Parent Topic: IWORKS

Configuration

The ImageWorks Configuration Panel allows the user to set up the configuration of an ImageWorks session according to the database file on which the user is going to work.

According to the number of channels and the image size of a database, the user can choose to have an ImageWorks session that can display an image with an appropriate size containing a specific number of image/graphic planes.

The Configuration panel is invoked automatically if the user does not specify any options when starting ImageWorks. The automatic invocation will not take place if ImageWorks is launched from VDINIT or XPACE.

The Configuration panel contains three main sections: the `Configuration Method', `File Information' and a `User Defined Information' section.

The Configuration panel also displays an approximate memory requirement that must be available to execute ImageWorks.

Pressing the ``Accept'' push button will start ImageWorks with the specified configuration, whereas the ``Exit'' push button will quit ImageWorks. If the selected configuration method is ``Use Image File...'', the user will be able to press the ``Accept & Load'' push button to start ImageWorks and load in the specified database file.

Configuration Method

This section allows the user to select a configuration method. An image file can be selected (Use Image File...) or appropriate configuration information can be entered in the ``User Defined Information'' area (User Defined).

By selecting ``Use Image File...'' the user will be able to select a database file; the configuration information from the database file will then be displayed in the ``File Information'' section.

By selecting ``User Defined'', the user will be able to enter configur information in the ``User Defined Information'' section. The ``File Information'' section will be cleared.

NOTE: The selected configuration method is displayed in the title bar after ``Configuration Method:''.

File Information Section

The File Information section gives some basic information about the database file on which the user chooses to work. This section is only accessible when the user selects the ``Use Image File...'' method.

This section displays the size of the image and the number of channels from a selected database. Knowing the size of the database window, and the number of channels it contains, the user can configure the ImageWorks session accordingly.

The ``Reduce to'' scale allows the user to specify a percentage of the database image size that the user will view. When the user selects a database file, the reduction slider value will initially be set to a default value. The up/down arrows permit the user to step up/down to another reduction value.

User Defined Information

The User Defined Information section allows the user to set the size of the imagery, the size of the ImageWorks window, and the number of image and graphic planes to be used.

The values in the text fields can be changed by using the up/down arrows or just by typing in a value.

The X and Y input text fields for the Image Size allow the user to specify the size of the image to be used in ImageWorks.

The X and Y input text fields for the Visible Window allow the user to specify the size of the ImageWorks display window.

NOTE: The X and Y window size cannot exceed the physical screen(or monitor) size and must not be greater than the Image Size.

Pressing the 1:1 Aspect push button will change the values for the Visible Window such that the image to be displayed has a 1:1 aspect ratio and is 2/3 the size of the physical screen.

The user can specify the number of image planes to be used in ImageWorks, of the types 8-bit integer, 16-bit signed integer and 32-bit real.

The user can choose the number of graphic planes to be displayed in ImageWorks via the Graphic Planes radio buttons.