UVP Life Science - Manual (Page 229)

Modify Images
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Annotations
Annotations
• Overview
• Annotation Navigation
• Types of Annotation
• Creating Annotations
• Viewing and Hiding Annotations
• Modify Annotations
• Synchronize Annotation with Image Zoom
• Spatial Calibration
• Rulers
Overview
Annotations allow users to notate areas of an image without changing the image itself. This means that
areas in the image that need more study, are particularly interesting or that support a particular scientific
interpretation can be identified. At any time, annotations can be viewed or hidden to see the image with or
without annotations.
Annotation Navigation
Users may add and edit annotations through the Image Action Tab > Annotation menu button.
Types Of Annotation
The software offers five different types of annotation:
• Text: Text annotations consist of written information. Use them to label a particular part of an
image. Users have the ability to change the font size, color and formatting (bold, italic or
underline) of a Text annotation.
Note: Users can increase/decrease the size of annotations while zooming in or out. See section
Synchronize Annotations with image zoom.
• Line: Line annotations permit users to draw lines with optional arrowheads at one or both ends.
Use them to associate other annotations such as text with a particular image feature or to draw
attention to an image feature. Select the color, line thickness, line style (solid, dotted or dashed)
and arrowheads (none, at start, at end, or both) of a Line annotation.
• Rectangle: Rectangle annotations allow users to draw a rectangular frame around part of the
image. Use them to show the boundaries of an image feature. Select the color, line thickness and
line style (solid, dotted or dashed) of a Rectangle annotation.
• Ellipse: Ellipse annotations are very similar to Rectangle annotations except that they are oval
rather than rectangular. Select the color, line thickness and line style (solid, dotted or dashed) of
an Ellipse annotation.