Graphics

• Basics

  • Using graphics, insert image, apply transformations, and advanced stuff.
  • Floating objects: to place and number floating objects like figures, tables, paragraphs, etc.
  • Combinations (regular adjusted image placement)

  Build your graphics

  • MetaPost, the graphical programming language, and MetaFun, its ConTeXt extension.
  • Sharing graphics: Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.
  • Data plotting with the module graph (2016)
  • Data plotting alternatives: TikZ (2016), Gnuplot (2012), Pgfplot (2009).
  • Flow Charts
  • Scale, mirror, rotate, clip (Old Content 2010)
  • Gantt charts

• Layers and stacks

  • Layers: ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning of elements and other advanced techniques like switching elements on and off.
  • Overlays: ConTeXt's mechanism to stack local snippets. An alternative is Collectors (Old Content).
  • Logos: ConTeXt 's mechanism to mage appear logos (picture or text elements) on every page
  • Infinite Paper

  Specific topics and examples

  • Including pages from PDF documents
  • Image database with XML
  • Image size for thei 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.
  • Code to play with for Drop shadows
  • Example photo page layout (Old Content)