Click on the Select Image Files   button to select images to load into the Viewer.
This will open the selected images using the current file mode selected under the [File] menu.

• New Image Set: Load a new set of one or more images. This will over-write the previously loaded image(s).
• Insert Image(s): Insert one or more images at the currently viewed image position.
• Append Image(s): Add one or more images to the end of the currently loaded image set.
• Close Images: Clear all the currently loaded images from the Viewer. Upon success, the Viewer will be blanked out.
• Remove Image: Delete the currently selected image from the image set.

 To view other images in the set, click on the Next/Prior   buttons. When the Control Bar is disabled under the  [Options | Tool Bars | Function Controls ] menu option,  the keyboard Page Up and Page Down keys may be used.

The contents of the Viewer Window may be saved to a 24 bit RGB file. The output graphic file format may be any one of the supported formats.  This can be accomplished using the following proceedure.
 

1. From the menu select:  [File | Screen Save As]
2. Wait for the File Dialog to appear.
3. Choose the desired filename and format (as specified by the extension).
4. Click on  the  Save  button to write to the graphics file.

• Local/ Network Only: Save the images to the disk only.
• Upload Image(s) to FTP Site: Save the images to the disk and opens the  Upload FTP  dialog box.
• Attach Image(s) to EMail Message:  Save the images to the disk and opens the  Send Email  dialog box.

1. From the menu select:  [File | Save Image As]
2. The Save Image dialog box will appear:
3. Select the graphics file format from the appropriate tab for additional options. The destination file size (if available)  will be displayed in the status box.
4. Check the  Save All Images  box to save all the loaded images in the specified format. When this option is on, The saved filenames will be the originals with appropriate file extension appended to the end.
5. Select the desired Folder/Filename for the output file.
6. Click on the  Save  button to save the image(s).

Bitmap

• Color (8 Bit Palette):    Select this format for 8 bit gray scale and color.  Always use this format unless you must output a RGB picture.
• Color (24 Bit RGB):    This format will produce a RGB (millions of colors) file. This will produce a file 3 times the size of a palette image.

JPEG

• Gray Scale: Select this format for gray scale images.
• Color : Select this format for color images.
• Quality: Choose a value in the range of 25 to 95. The larger the value, the higher quality of the image. Smaller settings will result in lower quality and a reduced output file size.

TIFF

• Color (8 Bit Palette):    Select this format for 8 bit gray scale and color.  Always use this format unless you must output to a RGB picture.
• Color (24 Bit RGB):    This format will produce a RGB (millions of colors) file. This will produce a file 3 times the size of a palette image.

PPM

This format in generally used for interchange purposes (commonly Unix applications). The ASCII (text) versions are considered too bulky for storage.  The combination of options available will write the output the file in  4 Portable Map formats. Formats less than 8 bits are not supported.
 
 

IMG

This is the native FP Image file format. If you do not need to export your images to other applications, it is recommended that you use this as the default format.
 
 

Raw

To output the image to a raw format (i.e no header):

1. From the  IMG  tab select the pixel type.
2. From the  Other  tab select the  Binary Type
3. Select the  Byte Ordering  that is desired.  For exporting to Intel processors choose Little Endian, Motorola uses the Big Endian  type.

Text

It is possible to export images to a text file. This data can be imported into Word Processors, Spread-Sheet programs, etc. To convert images to text, Select the  Text  type from the  Other  tab.
 

User Defined Formats

Image Processing scripts may be used for the purpose of saving images in other formats.

Use the clipboard functions to export pictures directly to other applications. You may select the entire image or a portion of it.

The entire image:

 Click on the Copy to Clipboard   button to copy the Viewer Window contents.

Region of interest:
Click on the Save Region to Clipboard   button. Drag a box over the area that you want to copy. When the mouse button is released the image area will automatically be copied to the Clipboard.

Pasting images to an application:

In most target applications, choose the  [Edit | Paste from Clipboard]  menu option. The image will be pasted to the current cursor location.
 

For 8 bit images the Window Width/Level function can be used to adjust the brightness/contrast of the image.  For 16 and 32 bit images it is necessary to visualize the range of pixels desired.

Entering the values directly:

Enter the values in the appropriate edit boxes. The changes will take effect when the Enter key is depressed.

Using the mouse:

Click on the W/L tool   button to adjust the values visually.  While the cursor is within the image area, drag the mouse up/down to adjust the level, left/right to adjust the width.

Using W/L Presets:

• Select a preset Width/Level from the [Tools]  pull down menu.
• Use the  [Tools | Create a New Preset] to create a new preset using the current values.  You will be prompted to enter the name of the new preset to appear in the pull down window.
• Use the  [Tools | Apply to Current  Preset] to change the current Preset using the existing settings.
• Use the  [Tools | Delete Current  Preset] to remove the current Preset from the menu.

Use the Dual Window Mode to adjust the Width/Level for 2 different ranges within the same image.  Optionally, separate color palettes may be loaded into each of the window ranges.
 

• Select the [Options | Dual Width/Level] menu option to enable or disable this mode.
• Click on the W/L tool   button to adjust the values visually or enter the values directly.
• To switch between the primary and secondary windows click right on the mouse.
• Color palettes maybe loaded in to primary or secondary window by using the each of ranges using the  [Options | Preferences | Dual Primary Palette]  or  [Options | Preferences | Dual Secondary Palette]  menu options respectively.

Use the Iso Density Mode to visually identify a range of values within the image.  Optionally, the user may also change the displayed color.
 

• Select the [Tools | Iso Denisty] menu option to enable or disable this mode.
• Click on the W/L tool   button to adjust the range of pixels values visually or enter the values directly.
• The display color may be chaged using the  [Options | Preferences | Iso Density Color]  menu option.
• Disable this option to adjust the Window Width/Level.

For 8, 16 and 32 bit images, palettes (color look up tables) can be used to view the images in color, select gamma correction tables or to invert the image.

Loading a new palette:

1. Click on the Load Palette  button.
2. Select a file from the Load Palette File dialog box.
3. You may select palettes from Pal or Bitmap files.

Displaying the palette:

• Click on the Display Palette  button.
• This will display a gray scale or color bar on the right side of the image area.
• The min/max values for current view will also be displayed.

• Select the  [Zoom]  menu option.
• You may select a preset value,  fit the image to the current Viewer size or specify a custom factor.
• The current zoom factor is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Viewer.

Many image file formats include numeric and text parameters in the file.  These parameters can be displayed along with the image if desired.  Each specific format must have a corresponding FMT file describing the format (parameters, location, font, etc.) to use when displaying this text. To enable this feature select the  [Options | Image Annotation]  menu option.

If displayed image files have the axis location parameter included, they may be sorted by order of location. This is accomplished by use of the  [Option | Sort Images]  sub menu functions. This function will have no effect on images that do not have specified location parameters.

For images that have the pixel size (in CM) parameter specified, a calibrated ruler may be displayed on the left side of the image.
 

• To enable this function select the  [Options | Ruler]  menu option.
• Ruler settings (color and size) may be changed by selecting the [Options | Preferences | Ruler]  menu option.