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= Basics =
* ;[[Using Graphics|Using graphics]]: insert image, apply transformations, and advanced stuff.* ;[[Floating_Objects|Floating objects]]: to place and number floating objects like figures, tables, paragraphs, etc.* ;[[Combinations]] (regular : adjusted image images placement) in rows and columns
= Advanced Build your graphics =; [[MetaPost]]: the graphical programming language; [[MetaFun - MetaPost in ConTeXt]]: ConTeXt graphical programming language, extension of MetaPost.; [[Sharing graphics]]: Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.; [https://akela.mendelu.cz/~thala/statcharts/ The New (2020) graph module]: with its dedicated [https://akela.mendelu.cz/~thala/statcharts/statistical-charts.pdf manual "Drawing Statistical Charts"] and a [https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2020/talks/2020-09-11-tamara-and-adriana-statistical-charts/AK-TK_charts.pdf short presentation].; [[MPgraph|The basic graph module]]: Data plotting module, and some alternatives: [[TikZ]] (2016), [[Gnuplot]] (2012), [[Pgfplot]] (2009).; [[Flow Charts]]; [[Scaling Rotating Mirroring Clipping]]: Old Content (2010); [[Gantt charts]]
=Layers and stacks == Build your graphics ===; [[Layers]]: ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning and advanced techniques like background / foreground, switch on / off.; [[Overlays]]: ConTeXt's mechanism to stack local snippets.
* [[MetaPost]] & [[MetaFun]]* [[TikZ]]/PGF* Data plotting with [[Gnuplot]]* Data plotting with [[MPgraph]]* Data plotting with TikZ/[[Pgfplot]]* [[Flow Charts|FlowCharts]]* [[Gantt charts]]* ; [[Infinite Paper]]
=== Play with text ==Specific topics and examples =
* [[Graphical text manipulation]] === ConTeXt tools === * [[Overlays]] local snippets that you can stack * [[Layers]] on whole Including pages* [[Logosfrom PDF documents]], picture or text elements that appear on every page
* [[Image Database|Image database]] with XML
* [[Collectors]], alternative to overlays* [[ChemistryImage Placement|Chemical Structure Formulae]] with PPCHTeX* [[Sharing graphics]]* [[Including pages from PDF documents]] === Tricks === * [[Image Placementsize for their placement]]: if you’re using ConTeXt for complex layout tasks, you may need to calculate with image sizes. Often it makes sense to use Lua functions.* [[Drop_shadows|can Code to play with for Drop shadows]]
* [[Example photo page layout]] (Old Content)
* [[Animation]], page mainly dealing with JavaScript animations.
* [[Speech bubble]]
* [[Even-odd rule in Metafun]]
* [[variable color]], example of Metapost / Metafun syntax with arrays of colors, strings, paths, pens and other variables.
* [[Pascal's Triangle]]
* [[textext positioning]]
[[Category:Graphics]]

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