Jean-Baptiste Log

Wiki Instructions Development Status and Needs Documentation Standards

Monday, 8 July, 2013

Mocking up sample guides for backhoe boom for further discussion [1]

Added preliminary blueprint style images to Dozuki[2] Backhoe guide[3] main category headings. [4]

note:

• Size for dozuki guide images 800 x 600px minimum
• Size for dozuki category images 592 x 444px minimum
• Watch out when naming categories (and maybe guides as well) for the first time!! the title text will determine the URL of the category, so if future changes are made (and this might be due to my privilege settings) the URL name won´t update with the change in title. For example, clicking on the first link in this log entry will take you to a URL ending in "how_to_build_a_boom" even though the on screen title is "Dipper stick part guides".

Process sequence:

1. rough sketch [5] the component with black ballpoint
2. scan it at 300dpi
3. drop it into photoshop on top of blue print background (add link to file here)
4. invert image color (shortcut command PC: Ctrl + i)
5. mask off extraneous lines to clean it up a bit
6. trace the basic outline with the pen tool
7. select the traced outline and fill with background blue and add a drop shadow.
8. save for web at 1890 x 1299px (roughly 756kb)

Saturday, 6 July, 2013

Completed Sketchup Cube Test. Hangout session with Marcin and Rob about OSE machine & parts "how to" documentation in dozuki [6]

Graphic elements for video

Backgrounds

editable version File:OSE blueprint background v2-2.psd

Schematic hydraulic component sketches

editable version [File:U3_p30_hydraulics_icons_v1-1.psd]