Routine for Angiosperm composite images
  
  INITIAL SCALING, IMAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND COMPOSITION
  1.  Load Bark image
  2. Transform, DISPROPORTIONATE resize to 512 X 390.  The original should be 512
  X 480 indicating that it came from Image 1.  If it is some other size it came from another
  source and does not need to be resized.
  3. Crop or proportionate rescale Bark to ?BW? X 395
  4. Close original image
  5.Convert to 24 bit
  6. Close 256 image
  7. Autoenhance (Select Brightness and Contrast Options)
  8. Display at 50%
  9.Load Leaf image
  REPEAT 2 - 8 - cropping or proportionate rescaling Leaf to ?LW? X 395
  10. Load Twig image
  REPEAT 2-8 - cropping or proportionate rescaling Twig to [?BW?+?LW?] X ?TH?
  11. Load  Flower image
  REPEAT 2-8 cropping or proportionate rescaling Flower to [900-(?BW?+?LW?)] X 395
  12. Load Fruit image
  REPEAT 2-8 - cropping or proportionate rescaling Fruit to [900-?TW?] X ?FRH?
  NB.  It's most efficient to arrange the reduced images along the edges of the window
  13. Load 24btbgd.pcx (900 X 675)
  14. Display at 50%
  15.Drag & Drop images over background to compose the composite. 
        Usefull operations might be:
     A. Rotate - but only at 90 degreee increments
     B. PROPORTIONATE rescaling
  Also think about the sequence that you will paste the images, keeping in mind that digital
  images don't blend..   
  16. Once you're satisfied with the way things look, move the images slightly off past the
  borders of the background.
    
  PASTING
  1. Click on Select Tool
  2. Click on the image to be pasted
  3. Click on Select All
  4. Edit-Copy
  5. Click on Background
  6. Edit-Paste
  NB1.  Pasted image appears in upper left hand corner. Hand means you can Drag and
  Drop it.  No Hand with a left MB click stamps it into the background.  Edit-Undo will
  remove a stamped image. 
   NB2.  Stamped images can also be moved by:  a. Select Tool  b. Drag and Drop an
  outline around part of image to be moved.  c. Hand means you can Drag and Drop it.  No
  Hand with a left MB click stamps it into the background d. Use Dropper Tool  to pick up
  background color in FG(left MB) and BG (right MB).e.  Use Paintroller Tool to fill in the
  white area left behind by the move operation.
  NB3.  Portions of the stamped images can be trimmed by.:  a. Use Dropper Tool  to pick
  up background color in FG(left MB) and BG (right MB). b. Select Paint Box Tool with
  homogenous rectangle  c.  Drag and Drop a rectancle over the area of the image to be
  trimmed.  d. When you release the left MB the outlined portion of the image will be
  replaced with the background color.
  
  COPYRIGHT AND TEXT OPERATIONS
  1. Edit-Paste From xidimg\acprtdes.pcx  Copyright appears in upper left hand corner.
  Hand means you can Drag and Drop it.  No Hand with a left MB click stamps it into the
  background.  Edit-Undo will remove a stamped image.
  2. Use Dropper Tool to pick up green color from copyright
  3. Use T Tool to write species name. Select 14 pt, Arial, Bold, Italics. Name appears in
  upper left hand corner. Hand means you can Drag and Drop it.  No Hands with left MB
  click stamps it into the background.  Edit-Undo will remove a stamped image. Text can
  be edited by pressing Space Bar.
  
  SAVING COMPOSITE IMAGES
  You need to have the following directory structure for this operation:
  MAIN DIRECTORY
     BIG24BIT
     BIG256
     SMALL
  1. Click on the 24 bit composite image
  2. File-Save As-THEIMAGE.PCX in the BIG24BIT subdirectory
  3. Convert to 256
  4. File-Save As-THEIMAGE.PCX in the BIG256 subdirectory
  5. Image Transform-PROPORTIONATE resize the image to 533 X 400
  6. File-Save As-THEIMAGE.PCX in the SMALL subdirectory
  7. You can admire your image as it will appear in the DES by Display-Show Screen