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

Ch. 14 – Using Other Windows Imaging Applications in Advanced ModeDefining Live Image PreferencesThe TWAIN window includes a Preferences button, which allows you to define live image viewing,exposure and other preferences. The window includes the following options:• Live Images Window• Always Show Full Chip• Maximum Exposure time• Do Post-processing selection• Close window on snap option• Bus Window• Bandwidth size• Miscellaneous Window• Keep TWAIN Window on top• Make Shutter SoundLive Images WindowAlways Show Full ChipAlways display the full chip in live image mode. If you select a region, it will be displayed in a rectangularoutline within the full-chip view.Maximum ExposureThe Maximum Exposureoption helps you to avoidunnecessarily long exposureswhen viewing a live image.Consider the followingsituation: When you changefrom a lower resolutionobjective to a higherresolution objective, thecamera detects a briefinterval of blackness andcompensates by modifyingthe exposure time to maintaina constant brightness level.This results in you having towait for the camera to compute a lengthy and incorrect exposure for the black interval. Using theMaximum Exposure option, you can limit this exposure time. For most cases, Diagnostic Instrumentsrecommends a value of 0.5 seconds. Similarly, the Live Image Maximum option can also be used in caseswhere the microscope’s light path selector is incorrectly set.Do Post-Processing onSpecify whether to apply the Post Processing options for the current Image Setup to images captured fromthe live image view.Transferred Images• If the Transferred Images box is selected, the Transfer option applies the Noise Filter, Correct Color,and Image Size Double options as specified for the current Image Setup.User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera 269