Tag: ArcMap
Batch cleaning ArcMap exported Illustrator files
I outline how to build a simple batch action to clean up large quantities of ArcMap’s own brand of Illustrator file. Typically, ArcMap includes a thousand clipping paths and totally destroys curved text paths. Let’s clean that mess up to give us a fresh start in Adobe Illustrator.
Continue ReadingExporting better hillshades from ArcMap
I recently created a walkthrough that describes how I generate a higher quality hillshade from ArcMap by using the “export data” option to obtain a 16bit grayscale Tiff. There are a few tricks to processing this image in Photoshop to obtain a usable image, but the end result is much better than the default ArcMap [...]
Continue ReadingHD Video: Prep
A new time-lapse video as I prepare a layout in ESRI’s ArcGIS for a series of trail maps around Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest. View more of my time lapse moves and tutorials on Vimeo
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Adam Wilbert



