SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...
SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...
SPOT 4.1 Basic and Advanced Software Manual for SPOT Insight ...
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Ch. 6 – Using Live ImagesCh. 6 – Using Live ImagesUsing Live Images ............................................ 113The Live Image View.................................. 115Live Images are Different Than CapturedImages ......................................................... 116Live Image Controls ................................... 116Filter Color (<strong>Insight</strong> 3-Shot) ................... 116Display Images in Grayscale (<strong>Insight</strong> 3-Shot)........................................................ 117Binning (<strong>Insight</strong> B/W, <strong>Insight</strong> 3-Shot).... 117Area ........................................................ 118Gamma.................................................. 118Live Image Controls – Auto ExposureOptions ........................................................ 119Live Image Controls – <strong>Manual</strong> ExposureOptions ........................................................ 120Using Live ImagesThe <strong>SPOT</strong> software allows you to view real-time black <strong>and</strong> white (<strong>Insight</strong> B&W) or color (<strong>Insight</strong> Color)previews of your specimens – i.e., your potential image captures. Using the Live Image preview, you canscan, zoom, focus, <strong>and</strong> frame images so that they are optimally adjusted <strong>for</strong> the image capture. Afterfocusing <strong>and</strong> positioning the image, you can then capture it using one of five options, generating one ofthree types of images:• Get Image (exposure from Setup) - Capture the image using the settings from the current ImageSetup <strong>and</strong> ignore the Live Image Controls values. This allows you to use one set of values <strong>for</strong> framing<strong>and</strong> focusing an image <strong>and</strong> a different set of values <strong>for</strong> capturing the image. Get Image can beaccomplished in one of three ways: from the dropdown menu (under Camera), from the toolbar, or bycreating <strong>and</strong> using a Taskbar button (Chapter 12) <strong>for</strong> Get Image.• Snap - Capture the image using the area <strong>and</strong> exposure values from the Live Image Controls dialog(see below). The Snap feature is h<strong>and</strong>y because it enables you to adjust the live image until you seewhat you want, <strong>and</strong> then use those settings to capture the image – “what you see is what you get.”Also because the Snap option uses Live Image exposure values, it allows you to avoid the exposurecomputation that typically precedes image captures.Depending on how Live Image Preferences (see Ch. 4) are defined, the Snap option either uses ordisregards the Post Processing options from the current Image Setup (see Ch. 5).−−If the Snapped Images box is selected, the Snap option uses all of the Post Processing optionsfrom the current Image Setup, except <strong>for</strong> Background Subtraction <strong>and</strong> Flatfield Correction.If the Snapped Images box is unselected, the Snap option ignores the Post Processing options <strong>for</strong>the current Image Setup, with one exception: if the Chip Defect Correction option is selected <strong>for</strong>the current image setup, the corrections will appear in the image capture, regardless of theSnapped Images preference.• Transfer - You can Pause the live image view <strong>and</strong> Transfer (see below) the preview directly to the<strong>SPOT</strong> editing window. This option is helpful in situations with rapidly changing samples. If you seeUser Guide to the <strong>SPOT</strong> <strong>Insight</strong> Camera 113
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