SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...

Ch. 7 - Taking a PictureSave and Name Options (cont.)FormatSelect the file format for the sequence of images.• For individual files, there are six options: Windows Bitmap, JPEG, JPEG2000, MacPICT, TIFF Uncompressed, or TIFF JPEG.• For image sequences there are two options: TIFF Uncompressed or TIFF JPEG.• If the bits per pixel in your image setup is either 12 (monochrome) or 36 (color) yourformat save options will be reduced to the following:o For individual files, there are three options: JPEG2000, TIFF Uncompressed 12bit or 16 bit.oFor image sequences there is one option: TIFF Uncompressed.Note: You may also export the sequence file as an AVI. You will find this option listedunder the file menu once an image sequence has been opened or created.Suffix Begin Number(individual images)JPEG Quality(1-100)Compression(JPEG2000)Select the beginning number for the sequence of images.The Begin Number automatically defaults to the first number that follows the previoussequence of images. So, if you captured a sequence of 10 images, 11 would appear as theBegin Number when you next opened the Get Sequential Images window.The program prefaces numbers with enough zeros to create a four-character suffix. Forexample, if you have 35 images, the first image suffix will be 0001 and the last image suffixwill be 0035. This enables Windows to correctly order images, so thatGrowth_Sequence0002 appears before Growth_Sequence1000, and not the other wayaround.JPEG quality is the level of compression for JPEG images: this option is available only whenJPEG or TIFF JPEG (for image sequences) is selected as the image file format. Enter aninteger between 1 and 100 to set the JPEG quality for images. A value of one is the mostcompressed (and lowest image quality), while a value of 100 is the least compressed (andhighest image quality).When the JPEG2000 file format is selected, the Get Sequential Images dialog displayscompression options:• Lossless – Information is not lost when the image is compressed.• Lossy – Information is lost according to the ratio that you enter: the higher the ratio thatyou enter, the smaller the file size and the lower the quality of the image.Save ThumbnailsFile Name ConflictAction(individual images)Image Display(individual images)Display Images(image sequences)Save thumbnails of each image in the sequence. This option is available only when JPEG,TIFF JPEG, or TIFF uncompressed is selected as the image file format.Determine how the program will respond if it finds an image file with the same name as animage in the current sequence. Select one of the following options:• Overwrite Existing File – The program overwrites the existing file with the image fromthe sequence you are capturing.• Display Warning – The program displays a warning message indicating that a file ofthe same name already exists, and stops the sequential image capture.Determine how the sequence of images will be displayed. Select one of the followingoptions:• Display Each Image in a New Window – The program opens a window for eachimage in the sequence. This option works well if you have a short sequence; if youhave a long sequence, however, displaying numerous images uses up memory andcould interfere with your use of other programs.• Display Only Current Image – The program sequentially displays each image in thesame window. Each image displays only until the next image is captured. This isuseful for lengthy sequences where you do not want to be concerned with running outof memory.• Don’t Display Images – The program automatically saves all of the sequential imagefiles to the specified location without displaying them.Select this box to open an image sequence immediately after the capture. To save theimage sequence to file without opening it, deselect the box.126 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera