -image
sizes are set in pixels by the user.
- The
Format section.
It is a group of control elements for
selecting color modes or, in case of exporting to graphics formats with
the loss of quality, the degree of the image
compression:
- Bi-Level - the monochrome image. The
maximum number of colors is 2.
- 16 color - the 16
color image.
- 256 color - the 256 color image. The
maximum number of gradation is 256.
- 24 bit - the
24-bit color image (truecolor).
- Quality - the
image quality (compression degree). The higher compression is, the less
its quality is.
- The Objects
section.
This section is a group of controls for selecting page areas
exported to the graphics file:
- Selected - to
export only selected objects. The page area is limited to the selected
objects.
- All - to export all objects on a page.
The page area is limited to all objects.
- Whole
page - to export all objects on page. The page area is limited to
page sizes.
- The Preview
section.
The Preview window displays an approximate
view of the output graphics file.
- Show preview
check box - switch on / switch off the Preview
window.