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

Ch. 3 – Basic Program ModeCropCut out a portion of an image. To crop an image, follow these steps:1. Press and hold the left mouse button.2. Drag the cursor over the image until the dotted rectangle covers the area of the imagethat you want to crop.3. From the Edit menu, select Crop. The Crop Area window displays the pixelcoordinates of the rectangle that you selected.From this window you can fine-tune the crop area by modifying the pixel coordinates.If you select the Crop option directly from the menu (i.e., without specifying a croparea), the Crop Area window displays the values for the entire image.4. Click on OK to crop the image. The cropped image appears on-screen.5. When you crop an unsaved image, the program automatically discards the area of theimage outside the crop. To give yourself the opportunity to change the crop area, youshould save the image before you crop it.Image Quality (Adjust Image)The Adjust Image options allow you to correctimages that are overly bright or dark, or tomodify areas of interest that are too light ortoo dark to see important details. To accessthese editing options, select Adjust Imagefrom the Edit menu. The Adjust Imagewindow appears, as shown at right. Adjustimages either by entering a value in the box orby moving the slider bar.The Adjust Image window provides threeadjustment parameters:• Color Space – This option enables you to select the color space that is best suited to the type of imagethat you are editing:−RGB (Red Green Blue) – Use for monochrome images−HSL (Hue Saturation Luminance) – Use for all color images except fluorescence−HSV (Hue Saturation Value) – Use for fluorescence imagesRefer to the Image Editing and the Concept of Color Space section of Ch. 8 for more detaileddescriptions of the three color spaces.• Modify Main Image - When this box is checked (the default), both the thumbnail image and the mainimage change as you are adjusting the image. If you want the main image to change after you havemade the adjustments – and thereby speed the editing process - deselect the Modify Main Image box.• Reset – Click on the Reset button to return the image to its pre-adjustment appearance.The following sections describe the effect of each of the four adjustments.User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera 49