Create Image Keyword List

The Create Image Keyword List command generates a table of keyword values for a collection of images and lists them in the Image Keyword Catalog Report Window where they may be viewed, graphed, saved to a file, and otherwise processed (see Report Windows for details). For example, several images may be selected from the list and displayed in a new Image Window, saved to a Mira File List for later processing, or graphed as one keyword versus another keyword.

The related Search Keyword Values command creates a catalog of images based on their keyword values. The current command helps you determine which keywords are present.

The Create Image Keyword List command opens from the Image Window > File menu and button on the Main Toolbar. The "immediate" form, shown first, opens when an image or image set is displayed in the front-most window. The general form can be used to select source images from files (folders, file name template, etc.) or an image window.

Create Image Keyword List properties

Profile [\|>]	Selects the parameter profile for this command and allows you to save or work with existing presets.
Select	Opens the Select Source Images dialog to choose images from an image window, folder, files, name template, or a Mira File List.
Process Image Set	For the immediate form of the dialog, this controls whether the top-most image or the entire Image Set is processed from the Image Window. This is based on the current setting of the Processing image set flag.
Append new image to existing table	Permits the Image Keyword Catalog window to accrue results from different runs of the Create Image Keyword List command. Fulfilling this option requires that no changes are made to the Keywords for Catalog list. If the list is changed, then a new catalog window will be created.
Keyword Source	Select where the keywords are obtained: Load from Image scans all target images to collect keywords from all headers. Standard Keywords lists the set of keywords recognized by Mira.
[Load Keywords]	Loads all keywords from the Keyword Source into the left-hand Source Keywords list box.
Reset All	Resets (empties) the left-hand Source Keywords box and right-hand Keywords for Catalog box.
Nonstandard Keyword	Supplemental or nonstandard keywords to be added to the Keywords for Catalog list box. Click the down arrow to add the keyword to the Catalog list box.
Standard Keywords	Reference keywords for populating the Keywords for Catalog list box.
[>] [<]	These buttons are used to move selected keywords between the two list boxes.
Keywords for Catalog	The list of keywords that will be listed in the catalog

Keywords to be listed in the catalog are taken from the right-hand Keywords for Catalog list box. These keyword were transferred from Source Keywords using the [>] button or transferred from the Nonstandard Keyword field above.

Working with Images in the Report Window

The columns in the Report Window vary according to the number of keywords specified.

Image Keyword Catalog Properties
Image #	Sequential number in table
	Check this box to select images for display or saving to a File List. To select all images (or unselect all images), check the box in the top header row. To display a single image, double click on it (with or without the box checked).
Image Name	The image name, not including the file path.
<Keywords>	The selected keywords are each listed in columns of the table.
File Path	The path of the image file.
Notes	The last grid column may be edited to add Notes to the Report Window. These notes are saved with the other grid data using the Save As... command in the context menu

After images are listed in the Report Window, a substantial collection of graphing and other tools are available for analysis. Some of these tools are available as commands in the pull-down menus for the Report Window, while others are accessed by right clicking on the grid to open its Grid Context Menu like that shown below. In addition, you can work with data in the Report Window from scripts using the CGridView script class.

In the menu above, the Display selected images as an image set command displays all checked images in the Report Window as an Image Set. If only one image is checked, this command is disabled and single image display is enabled.

The Save as File List command saves all checked images as a File List for future use. The File List is also added to the Recent Files submenu for easy access.

The Create Chart from Grid command in the menu is used for graphing the photometric zero point (ZERO-PT keyword) against the airmass of the observation (AIRMASS keyword). The two pictures below show the Create Chart from Grid dialog and the chart (graph) created by clicking [Plot] on the dialog. In this example, notice that only 2 points appear in the chart because only two of the images have values for both keywords.

Working with Images in the Report Window

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