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

Ch. 6 – Using Live Imagessomething that you like, you can pause the live image preview before it changes. Then, you cantransfer the paused image to a SPOT editing window and save it to file. Images saved in this way havetwo restrictions. First, all transferred images are 8 bit per channel (color). Second, because liveimages are read out via two amplifiers, the right and left sides of the image might not be perfectlymatched.Depending on how Live Image Preferences are defined, the Transfer option either uses or disregardsthe Post Processing options from the current Image Setup (see Ch. 5).−−If the Transferred Images box is selected, the Transfer option applies the Noise Filter, CorrectColor, and Image Size Double options as specified for the current Image Setup.If the Transferred Images box is unselected, the Transfer option ignores the Post Processingoptions for the current Image Setup, with one exception: if the Chip Defect Correction option isselected for the current image setup (SPOT and RT cameras only), the corrections will appear inthe image capture, regardless of the Transferred Images preference.Note also the following:• Image orientation adjustments (i.e., flipping and rotating) specified on the Image Setup are alwaysreflected in the live image view and Snap capture.• If you crop or zoom in on an image, Snaps and Transfers capture only the cropped or zoomed portion.Note: With some video cards, you might experience system crashes or display problems in liveimage mode. To correct these problems, lower the Graphics Acceleration setting in Windows, asdescribed in the Video Card Related Problems section of the Installation Guidelines chapter.Note: Occasionally, when viewing a dim live image, you might notice that the right half of the imageis brighter or dimmer than the left half. To display images in real time, the Insight camera uses twoseparate amplifiers to simultaneously read the right and left halves of the CCD chip. With someimages, particularly dimmer samples, the brightness of the two halves may not match. This resultsin a “split” appearance. To avoid this problem with captured images, the Insight camera reads thewhole CCD through a single amplifier. A “split” Live Image view is not indicative of what yourimage capture will look like. Refer to Appendix A: Electronic Imaging Theory and SPOT Camerasfor details.114 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera