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PIPS II Owners Manual and Users Guide
Digital camera, with USB cable to the imaging PC and trigger
cable to the PIPS II.
Imaging PC. This PC has an Ethernet cable connected to the PIPS
II, and a USB cable connected to the camera.
DigitalMicrograph
TM
software installed on the imaging PC which
controls the camera and certain functions in PIPS II.
Figure 7-11 System with digital zoom microscope.
7.3.1.
Camera Software Operation (DigitalMicrograph
TM
)
DigitalMicrograph™ is an application used for acquiring, visualizing,
analyzing, and processing digital image data. DigitalMicrograph supports all
of the top industry standards for storing files. You can open and store TIFF,
GIF, PICT, BMP, and other formats using DigitalMicrograph.
7.3.2.
Basic Concepts
DigitalMicrograph presents all of its information through the use of windows.
Each window contains a set of related information.
Image document windows contain a visible representation of a page of paper.
Images can be placed on this page. Other objects such as lines, boxes, and text
can also be placed on this page. You can open, save, and print image
document windows.
Many aspects of images and objects placed on pages can be controlled
through the use of palettes. Palettes "float" above image document and text