13  Managing images and folders

13.1  Grouping files

13.1.1   General

You can group files together, e.g., one infrared image and one digital photo, or one infrared image and a plot. When two files are grouped, a link is created and the images act as a pair through the reporting process.

13.1.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. In the image window, select two files.
  3. Right-click the images and click Group .

13.2  Saving a sequence file frame as a radiometric *.jpg file

13.2.1   General

You can save a sequence file frame as a radiometric *.jpg image.

13.2.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Double-click a sequence file (file suffix *.seq, *.csq).
  3. Go to the point of interest in the sequence file, using the playback controls.
  4. Click the icon toolbar button. This will open a Save as dialog box where you can navigate to the location where you want to save the file.

13.3  Saving a sequence file frame as an *.avi file

13.3.1   General

You can save a sequence file frame as an *.avi file.

13.3.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Double-click a sequence file (file suffix *.seq, *.csq).
  3. Click the icon toolbar button. This will open a Save as dialog box where you can navigate to the location where you want to save the file.

13.4  Changing the playback speed

13.4.1   General

You can change the playback speed of video clips between –60× and +60×.

13.4.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Double-click a sequence file (file suffix *.seq, *.csq).
  3. Click the icon toolbar button and select a playback speed by dragging the slider.

13.5  Cloning images

13.5.1   General

You can create copies of one or more images. This is called cloning.

13.5.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Select the image or images that you want to clone.
  3. On the right-click menu, click Clone .

13.6  Extracting a digital camera photo from a multispectral image

13.6.1   General

For cameras supporting multispectral images, all image modes are included inside a single image file—MSX, thermal, thermal fusion, thermal blending, picture-in-picture, and the digital camera photo.
You can extract a digital camera photo from this multispectral image. The field of view of the extracted photo will match the field of view of the thermal image. Additionally, you can extract a photo at its full field of view.

13.6.2   Procedure : Extracting a photo

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Select the image for which you want to extract the digital camera photo.
  3. On the right-click menu, click Extract photo .

13.6.3   Procedure : Extracting a photo at its full field of view

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Select the image for which you want to extract the digital camera photo.
  3. On the right-click menu, click Extract full photo.

13.7  Enhancing the resolution of an image

13.7.1   General

Some cameras from FLIR Systems support enhancing the resolution of images by using a feature called UltraMax.

13.7.2  Indication of supported images

Supported images are indicated by a special icon on the Library tab. See the bottom right corner in the figure below.
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13.7.3   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Right-click an image that has the icon shown above.
  3. Select one of the following:
    • Enhance image resolution (UltraMax).
    • Enhance image resolution (UltraMax) and backup original images.

13.8  Deleting images

13.8.1   General

You can delete one image or a group of images.

13.8.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. In the image window, select the image or images that you want to delete.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Press the DELETE key and confirm that you want to delete the image or images.
    • Right-click the image or images, select Delete , and confirm that you want to delete the image or images.

13.9  Adding a directory

13.9.1   General

You can add a directory to the library.

13.9.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. At the top of the left pane, click Add to library . This will open a Browse for folder dialog box where you can navigate to the directory that you want to add.

13.10  Deleting a directory

13.10.1   General

You can delete a directory from the library.

13.10.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Right-click a directory and select Delete directory .

13.11  Creating a subfolder

13.11.1   General

You can create a subfolder to an existing directory in the library.

13.11.2   Procedure

    Follow this procedure:
  1. Go to the Library tab.
  2. Right-click a directory and select Create subfolder .