AmScope MU USB2.0, User Manual

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MU Series (Windows)
User’s Manual
Top Toolbar
File Shortcuts
Measurement Swap Shortcuts
This section is located above the left navigation bar and viewing area, and contains shortcuts to many tools the
software has to further enhance your image, create annotations, or simple quality of life improvements. Each
one will be covered in the following sections.
The first four icons on the toolbar (from left to right):
Open Image - Open a single image file.
Save - Save the currently open image file.
Quick Save - Saves the currently open image file with a default name.
Browse - Changes the left navigation bar from the “Camera Bar” to the “Folder Bar,” providing quick access to
open files on your hard drive in the viewing area.
Note: To change back to the “Camera Bar,” click the tab below the left hand navigation bar titled “Camera,”
and click the first tab in your viewing area to return to the camera’s live view.
The following two drop down menus are useful when you have calibrated your software to capture measure -
ments in real distance while looking at a sample through your MU series camera. If you have not yet per -
formed the calibration procedures using a micrometer slide or other unit of known measurement, these func -
tions will not actually change anything.
From left to right, the options are:
Measurement
- Allows you to quickly swap between measurement sizes, such as milimeters (mm) and nano -
meters (nm).
Magnification - Allows you to quickly change between calibrations performed at different magnifications.
These are important because the camera itself only sees an image in pixels. By telling it how many pixels are in
a given unit of measurement at a specific magnification level, the camera software can perform measurements
in real distance by extrapolating how many pixels are in the requested line or arc, and converting it to real
measurement. Without calibrating the software, it will always read and feed back in pixels, as that is the only
thing the camera sensor and software can actually quantify. For more details on calibration, please see “Cali -
brating the Software” on page 140.