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

Ch. 7 - Taking a PictureTo set an image region, follow these steps:1. Position the cursor at the upper left edge of the image region that you want to capture.2. Press and hold the mouse button (left mouse for PC users) and drag the cursor across the screen. Adotted border appears around the region that you select.3. From the Camera menu, select Set Chip Imaging Area. The Chip Imaging Area window displays thepixel locations for the borders of the region that you selected.4. Click OK to save the region values to the current image setup, orselect a different image setup. The region values are now saved to thedesignated image setup.Note: The image setup uses the specified region values forall subsequent image captures. Refer to Ch. 5 – Preparingto Take a Picture for other region capture techniques.5. Recapture the image using either Get Image (exposure from setup) orthe Get Image (last used exposure) option. The new image capturedisplays only the region that you selected.Set Spot Metering AreaSpot metering is a method for selecting a region of interest on a desired image and then allowing theSPOT camera to automatically set the exposure time to allow for the best possible balance of image qualityand contrast. This can be useful when the default auto-exposure settings (full image sampling) do notprovide a captured image that provides the detail you need for a particular region of your subject beingviewed.The Set Spot metering area feature in the SPOT software allows you to zero in on a rectangular region ofthe live image. There are two ways of setting the Spot Metering Area.Method One – Drag the Area1. Start by opening the live image window.2. Select the area of the image by setting and then dragging the mouse across an area on the image.3. Acquire that image using Snap.4. Select Set Spot Metering Area from the Camera dropdown menu.5. Save it to an Image Set-up file forfuture image captures.Method Two1. Open the Image Setup Window fromthe Set-up dropdown menu.2. Select the desired image setup file.3. Select Auto-exposure from the menuselection window.4. Select Region from the Set MeteringArea box.5. Type in or scale to the desired pixelpoints that will define the Spot Metering Area rectangle.128 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera