Just to add a tip to this (should work in illustrator since it does in photoshop). You can use your mouse (instead of the arrow keys), pressing and holding down the shift key before clicking, to mouse the labels and they will be locked to the axis you start your mouse motion with.
I have a photoshop action script that recreates this method and will generalize it and post it sometime soon. JP > > > >>Now use a program like Illustrator or Canvas to add the stereo/depth cued > >>labels. This is a little tricky to describe, but I'll give it my best > >>shot. Place the two images side by side with their centers separated by > >>6.0 - 6.5 cm, and aligned horizontally. Now add all your labels on the > >>LEFT figure. select all of your labels and duplicate them. Move the > >>duplicated labels to the RIGHT side. For clarity sake let's assume we > >>have 3 labels on the LEFT side (a,b, and c -- we will call then aL and aR > >>for the left and right labels, respectively). Place aL near a > >>recognizable feature of the LEFT figure that you are trying to label. Now > >>horizontilly align aR with aL. Now using only the <-- and --> keys move > >>the aR label until the identical portion of the actual label (let's say > >>the lower right hand tip of the 'a') is vertically aligned with the > >>identical portion of your model (let's say where the C alpha-C beta bond > >>leaves the ribbon backbone) on both the LEFT and RIGHT images. Repeat > >>these steps for each pair of labels. This is a nice method for adding > >>stereo labels because it does not require looking at your computer screen > >>in wall-eyed stereo for 2 hours in order to get proper placement of labels. > >> > >>By assuring that the labels are positioned in the LEFT and RIGHT images > >>at positions that are identical with respect to the part of the model > >>that is being labeled you automatically are also placing them so they are > >>at the proper depth when the figure is finally viewed in stereo. > >> > >>I hope this makes sense. Just email if you want more details. > >> > >>Scott > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Anthony Duff > Postdoctoral Fellow > School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences > Biochemistry Building, G08 > University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia > Phone. 61-2-9351-7817 Fax. 61-2-9351-4726 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
