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<h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">5.8 </span> <a
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id="x30-520005.8"></a>Tasks</h3>
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<!--l. 474--><p class="indent" > This menu repeats many items from other menus, but
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<!--l. 493--><p class="indent" > This menu repeats many items from other menus, but
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<h4 class="subsectionHead"><span class="titlemark">5.8.1 </span> <a
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<!--l. 480--><p class="indent" > This menu groups operations which are useful in
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<!--l. 499--><p class="indent" > This menu groups operations which are useful in
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capturing images, or for the initial processing you might
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want to do to an image captured from another program.
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<dl class="description"><dt class="description">
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class="pcrb7t-">CSV Import</span> </dt><dd
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class="description">Import an image from a CSV file, with
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class="pcrb7t-">Interpret Analyze 7 Header</span> </dt><dd
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class="description">Read the meta
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the Analyze header and reformat the image
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class="pcrb7t-">Capture Video Frame</span> </dt><dd
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class="description">This menu item
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will currently only work on Linux machines with
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class="pcrr7t-">Flatfield</span>. Use <span
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class="pcrr7t-">Smooth </span>to renmove texture
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from the white card if necessary.
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class="pcrb7t-">White Balance</span> </dt><dd
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class="description">Use this to move the white point to
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make an area of the image you know to be white,
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white. Mark a region on an image, enclosing a
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patch you know to be white. Select the region and
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the image and click on <span
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make an area of the image you know to be white,
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white. Mark a region on an image, enclosing a
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patch you know to be white. Select the region and
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class="pcrr7t-">White Balance</span>.
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class="pcrb7t-">Find Colour Calibration</span> </dt><dd
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class="description">Use this to colour calibrate an image. Drag a region enclosing an
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<h4 class="subsectionHead"><span class="titlemark">5.8.2 </span> <a
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mosaic button. The operation performs elaborate
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tie-point adjustment, so your selection of a
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common feature does not have to be exact.
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difficult images.
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class="pcrb7t-">Manual Balance</span> </dt><dd
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corresponding pixels from another image. Useful
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define the area around the white number. Move
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the region on the second to overlapping area. A
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the defined area to be cloned in defined by a slider
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within the output image.
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<!--l. 580--><p class="indent" > Items useful for mocking up painting frames.
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<!--l. 585--><p class="indent" > Items useful while preparing an image for printing.
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<!--l. 611--><p class="indent" > Items useful while preparing an image for printing.
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class="pcrb7t-">Sharpen</span> </dt><dd
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class="pcrb7t-">Adjust Tone Curve</span> </dt><dd
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