A very useful implementation is the ability to edit the features of your imagery. With Plex-Earth, you will now be able to achieve it. Plex-Earth offers the ability to edit any mosaic imagery. You can change the brightness, contrast, and transparency, create clippings and cutouts, and bring it to the front or send it to the back. Below, you can find more details regarding all available features.
After you import the imagery of your area of interest, you can proceed with utilizing our available editing tools. Find below the tools for editing your imagery:
Available Tools for Editing the Imagery
Adjust Image (Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Transparency)
Editing Single Images and Raster Images
Select Image to Edit
1. Choose the mosaic you'd like to edit from the Collection Manager.
2. Select the Edit option.
Available Tools for Editing the Imagery
After clicking on “Edit”, you can see the various tools available for editing the Imagery:
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: This is the Tools Menu. It contains the Adjust Image and the create Clippings and Cutouts menu.
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: The Hide/Show Option. You can click on it to hide or show the Imagery.
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: The Zoom Option. You can click on it to zoom to the Imagery.
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: The Send to Back/Bring to Front Option. You can click on it to send the Imagery to back or bring it to front. Use the Send to Back command to move them to the background. Or use the Bring to Front command to move them to the front of your drawing.
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: The Hide/Show Grid Option. You can click on it to hide or show the grid of the Imagery.
The “Tools” Menu
When you click on “Tools”, the following Menu will appear:
Adjust Image (Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Transparency)
In the following section, we are given the option to edit the way the image is presented by changing the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, and transparency, and also to view the selected changes before saving them, on the right side of the preview. After making the desired adjustments, we click OK.
1. Brightness: Specify Brightness from -100 to 100.
2. Contrast: Specify Contrast between -100 to 100.
3. Hue: Specify Hue from -180 to 180.
4. Saturation: Specify Saturation from -100 to 100.
With the Saturation option, you can define the intensity of a hue. Vivid primary colors are highly saturated, while pastel colors are unsaturated.
-100 Saturation +100 Saturation
5. Τransparency: Specify Transparency between 0 to 250. Depending on your drawing, you can define the opacity of the image.
6. Revert To Original: Selecting the Revert to Original option clears all adjustments and reverts to the original image.
Clippings
This option gives the ability to clip an image by selecting a polyline that will serve as a boundary that retains the section bounded inside.
Cutouts
This option gives the ability to create a cutout region of an image by selecting a polyline that will serve as a boundary that removes the section bounded inside.
Editing Single Images and Raster Images
Single Images are inserted as raster images in CAD. The Plex-Earth mosaic created can also be inserted as a raster image depending on the Terms of Use of the provider selected. You can use local CAD commands to edit raster images, like in this AutoCAD tutorial.
We hope that you have found this tutorial on editing imagery, helpful. Feel free to contact us at support@plexscape.com for any questions you may still have.
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Compatibility includes:
AutoCAD Version: 2025, 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020
Civil 3D® Version: 2025, 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020
AutoCAD Architecture Version: 2025, 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020
BricsCAD Pro: V25, V24 , V23 , V22 , V21