DataView Toolbar

The data Toolbar contains all tools you can use on the image data.

Note

Depending on the size of the window, some tools may not appear directly. When available, use the bottom arrows next to each toolbar to use the hidden tools.

• General tools

• RF Tools and Tracks

• Image Settings

  • HDRI Settings

• Annotations

General tools

• Select

  The default tool used to select or edit added elements on the images.

• Grab

  Grab the image with this tool and move it in any direction to set a new view.

• Save Image to disk

  Export and save the image on the computer file system. Different export options are available.

• Copy Image to clipboard

  The displayed image is copied in the clipboard, and can be pasted in another application (Word, Excel, etc…). If Crop image is active, only the interesting area will be copied, otherwise everything.

RF Tools and Tracks

Important

The RF Tool/sequence positions should be correct by default, as defined in the Plate layout parameters. However, you may have to manually adjust it in some specific situations, for example when the plate wasn’t absolutely well positioned in the Visualizer instrument.

Note

The color of the RF Tool, track sequence, annotations, tips and exposure normalization is set either to yellow, red or black, depending on the image illumination, in order appear clearly by default. You can change the color by right-clicking on the corresponding tool and select the appropriate contextual menu entry.

• RF Tools

  Toggle the visibility of the RF line and/or RF scale. Use the horizontal dotted lines to change the application and the front positions. Custom horizontal RF lines can be defined and saved to mark a specific position.

• Reset RF Tool positions

  Reset the current RF Tool to its original position defined in the Plate layout parameters in Chromatography.

• RF Tip

  Mark a spot on the plate with the exact RF or metric value.

• Sequence

  Toggle the visibility of the track sequence to see where exactly does visionCATS “see” the tracks. Click on a track and move the vertical dotted lines in order to set the width of the tracks:

• Adjust Sequence position

  Use the vertical dotted line on the left to set the position of the first track, and the vertical dotted line on the right to set the distance between tracks.

• Reset position

  Reset the sequence position to its original values.

• Export to comparison

  Extract the selected track(s) and paste them into the comparison tool (see Export to comparison for more details)

• Generate Profiles

  Generates the profiles of all the (non-clean) images of the current analysis based on the current position of the RF Tool.

  Important

  Deletes all output data (peaks, assignments, calibration functions and results) for evaluations based on a Visualizer step. Only available if the current analysis does not contain any locked evaluation based on a Visualizer step.

• Labels

  Turn automatic labelling for the tracks on or off. Select a combination of Vial ID, description, application volume or sequence number (i.e. track number) to be displayed.

  • Vial ID

  • Description

  • Application Volume

  • Sequence Number

Always hidden in the toolbar overflow:

• RF tool color

• Sequence color

• Labels text size

Image Settings

• Spot Amp

  Amplify a region on the plate (increase contrast of an averaged small area on plate).

• White Balance

  Select a small area on the image and adjust the color of the whole image to make this area exactly white.

• Reset changes

  Reset the Image settings adjustments (Spot Amp, Parameters and White Balance).

• Crop image

  Remove or show the 5mm background around each plate image.

• Clean Plate Correction

  Clean plate correction lets you subtract an image of the clean plate from images after chromatography. There is already some structure on the plate before chromatography (like background noise in an audio recording). The subtraction will result in a cleaner, sharpened image of the plate.

HDRI Settings

The following tools are only available for HDRI images (which are only available for R366).

• Normalize exposure

  The saturation of the defined zone (exposure range) is normalized to 85%. Only a standard-dynamic-range around the wanted exposure will be displayed, all the data outside the range will be overexposed (white) or underexposed (black). If the exposure range is placed on a representative track of the plate (normally a reference), the important information of the image will be correctly displayed.

  Note

  Enabling normalization will disable Clarify.

  Note

  By default, the normalization will be enabled, regardless of the saved state. To change this behavior, see Global Configuration.

• Show exposure range

  The current exposure range is displayed and can be modified graphically.

• Reset exposure range

  The exposure range is reset to the original value, which is the first track of the plate.

• Clarify

  Virtually change the illumination setting after capturing. Makes weak spots visible. It is a tone mapping technique which will compress the dynamic-range to makes most information visible on a limited dynamic-range monitor. The compression result in different color saturation and contrast than the reality, but more information is visible.

  • Enhancement slider: how much compression of dynamic-range will be done, making more or less information visible

Annotations

• Text

  Create a text box to put a comment on the plate image.

• Arrow

  Indicate a specific area on the plate image with an arrow.

• Delete

  Delete the selected Annotation items.

• Copy

  Copy the selected Annotation items.

• Paste

  Paste the selected Annotation items.

Always hidden in the toolbar overflow:

• Color

  Change the color of selected Annotation items.

• Bold

  Set text weight of selected Annotation items to bold.

• Italic

  Set text weight of selected Annotation items to italic.

• Underline

  Set text weight of selected Annotation items to underline.

• Rotate Left

  Rotate selected Annotation items counter clock-wise.

• Right Rotate

  Rotate selected Annotation items clock-wise.

• Font

  Set text font of selected Annotation items.

• Text size

  Set text size of selected Annotation items.