CGM Studio Webinar - Creating Geoscience Montage Graphics

CGM Studio - Creating Geoscience Montage Graphics

Wednesday, July 13th 2016Presenter – Don Larson, Larson Software Technology

Welcome to the Product Webinar

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Agenda

• Introduction• Housekeeping• Company Overview• Slide Presentation• Live Demo• Summary• Q&A• Closing Information

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Webinar: Housekeeping

• All attendees will be muted for the duration of the Webinar• If you experience problems when joining the webinar

please use the questions function to communicate• VOIP is the recommended audio option• Questions during the webinar can be posted• Questions will be answered at the end of webinar

or by a follow up email




Larson Software Technology

• Based in Houston, Texas• Founded in 1984, Graphics and CGM Experts for 30 years• Develop powerful, innovative CGM graphics software,

based on open standards• Promoting CGM Usage, VizEx Reader a free CGM and

TIFF viewer• Member of the CGM Open Foundation• Larson technology simplifies the graphics workflow for

Geologists, Geophysicists, Technical Publications Professionals and Engineers.


Webinar Objectives


• Communicate and demonstrate the unique benefits of CGM Studio

• Demonstrate the features specifically designed for the Geoscience community

• Demonstrate the flexible and easy to use montage toolset• Discuss the import, export and print capabilities• Demonstrate the integration with Microsoft Office• Summarize the benefits of CGM Studio


Introduction


• The generation of montage graphics is a significant task in the Geoscience industry

• The process requires efficiency and high quality output

• The production process requires the easy management of disparate information sources from industry standard software

• The published format and output options require compatibility with the industry requirements

• These factors necessitate software designed for the Geoscience industry



Communicate Geoscience Information

Requirements:• Powerful montaging functionality• Ability to create large format, high resolution montages• Support for industry standard file formats (CGM and PDF)• Compatibility with industry standard discovery software• Kingdom• Landmark• GeoFrame• Paradigm• Petrel



CGM Studio 10.0 – Main Functions

• Comprehensive import capabilities• CGM, PDF, DWG, DXF, EMF, JPEG• Drag and Drop files onto the montage layout• Reduce image render resolution on the fly

• Layout templates• Providing consistent presentation and branding opportunity

• Industry specific Symbols, Fills and Patterns• CGM Editor

• Edit CGM graphics without leaving CGM Studio

• Integrated print functions• Direct print support for primary industry devices• Option for RIP (Raster Image Processor) and networking printing

• Microsoft Office integration



CGM Studio – Data Exchange

Import• CGM

• Import and edit CGM files • CAD formats – DWG and DXF• PDF – includes PDF stitching function

• Graphics files• EMF and WMF

• Raster files• TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP

Export• CGM• EMF• PDF• TIFF, PNG and JPEG



CGM Studio – Layout

• Magnetic configurable Grid• Snap to grid functionality

• Layout template (XML)• Custom Page Setup



VizEx Edit – Montage Tools

• Library function• Industry specific symbols, patterns and fills

• Increase productivity by editing directly CGM files

• Reduce on the fly raster bitmap resolution• Benefit: Large image files easier to work with

• Easily add text and graphical elements



CGM Studio – Print

• Integrated Printing• Print directly to large format

plotters

• Export in CGM to print using Larson Network Print Server• Workgroup Solution



CGM Studio – Microsoft Integration

• Seamless CGM insertion of montages into MS Word & Powerpoint• Use montages in project documents and presentations

• Full control of insertion:• Rotate• Convert Color • Insert editable CGM • Control Image Resolution



Live Demonstration



Summary

• Import industry standard software and formats• Paradigm, Landmark etc.• CGM, PDF, etc.

• Montages are created quickly and easily, drag and drop functionality• Specific industry symbols and patterns supported• Embedded CGM Editor, enabling easy modification of montage

component • Direct print support for industry leading image output devices• Insert into CGM output into Microsoft Office for use in reports and

digital display


Q&A




Closing Information

• You can discover more information about Larson Software Technology at www.cgmlarson.com

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