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

Ch. 3 – Basic Program Mode• The View menu changes to reflect annotation mode:−−The two zoom options and the Show Grid Lines options are no longer displayed..The Show Tools option is present – this option displays the Tools dialog box, which containsshortcuts for inserting annotation-drawing objects.Refer to Adding Annotation Objects to SPOT Images (Ch. 8) for more details on using theTools dialog box.• The Attributes menu appears with options for specifying annotation qualities.Refer to Defining Annotation Attributes (Ch. 8) for descriptions of each option.• The Done! menu (Windows)/Mode menu (Mac) allows you to switch back to the image capture/editmode.− Windows – The Done! menu has only one option, End Annotation Mode. When you select thisoption the SPOT program prompts you to merge the changes into the image.−Mac – The Mode menu has only one option, Exit Annotation Mode. When you select thisoption, the SPOT program prompts you to merge the changes into the image.CAUTION!If you select Yes after clicking on Done! The annotations become a permanent part of the image. Ifyou want to preserve the original image, save the original image to a file. After annotating it, useSave As to save the annotated version to a different file.MemosIn the SPOT software, you can attach a memo to TIFF or JPEG format image files. To use the Memooption, follow these steps.1. From the Edit menu, select Memo. The Image Memo window appears for you to enter a new memoor edit an existing memo.2. Enter the message.3. Click on OK to attach the memo to the image.Note: If you attach a memo to an image that is not in either TIFF or JPEG format and then attemptto save the memo (i.e., when you close the image file), the SPOT program displays a warningmessage that asks you if you want to save the image without the memo. If you want to retain thememo, click on Cancel and use the Save As option to save the image in either TIFF or JPEGformat.Working with Image SequencesImage sequence files can be edited in the following ways, as described below:• The Sequence menu – Rearrange the order of a sequence, add and/or remove images to and from thesequence, extract images from the sequence, and play the sequence. Refer to the Sequence MenuOptions section of Ch.8 – Viewing, Editing, and Annotating Images for details.• The Sequence Controls (Image Sequence) dialog – Set view options and “play” the sequence. Referto the Image Sequence Controls section of Ch.8 – Viewing, Editing, and Annotating Images fordetails.52 User Guide to the SPOT Insight Camera