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Levenhuk C800 NG User Manual

Contents
Help Manual
Help Manual ......................................................... 1
1 How to start? ................................................. 1
1.1 Start ............................................. 1
1.2 Create the camera Video window ..................... 1
2 Video window GUI .............................................. 2
2.1 Video window GUI .................................. 2
2.2 How to close the Video window? ..................... 3
3 Image window GUI .............................................. 4
3.1 Image window GUI .................................. 4
3.2 How to close the Image window? ..................... 5
4 UI toolbar .................................................... 7
5 Camera sidebar ................................................ 8
5.1 Capture & Resolution group ......................... 8
5.2 Exposure & Gain group ............................. 8
5.3 White Balance group ............................... 8
5.4 Color Adjustment group............................. 9
5.5 Frame Rate group .................................. 9
5.6 Flip group ........................................ 9
5.7 Color/Gray group .................................. 9
5.8 Power Frequency group ............................. 9
5.9 Sampling group ................................... 10
5.10 Histogram group .................................. 10
6 File......................................................... 11
6.1 Open Image••• Ctrl+O .......................... 11
6.2 Open Video••• ................................. 13
6.3 Camera List ...................................... 14
6.4 Twain: Select Device•••........................... 14
6.5 Twain:Acquire••• ................................. 15
6.6 Save Ctrl+S ................................... 16
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6.7 Save As••• ....................................... 17
6.8 Batch Save••• .................................... 21
6.9 Paste as New File••• ............................. 22
6.10 Print Setup••• ................................... 22
6.11 Print Preview••• Ctrl+Shift+P ..................... 23
6.12 Print••• Ctrl+P .................................. 23
6.13 Recent Files ..................................... 23
6.14 Exit ............................................. 24
7 Edit......................................................... 25
7.1 Undo/Redo Ctrl+Z ................................. 25
7.2 Forward .......................................... 25
7.3 Backward ......................................... 26
7.4 Cut Ctrl+X ....................................... 28
7.5 Copy Ctrl+C ...................................... 28
7.6 Paste Ctrl+V ..................................... 30
7.7 Image Select ................................ 30
7.8 Select All Ctrl+A ................................ 31
7.8.1 Select All on the Background layer ................ 31
7.8.2 Select All objects over the Background layer ...... 31
7.9 Select None Ctrl+D ............................... 31
7.10 Inverse Selection ................................ 31
7.11 Delete File Delete ............................... 32
8 View......................................................... 33
8.1 Browse Ctrl+B ................................. 33
8.1.1 Open the Browse window............................ 33
8.1.2 Browse window right mouse button context menu ..... 33
8.2 Sort>Sort by Names ............................... 34
8.3 Sort>Sort by Type ................................ 34
8.4 Sort>Sort by Size ................................ 34
8.5 Sort>Sort by Width ............................... 34
8.6 Sort>Sort by Height .............................. 34
8.7 Sort>Forward ..................................... 34
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8.8 Sort>Reverse ..................................... 35
8.9 Icon>Large Icons ................................. 35
8.10 Icon>Small Icons ................................. 35
8.11 Refresh F5 ....................................... 35
8.12 Measurement Sheet ................................ 36
8.12.1 File Import••• ................................... 36
8.12.2 File Save••• ..................................... 36
8.12.3 Export>To Html File .............................. 36
8.12.4 Export to Excel .................................. 36
8.12.5 Auto Highlight ................................... 37
8.12.6 Settings••• ...................................... 37
8.13 Sidebar .......................................... 38
8.13.1 Sidebar overview ................................. 38
8.13.2 Sidebar>Camera ................................... 39
8.13.3 Sidebar>Folder ................................... 39
8.13.4 Sidebar>Undo/Redo ................................ 40
8.13.5 Sidebar>Layer .................................... 40
8.13.6 Sidebar>Measurement .............................. 40
8.14 Ruler and Grid ................................... 40
8.14.1 Grids>No Grids ................................... 40
8.14.2 Grids>Manual Grids ............................... 40
8.14.3 Grids>Auto Grids ................................. 41
8.14.4 Grids>Remove All Grids............................ 42
8.14.5 Settings••• ...................................... 42
8.15 Best Fit ......................................... 42
8.16 Actual Size ...................................... 42
8.17 Track ......................................... 42
8.18 Properties ....................................... 43
9 Setup ........................................................ 45
9.1 Start/Pause ...................................... 45
9.2 Full Screen ...................................... 45
9.3 View Properties••• ............................... 45
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9.4 Video Overlay••• ................................. 46
9.4.1 Video Overlay: Overlay............................ 46
9.4.2 Video Overlay: Marker••• .......................... 47
9.5 Video Watermark••• ............................... 48
9.6 Move Watermark ................................... 50
9.6.1 Move to••• ....................................... 50
9.6.2 Move to zero ..................................... 50
9.7 Rotate Watermark ................................. 50
9.7.1 Rotate to••• ..................................... 50
9.7.2 Rotate to zero ................................... 51
9.8 Gray Calibration••• .............................. 51
9.9 Manual Fusion••• .............................. 52
9.10 Video Source Property••• .......................... 53
9.11 Video Stream Format•••............................ 53
9.12 Still Image Options•••............................ 54
10 Capture ...................................................... 56
10.1 Capture Image F8 ................................. 56
10.2 Time-lapse (Auto Capture)••• ...................... 56
10.3 Start Record••• F9 ............................... 57
11 Image ........................................................ 61
11.1 Mode ............................................. 61
11.1.1 Color Quantize••• ................................ 61
11.1.2 Gray Scale ....................................... 61
11.2 Adjust ........................................... 61
11.2.1 Curve••• ......................................... 61
11.2.2 Auto Level ....................................... 62
11.2.3 Auto Contrast .................................... 63
11.2.4 Histogram Equalization............................ 63
11.2.5 Brightness/Contrast•••............................ 64
11.2.6 Color••• ......................................... 64
11.2.7 HMS••• ........................................... 66
11.2.8 Gamma••• ......................................... 67
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11.2.9 Filter Color••• .................................. 67
11.2.10 Extract Color••• ................................. 67
11.2.11 Invert ........................................... 68
11.3 Rotate ........................................... 68
11.3.1 90(CW) ........................................... 68
11.3.2 180(CW) .......................................... 68
11.3.3 270(CW) .......................................... 68
11.3.4 Arbitrary••• ..................................... 68
11.3.5 Flip Horizontal .................................. 69
11.3.6 Flip Vertical .................................... 69
11.4 Crop Shift+C ..................................... 69
11.5 Image Scale••• ................................... 70
11.6 Histogram••• ..................................... 71
11.7 Resolution••• .................................... 73
11.8 Overlay Scale Bar••• ............................. 73
12 Process ...................................................... 75
12.1 Filter••• Shift+F ................................ 75
12.1.1 Image Enhance .................................... 75
12.1.2 Edge Enhance ..................................... 78
12.1.3 Morphological .................................... 79
12.1.4 Kernel ........................................... 82
12.2 Range••• Shift+R ................................. 84
12.3 Segmentation••• Shift+S .......................... 84
12.4 Binary••• Shift+B ............................... 85
12.5 Emboss••• Shift+E ................................ 86
12.6 Pseudo Color••• .................................. 86
12.7 Surface Plot••• .................................. 87
12.8 Line Profile••• .................................. 88
12.9 Diffuse••• Shift+D ............................... 89
12.10 Granulate••• Shift+G ............................. 89
12.11 Mosaic••• ........................................ 89
12.12 Fusion••• ........................................ 91
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12.13 Color Composite••• ............................... 93
13 Layer ........................................................ 99
13.1 About Layer ...................................... 99
13.2 Organizing layers ................................ 99
13.3 Layers for non-destructive measurement and label .. 99
13.4 Layer sidebar .................................... 99
13.5 Layer menu and layer sidebar page context menu ... 100
13.6 New••• .......................................... 101
13.7 Remove••• ....................................... 101
13.8 Current••• ...................................... 101
13.9 Show/Hide••• .................................... 101
13.10 Rename••• ....................................... 101
13.11 Export to Image ................................. 101
13.12 Export to Microsoft Excel ........................ 101
14 Measurements ................................................ 102
14.1 Object Select ................................ 102
14.2 Angle ........................................ 103
14.3 Point ........................................ 104
14.4 Line ............................................ 104
14.4.1 Line>Arbitrary Line .......................... 104
14.4.2 Line> Horizontal Line ........................ 105
14.4.3 Line> Vertical Line ........................... 105
14.5 Parallel ..................................... 106
14.6 Vertical .................................... 107
14.6.1 Vertical>Four Points. ......................... 107
14.6.2 Vertical>Three Points ....................... 107
14.7 Rectangle .................................... 108
14.8 RoundRect .................................... 109
14.9 Ellipse ...................................... 109
14.10 Circle ...................................... 110
14.10.1 Circle>Center+Radius ......................... 110
14.10.2 Circle>Two Points ............................. 111
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14.10.3 Circle>Three Points .......................... 111
14.11 Annulus ...................................... 111
14.12 Two Circles .................................. 112
14.12.1 Two Circle>Center+Radius ......................... 112
14.12.2 Two Circle>Three Points.......................... 112
14.13 Arc .......................................... 113
14.14 Text ......................................... 113
14.15 Polygon ...................................... 114
14.16 Z Order ......................................... 115
15 Options ..................................................... 116
15.1 Preferences••• .................................. 116
15.1.1 File ............................................ 116
15.1.2 Plugin .......................................... 116
15.1.3 Print ........................................... 117
15.1.4 Rulers and Grids ................................ 118
15.1.5 Cursor .......................................... 119
15.1.6 Capture ......................................... 120
15.1.7 Misc ............................................ 121
15.2 Measurements••• ................................. 121
15.2.1 General>General ................................. 122
15.2.2 General>Length Unit ............................. 122
15.2.3 General>Angle Unit .............................. 124
15.2.4 General>Measurement Sheet ........................ 124
15.2.5 Object>Point .................................... 125
15.2.6 Object>Line ..................................... 126
15.2.7 Object>Other Objects ............................ 126
15.2.8 Magnifications••• ............................... 126
15.3 Calibrate••• ................................. 127
15.4 Edit Dye List••• ................................ 130
15.5 Auto Correction••• .............................. 132
16 Windows ..................................................... 133
16.1 Close All ....................................... 133
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16.2 Windows••• ...................................... 134
17 Help........................................................ 135
17.1 Help Contents ................................... 135
17.2 About ........................................... 135
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1 How to start?
1.1 Start
1. Double click on the desktop icon “ ”, and start ToupView;
2. Click Start button (At your screen bottom left corner) and a Start menu will bring
up. Move your mouse point over the menu and try to locate ToupView, click to start.
1.2 Create the camera Video window
ToupView will detect all of the cameras that your computer has installed (Here, it is
UCMOS03100KPA, a 3.1M pixel CMOS camera) and will append all the camera names
as submenu to File>Camera List menu (Here, the submenu name is
“UCMOS03100KPA”).
Choosing File>Camera List> UCMOS03100KPA will create a Video window and begin
to start the Video stream. Your Video window will be associated with the name of
“Video [UCMOS03100KPA]” (i.e., its title bar will display “Video
[UCMOS03100KPA]”).
There are 3 methods to start the camera Video stream, they are:
1. Choose File>Camera List>UCMOS03100KPA (Here, a 3.1M pixel camera is
installed) command to create the camera Video window;
2. Click Camera bar (If it is not activated) and Camera List to expand the Camera List
group (if not expanded). Click the camera name (Here it is UCMOS03100KPA) to
create the Video window;
3. Click the ’s down arrow to expand the camera list and choose the right camera
(Here it is UCMOS03100KPA) to create the Video window.
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2 Video window GUI
2.1 Video window GUI
A:ToupView; B: Menu; C:ToupView toolbar D:Camera sidebar;
E: Folders sidebar; F: Undo/Redo sidebar; G: Layer sidebar;
H: Measurement sidebar; I: Measurement Sheet; J:Status bar;
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K: Auto Hide button L: Horizontal ruler; M:Vertical ruler
N:Frame Rate O:Frames captured P:Current Video sizes
Q:Selected microscope Magnification R:Current Unit;
AA: Sidebar right mouse button context menu;
AB: Video window right mouse button context menu;
AC: Browse window right mouse button context menu;
AD: Image window right mouse button context menu;
AE: Frame window right mouse button context menu;
AF: Double-click bring up Video Properties dialog;
AG: Double-click bring up Magnification dialog;
AH: Double-click bring up Measurement dialog;
AI: Horizontal Ruler or Vertical Ruler right mouse button context menu
2.2 How to close the Video window?
1) Double-clicking the tabbed Video window title or clicking x on will close the
Video window directly;
2) For MDI Video window, click x on to close the Video window;
3). Choose Windows>Close All command to close the Video window.
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3 Image window GUI
3.1 Image window GUI
A:ToupView; B: Opened file right mouse button context menu on status bar;
C:Opened file name and directory;
D: Double-click bring up opened file Properties dialog;
E: Image size in the both directions;
F: Double-click bring up Scale Image dialog;
G: Image Zoom ratio, double-clicking will zoom the image to 100%;
H: Zoom ratio right mouse button context menu;
I: Currently selected Unit J: Double-click bring up Measurement dialog;
K: Image BPP & Resolution;
L: Double-click bring up Resolution Setting dialog;
M: Unit right mouse button context menu.
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3.2 How to close the Image window?
1. Tabbed window
a) If you have modified an image before attempting to close it, double-clicking the
tabbed Image window title or clicking x on will bring up a warning dialog:
Clicking Yes will save the changes with its old name and close the window quickly, No
will close the file immediately with no changes and no warning, or Cancel will cancel
the Close command and leave the window there with no changes;
b) If the Image window is snapped from the Video window and with number as its
title, double-clicking the tabbed Image window title or clicking x on will bring up
a warning ToupView dialog:
Clicking Yes will bring up a Save As dialog:
Select the driver and folder to which you want your image file saved in the Save in list
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box and enter the file name in the File name edit box.
Click Save to save the captured image with the specified directory and file name, or
Cancel to close the Save As dialog and return to Image window.
Clicking No on the ToupView dialog will close the file immediately with no changes
and no warning or Cancel on the ToupView dialog will cancel the Close command and
return to Image window.
Note: 3). Choosing Windows>Close All command can also close the tabbed Image
window. Check Windows>Close All for detail.
2. MDI window
a) For an opened and modified Image window, click x on to bring up the same
ToupView dialog. The next operations are just the same as the tabbed window in step
1a;
b). For a Video captured image with number as its title, click x on to bring up
the same ToupView dialog. The next operations are just the same as the tabbed
window, step 1b.
Note: Choosing Windows>Close All command can also close the MDI Image window.
Check Windows>Close All for detail.
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4 UI toolbar
When the camera is started or the image is opened, most of the icons on the toolbar
will be available for the quick setup of the Video or Image characteristic.
1: Open (Ctrl + O) 2: Save (Ctrl + S) 3: Browse (Ctrl + B)
4: Camera List 5: Unit 6: Magnification 7: Zoom
8: Video Source Properties(will be enabled only for the camera that support
directshow interface)
9: Video Stream Format(will be enabled only for the camera that support directshow
interface)
10:Video/Image Select
11: Track(enabled only when the video/image sizes large than the window size)
12: Object Select(will be enabled only when an object is existed on the layer above
the background layer) 13: Angle 14: Point 15: Line
16: Parallel 17: Two Parallel 18: Vertical 19: Rectangle
20 RoundRect 21: Ellipse 22: Circle 23:Annulus
24: Two Circles 25: Arc 26: Text 27: Polygon
28: Calibration (for both video/image window)
29:Gray Calibration (will be enabled only when a rectangle area is selected)
30: Manual Fusion.
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Snap: Continuously Snap images by clicking it; Record: Record Video stream in wmv/asf or avi format; Live: Set the Video resolution; Snap: Set the Snap resolution for use in the image capture process.
Overlaid Rectangle for Exposure
1. When the Exposure & Gain group is expanded，a green rectangle viewfinder marked with “Exposure” will be overlaid on the Video. This labeled region is taken as reference region for judging if the image brightness is reached to the
Exposure Target value. Drag the Exposure ROI to the dark area will increase
the image brightness and drag it to brighter area will decrease the image brightness;
2. Uncheck the Auto Exposure box to switch the Auto Exposure mode to
Manual Exposure. The Exposure Target slider will be disabled in this mode;
3. Tune the microscope light source to a bright state, and then drag Exposure
Time slider left or right until the image brightness is normal;
4. If and only if the microscope light intensity is too low to meet the imaging requirement, drag the Gain slide right until the image brightness is normal;
5. The exact Exposure Time can also be entered by clicking the edit box at the right of the Exposure Time: label. This will bring up a dialog called
Exposure Time. You can type the number in the field to set the exact Exposure Time
1. Click the White Balance bar to expand the White Balance group and a red rectangular viewfinder marked with White Balance will be overlaid on the
Video;
2. Drag the viewfinder to a pure white or gray object and click White
Balance button to establish the video white balance for future Video;
3. If the automatic setting and the actual result still has deviation, drag the
Temperature and Tint slides to left or right to manually correct the White Balance.
5 Camera sidebar
Camera sidebar is used for the control of ToupCam camera, it included 10 groups.
The group can be expanded by clicking the group name or clicking the Down Arrow at
the right of the group name.
5.1 Capture & Resolution group
5.2 Exposure & Gain group
5.3 White Balance group
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5.4 Color Adjustment group
1. Hue: Adjusts the Hue of the image. Drag the slider to the right to increase or drag to the left to decrease hue;
2. Saturation: Adjusts the Saturation of the image. Drag the slider to the right to increase or drag to the left to decrease saturation;
3. Brightness: Adjusts the image Brightness. Drag the slider to the right to increase or drag to the left to decrease the image's brightness;
4. Contrast: Adjusts the image Contrast. Drag the slider to the right to increase or drag to the left to decrease the image's contrast;
5. Gamma: Adjusts the image Gamma. Drag the slider to the right to increase or drag to the left to decrease the image's gamma;
6. Defaults: Click the Defaults to clear changes and reset to default ones;
7. All of your settings will be saved for future adjustment application.
Drag the slider to the right to ensure that the camera can capture the
Video at the fastest Frame Rate that your computer USB hub supports. If Video fails to display, drag the slider to the left to reduce the Frame Rate
and enable the Video display available in a low speed mode.
If the Video on the screen appears in different directions from what is viewed under the microscope or telescope, check the “Horizontal ” or “Vertical” to set the Video direction to the right one.
If you wish to preview Color Video, select the “Color” button If you wish to preview Gray Video, select the “Gray” button
1. A CMOS sensor captures each row of pixels (from top to bottom) in sequential order, creating a rolling effect, hence th e name "Rolling Shutter". Instead of being relatively constant. So for example, as the commercial mains frequency in Europe is 50Hz, fluorescent lights in Europe flicker at 100 times per second and as the mains frequency in US is 60Hz, so in the USA they flicker at 120 times per second;
2. This flickering problem is solved by capture row pixels in over the duration of integer number of (n) flicker periods;
3. Select 50HZ will delete the rolling dark band for the 50HZ fluorescent light fluctuation;
4. Select 60HZ will delete the rolling dark band for the 60HZ fluorescent light fluctuation;
5.5 Frame Rate group
5.6 Flip group
5.7 Color/Gray group
5.8 Power Frequency group
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5. For DC power, no light fluctuation is existing and no compensation is needed.
5.9 Sampling group
1. Bin: Pixel binning refers to the method of combining (averaging) pixels of blocks of neighboring same color pixels;
2. Skip: Also called "Decimation", means that a certain amount of pixels is not read out but skipped (horizontally, vertically or in both axes). This reduces resolution of the resulting image but introduces subsampling artifacts.
1. A Histogram illustrates how pixels in an image are distributed by graphing the number of pixels at each color intensity level. The
Histogram shows detail in the shadows (shown in the left part of the
histogram), midtones (shown in the middle), and highlights (shown in the right part).A Histogram can help you determine whether an image has enough detail to make a good correction;
2. This dialog shows the Histogram of current active image. Two vertical line markers show the upper and lower limits of the intensity levels. These markers can be dragged with your mouse. If you are looking at a color image, the Histogram will reflect the RGB(red, green and blue channels histogram at the same time) R(red), G(green), and B(blue) values with lines of the same color;
3. You can also enter directly the desired values in the Left or Right boxes below the Histogram chart for both Left and Right Histogram boundaries;
4. Click the “Refresh” button to update the Histogram display if the sample under observation is moved or changed;
5. Clicking Defaults will return the Left and Right Histogram boundaries to its original ones; Click Auto to locate the two boundaries automatically to get the best
Video quality.
5.10 Histogram group
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6 File
6.1 Open Image••• Ctrl+O
Choose File>Open Image••• command to open an existing image file. Open
Image••• can also be used to preview an image in small size, or to view its statistics
and information without actually opening the image itself. These capabilities can be
used to quickly locate a particular image.
ToupView supports and can open many image formats. These are identified in the
Files of type list box. You may also open an image file called ToupView File Type (*.tft)
with objects overlaid on it.
When open an image, ToupView places it into a new image window. It then becomes
the active image. More than one image can be opened within ToupView
simultaneously.
Note: ToupView maintains, at the bottom of the File menu, a list of the last 4 opened
files. Any of these files can be accessed by simply clicking on file name. If no files are
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listed (beneath Exit), the Open Image••• command must be used to open the file.
Also, View>Browse can be used to view images under any selected directory. Brief
information is given in View>Browse menu.
File name: From this list box, select the name of the file want to open. Either the type
of the file name (with its entire path, if it is not in the current folder), or selecting Files
of type to obtain a list of file names. Double-clicking a file name in the large list box
(where both folder and file names are listed) will automatically open it.
Note: If just type in the file name, be sure that the Files of type field correctly identify
the format of the file to open. Otherwise error messages will bring up when ToupView
tries to open the file.
Files of type: In this list box, select the image format of the file to open. If one selects
All supported formats, ToupView uses the file's extension to identify its format.
ToupView supports the following file formats:
Window Bitmap(*.bmp,*.dib,*.rle)
JPEG(*.jpg,*.jpeg,*.jpe,*.jif,*.jfif)
Portable Network Graphics(*.png)
Tag Image File Format(*.tif, *.tiff)
Compuserve GIF (*.gif)
Targa(*.tga)
PhotoShop(*.psd)
ICON(*.ico)
Enhanced Window Metafile(*.emf)
Window Metafile(*.wmf)
JBIG(*.jbg)
Wireless Bitmap(*.wbmp)
ToupView File Type(*.tft)
If the image file does not use standard format-identifying extensions, the file in the
File name field must be typed, and then select its format from the Files of type list
box. Otherwise, ToupView will select a format based on the file name extension.
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Preview: Click this button to preview image in small size. In preview mode, statistics
and information about the image (i.e. image Width, Height and image location) will
be displayed. The default is no Preview.
6.2 Open Video•••
1. Choose File>Open Video••• command to open an existing Video file;
2. Select the name of the file you want to open. If the file does not appear, select the
option for showing all files from the Files of Type in the list box. The Video file type
can be *.wmv*;*.asf* or *.avi* format.
3. Click Open to open a Video file, this will create a Video window and begin to start
the Video stream. Your Video window will be associated with the name of “Video
[XXX.XXX]” (i.e., its title bar will display “Video [XXX.XXX]”, here, XXX.XXX is the
Video file name).
4. Click Cancel to return to the application area.
Note: Only a single Video can be opened at a time. ToupView takes camera as an
extra Video file, if the camera Video window is opened, this menu will be disabled and
the Video file cannot be opened anymore.
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6.3 Camera List
ToupView will detect all of the cameras that your computer has installed (Here, it is
UCMOS03100KPA, a 3.1M pixel CMOS camera) and will append all the camera names
as submenu to File>Camera List menu (Here, the submenu name is
“UCMOS03100KPA”).
Choosing File>Camera List> UCMOS03100KPA will create a Video window and begin
to start the Video stream. Your Video window will be associated with the name of
“Video [UCMOS03100KPA]” (i.e., its title bar will display “Video
[UCMOS03100KPA]”).
There are 3 methods to start the camera Video stream, they are:
1. Choose File>Camera List>UCMOS03100KPA (Here, a 3.1M pixel camera is
installed) command to create the camera Video window;
2. Click Camera bar (If it is not activated) and Camera List to expand the Camera List
group (if not expanded). Click the camera name (Here it is UCMOS03100KPA) to
create the Video window;
3. Click the ’s down arrow to expand the camera list and choose the right camera
(Here it is UCMOS03100KPA) to create the Video window.
Note: 1) Only a single Video can be opened at a time. ToupView takes camera as an
extra Video file, if the camera Video window is opened, the File>Open Video••• menu
will be disabled and the Video file cannot be opened anymore;
2) If a Video file is opened, the camera cannot be started.
6.4 Twain: Select Device•••
Twain is a cross-platform interface for acquiring images captured by certain scanners,
digital cameras, or frame grabbers. The manufacturer of the Twain Device must
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provide a Source Manager and Twain Data Source to work with ToupView.
Select the active device for Twain: Acquire••• from all devices available in the device
list box which are enumerated by the application.
One must install the Twain Device hardware and its driver first. See the
documentations provided by the device manufacturer for the installation
instructions.
Before begin to start Twain:Acquire at the first time with ToupView, choose
File>Twain:Select Device••• command first, then select the device. One does not
need to repeat this step for subsequent choosing of the Twain:Acquire••• command.
6.5 Twain:Acquire•••
Introduction
There are basically two techniques used to capture the video images from video
devices such as a PC camera, digital camera, and scanner. They are the
Twain:Acquire••• technique and the DirectShow technique (previously called VFW).
The most obvious characteristics of the Twain technique is that it displays the Video
in smaller resolution but captures the image in high resolution. The USCMOS and
UHCCD series cameras support all of these two image capture techniques.
Steps for Twain Acquire
Here we illustrate how to capture the image using a UHCCD01400KPA (1.4M pixels,
USB2.0) camera as an example.
1. Install the camera driver (for example driver for UHCCD01400KPA hardware);
2. Install ToupView;
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3. Plug the cameras UHCCD01400KPA (USB2.0) into the computer;
4. Start ToupView;
5. Choose File>Twain:Select Device••• command to select the device
UHCCD01400KPA from the Select Source dialog;
6. Choose File>Twain:Acquire••• command. There should be a dialog box like below:
In this dialog, Video Resolution can be selected (dropdown list if it has). The Video
Source Property••• can be set by clicking the Setting••• button. Click the Capture
button to capture an image. This will create a new window and its title bar will be
assigned a digital as the Image window name;
Check RGB/BGR to ensure the correct color encoding format.
Click x on to close the Twain:acquire dialog.
6.6 Save Ctrl+S
Choose File>Save command to immediately store the contents of the current
window to its file (the file listed on the window's title bar) while leaving the image still
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active in its window. If the image is in an untitled window, ToupView will issue the
File>Save As••• dialog.
The File>Save command can be used to save the most recent changes to disk. It is
often performed as a precautionary measure during lengthy or involved processes to
reduce the amount of reprocessing that might be required in the event of a system
failure or operational error. When an image is closed and not to save its changes is
chosen, ToupView discards all changes made since the last File>Save operation.
Note: 1).The File>Save command always saves the contents of the entire window,
even if there is an AOI (Area of Interest) defined within it;
2).The File>Save command will be disabled if the file is not changed or the
changes have been saved.
6.7 Save As•••
Choose File>Save As••• command to store the contents of the current window to a
specified file format. At the end of a File>Save As••• operation, the image window
will be associated with the new file and the new format (i.e., its title bar will display
the new file name). ToupView supported file save formats are:
Window Bitmap(*.bmp,*.dib,*.rle)
JPEG(*.jpg,*.jpeg,*.jpe,*.jif,*.jfif)
Portable Network Graphics(*.png)
Tag Image File Format(*.tif, *.tiff)
Compuserve GIF (*.gif)
PCX(*.pcx)
Targa(*.tga)
JBIG(*.jbg)
ToupView File Type(*.tft)
Save in: Find the folder where the file wishes to be saved. A new folder may be
created using the New Folder button.
File name: Enter to be saved file name. To specify the file's location, either enter its
entire path (disk and folder), or specify its location using the Save in list box.
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Image quality
If one save an image in JPEG format (*.jpg), one may
adjust image quality in the edit box. The values range
from 0 to 100. Default value: 75.
Progressive
The default is unchecked.
Save as type: In this list box, select the format in which the image wants to be saved.
Save As is also used to convert a single image from one format to another. For
example, if a TIFF file needs to convert to PCX format, open the TIFF image first, then
choose Save As command with the PCX format option to save it to a new file.
The Save As command has several important uses beyond simply storing an image to
a new file name. Click Option to select the different parameters to encode the file.
For JPEG (*.jpg,*.jpeg,*.jpe,*.jif,*.jfif), Option has the following items:
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Optimize Huffman codes
The default is unchecked.
Smoothing
The values range between 0 and 100. Default value: 0.
Save these setting as
defaults
When saving a file, the current settings will be saved as
defaults for the next file save operation.
Interlaced
The default is unchecked.
Save these setting as
defaults
When saving a file, the current settings will be saved as
defaults for the next file save operation.
Appended pages
Determine whether the current image will be saved in
multiple pages style or not.
Compressions
Specifies a method for compressing the composite
image data. For saving a 32 ‑ bit TIFF file, one can
specify that the file be saved with predictor
compression, but have no option to use JPEG
For Portable Network Graphics (*.png), Option has the following items:
For Tag Image File Format (*.tif, *.tiff), Option has the following items:
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compression. Predictor compression offers improved
compression by rearranging floating point values, and
works with both LZW and ZIP compression.
Image quality
If choosing Compressions as "JPEG", the Image quality
can be adjusted by the slider bar. The values range
between 0 and 100. Default value: 75.
Save these setting as
defaults
When saving a file, the current settings will be saved as
defaults for the next file save operation.
For
Compuserve GIF (*.gif)
PCX(*.pcx)
Targa(*.tga)
JBIG(*.jbg)
ToupView File Type(*.tft)
There is no Option.
Note: 1) Detailed information of the above academic terminologies can be found in
books about image processing and image compression or on the internet;
2) The file saved directory can be restored for future application. To keep the
directory unchanged when ToupView is started again, choose
Options>Preferences••• command, click Misc page and check Restore the current
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directory when startup under the Privacy item.
6.8 Batch Save•••
If many files have been snapped and needed to be saved. Choose File>Save As•••
command to realize the save target. But this will be time-consuming. The Batch
Save••• command runs File>Save As••• command with the name automatically
specified according to the paradigm specified in the Batch Save dialog
To start File>Batch Save••• command, you have to
1. Start the camera;
2. Snap at least an image first;
3. Choosing File>Batch Save••• command will bring up a Batch Save dialog:
Directory: Enter the name of the drive and directory into which your captured images
will be saved. You may either type the path information, or use the Browse button to
select it from a standard File dialog box.
Name Format: The year, month, date, hour, minute and second or nnnn(sequence)
are used to name the file. If more files are saved with in a second, a (xx) is suffix is
attached to the end of Name Format to avoid the possible same name appeared. For
nnnn(sequence) Name Format, no suffix is needed.
File Prefix: Enter a file name “prefix” for ToupView to use when generating files
names for a series images. This prefix will be combined with Name Format to form a
file name.
File Type: In this list box, select the format in which you want the image to be saved
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(can be BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF). Click Option button to select the different parameters
to encode the file (For BMP format, the Option will be disabled. See File>Save As•••
menu about the details of the format encoding methods);
Sample: The final file name is shown at the right of the Sample: label for reference.
4, If everything was finished, click OK button to begin the file batch save process or
Cancel to cancel the File>Batch Save••• command and return to the application
area.
Note: 1) In the process of the File>Batch Save••• command, the title on the Image
tab will be modified with the file name specified in the Batch Save dialog.
2) The File>Batch Save••• will be disabled if all the modified files are saved. It
will be enabled again if more than 1 file is modified.
6.9 Paste as New File•••
Choose File>Paste as New File••• command to place the contents of the clipboard
image into a new image window, which becomes the active image.
Before Choosing File>Paste as New File••• command, valid image data must be
copied to the clipboard first (see the Edit>Copy menu). If there is no image data on
the clipboard, the File>Paste as New File••• menu will be disabled.
The new image type will be the same as that of the original image. To upView will
accept image data from other applications via the clipboard as long as it is in
Windows Bitmap (DIB) format.
Note: ToupView will assign title the only digital to the window.
6.10 Print Setup•••
Choose this command to access the setup panel for the printer that have selected.
ToupView will present the standard setup panel for the particular printer (this is the
same panel one would receive if one were setting up the printer from the Windows
Control Panel). Change printer's setup to satisfy the requirements, click OK button to
return.
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