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

Ch. 6 – Using Live Images• Red – View a monochrome preview of your specimen using the red state of the LCD filter.• Green – View a monochrome preview of your specimen using the green state of the LCD filter.• Blue - View a monochrome preview of your specimen using the blue state of the LCD filter.• Clear – View a monochrome preview of your specimen using the clear state of the LCD filter.The available Filter Color options on the Live Image Controls dialog are dependent on the settings definedon the Image Setup. For example, if you select Red and Green for the Use: Red Green Blue option,the Live Image Controls dialog allows you to select, Red, Green, or both (i.e., by selecting RGB). Theflow chart below illustrates the possibilities:Display Images in Grayscale (Insight 3-Shot)To counter the difficulty of viewing, focusing, and adjusting monochrome images in live mode, theDisplay Images in Grayscale option enables you to view a monochrome image in grayscale, as opposed towith the red, green, or blue filter. This option applies if the following are true:• The Bits per Pixel option on the Image Setup is set to either 8 bpp or 12 bpp• The Filter Color (see above) on the Live Image Controls dialog is set to Red, Green, or Blue.Binning (Insight B/W, Insight 3-Shot)Binning, as described in Ch. 5 - Preparing to Take a Picture, combines adjacent pixels on the CCD chip,thereby reducing the number of pixels used in the image capture. Binning is useful when you have dimimages and want to increase sensitivity and reduce download time. This gives you higher frame rates andless noisy images. But, as binning level increases, image resolution decreases. All of these factors shouldbe considered when you select a binning option.User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera 117