Acquiring And Saving Images - Olympus SC30 User Manual

Acquiring and saving images

TWAIN The image acquisition is executed with your image acquisition software, via
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The length/width ratio of the image will not change. Unlike the automatic
zoom factor, the new zoom factor is not linked to the size of a window - i.e.,
even when you adjust the size of a window, the zoom factor stays the same.
Automatic zoom factor is set by selecting the
tor list.
7)
Alter the size of the image window.
8)
Click the Adjust Zoom
rent image (only available for single view).
This chapter describes how you can use your camera and software to acquire
images and to save them to a storage medium. A step-by-step instruction briefly
describes a typical sequence of steps. Afterwards, the commands used with all
of the options will be described in more detail.
TWAIN. This abbreviation stands for "Technology Without An Interesting Name".
TWAIN is a standardized software interface between software programs and
image acquisition hardware such as digital cameras or scanners.
Your camera is controlled by a TWAIN driver. This allows you to make image
acquisitions with other application programs which have access to a TWAIN
interface. Examples for this are MS-Word and Adobe Photoshop.
If you are using an imaging system solution provided by Olympus instead of the
image acquisition software sent with your order, your camera will not require the
TWAIN interface. Your camera will then be controlled directly by the correspond-
ing software and entirely incorporated into the respective procedures.
Acquiring, calibrating, and saving images
1)
Click the Set Input
This step is only necessary if also a scanner is connected to your PC or
if you manage several cameras with your image acquisition software
and would like to choose another camera.
2)
In the image buffer box, use your left mouse button to click the image buffer
you would like to use to store your image.
The selected image buffer will be highlighted in color. If it already con-
tains an image, the next image buffer will be reserved for your image.
3)
Click the Acquire Image
The image will be shown live in the TWAIN dialog box.
Use the live image to optimize the camera settings. Normally you only
have to click the
times also a white balance might be necessary.
Click the Scan
thus finalizing the actual image acquisition.
to adjust the size of the window to the size of the cur-
button to select your camera.
button to open the TWAIN dialog box.
Auto button located in the
button to place the image into the selected image buffer,
Acquiring and saving images
Auto entry from the Zoom Fac-
Exposure time group. Some-