General Notes

WiseImage is a versatile raster-to-vector converter. With WiseImage, scanned images such as maps, drawings, sketches and other graphics can be edited, updated and vectorized semi-automatically and automatically.
WiseImage is also a powerful hybrid drawing editor. Hybrid drawings consist of a monochrome, greyscale or colour raster image overlaid with vector elements. Multiple raster images can be loaded, and the number of raster images handled during one session is limited only by the computer memory available. WiseImage allows the loaded images to be freely arranged in a limitless workspace.
The different natures of vector and raster objects imply the use of different operations to process them. Some of them are intuitively obvious, some are a bit tricky, and some require acquaintance with specific concepts.
The main areas where WiseImage is applied are CAD/CAM, GIS, EDM/TDM and Repro.

WiseImage is also versatile in handling varied file formats. WiseImage allows users to import AutoCAD files (.dwg, *.dxf, *dwf), Microstation Design (.dgn), ESRI Shape (.shp), HPGL/2 (.plt, .hp, *.hpg), raster images from files PDF, and also vector data and document files that were created in previous versions of WiseImage or in Vectory. An entire WiseImage document or selected objects can be exported to AutoCAD, MapInfo (.mid) format, ESRI Shape-format, HPGL/2 formats, and objects selected from a current document can be exported to a new WiseImage document. .Raster images can also be exported to PDF, multipage TIF and multipage CIT files. WiseImage supports most raster formats including TIFF (also multipage and geo-referenced) , RLC, CIT (also multipage), BMP, JPG, JPEG, PCX, CAL, ECW, C4, TG4, CT4, T4, MrSID (SID), CG4, GP4, MIL, PNG, JP2 and J2K.

WiseImage is useful when working with electronic documents with raster images and there is a need to perform unusual or too “intellectual for computer” tasks.
The rough skeleton of WiseImage is based on the following techniques:

 Vectorization – conversion of raster lines, arcs, and circles to vector objects. WiseImage supports automatic vectorization, selecting and special tracing procedures.
 Rasterization – converting vector objects to raster images.
 Recognition of characters and raster symbols of arbitrary shape and complexity.
 Binarization – picking a raster image, the dots of which are the same colour as, or similar to, a specified colour.
 Calibration – eliminating the distortion of a scanned image due to either initial distortion or scanning errors.
 Correction and filtration to further prepare an image for vectorization.
 Layering – transferring required information from one image layer to another as a result of operations or based on the criteria of pixel colour and object size.
 Creating new vector and raster objects.

WiseImage supports all these techniques with multiple additional tools that smooth the workflow and enable the user to solve complex and unusual tasks.
Having learned the power of WiseImage, efficiency is considerably increase and goals are reached avoiding time-consuming and boring operations.