Imported tiff file background color

[Frenzy808]

New career as a draftsman and loving Autocad. Question, I trying to place a TiFF file in autocad as a reference so I can re draw it for our new project. Old drawing was from a Acrobat pdf of a hand drawn layout done back in the days.

 

Is there a way I can change that tiff background to black instead of white background that I imported to my project? I'm so used to working with the black workspace was wondering if it can be done? We are using Autocad 2008 still because it's what the "senior draftsmen" are comfortable using. Upgrading soon to 2010-11

 

Just wanted to say all are professional and you and this forum have helped me a whole lot. Thanks.

[Cad64]

Open the tif in Photoshop, go to the Image menu, select Mode, choose Bitmap. Save and Exit Photoshop.

 

Now, when you insert the tif into Autocad you will have a black background with white lines. You will also now be able to click on the image boundary, open Properties and under the "Misc" section, turn on Transparency. This can be helpful when trying to position the image precisely over the top of an existing drawing.

[Frenzy808]

Thanks Cad64, That was my first plan to do, thought I ask the experience if they had a easier way to do things.