Routine for DES Help images
  
  INITIAL SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE HELP IMAGES
  1. Print out a copy of DES menu structure
  2. Using XID with appropriate data base, select character state that you want to review
  images for.  Use species list + show images to select the best image to illustrate a
  particular character state.  Record the file name of this image beside the character state
  on the menu hard copy.
  
  INITIAL SCALING, IMAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND COMPOSITION
  IN GENERAL HELP IMAGES WILL BE CLUSTERED ON THE BASIS OF THE
  PENULTIMATE LEVEL IN THE MENU STRUCTURE
  1.  Load  First  Big24Bit Species image from which Help Feature will be cropped
  2. Crop
  3. Close original image
  4. Display at 50%
  REPEAT 1-4 for each Big24Bit Species image to be incorporated into composite image
  NB1.:  Only 8 images can be open at once
  NB2.  It's most efficient to arrange the reduced images along the edges of the window
  5. Load 24btbgd.pcx
  6. Display at 50%
  7.Drag & Drop images over background to compose the composite. 
        Usefull operations might be:
     A. Rotate - but only at 90 degreee increments
     B. Rescaling either proportionate or disproportionate, provided distortion does
  not     severely distort feature to be illustrated.
  Also think about the sequence that you will paste the images, keeping in mind that digital
  images don't blend..   
  8. 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.   Dynamic rescaling can be done by obtaining a double headed
  arrow at one of the corners of the marquee surrounding the pasted image and Dragging to
  the desired size.  Release of the left MB will rescale the 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   Dynamic rescaling can be done
  by obtaining a double headed arrow at one of the corners of the marquee surrounding the
  image and Dragging to the desired size.  Release of the left MB will rescale the image.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 help labels. Select 10 pt. Text 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.
  4. Use Pencil Line Tool or Draw Shape Tool to highlight the illustrated feature
  associated with with a particular help item.
    
  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