Image Sets
An Image Set is a Mira concept referring to
a collection of 1 or more images that are treated as a group. This
means that a processing command or a measurement can be done to one
image or all images using the same action. This Image Set
architecture is utilized throughout the Mira program for
processing, measuring, and displaying many images using the same
commands as for a single image. For example, an image set is
displayed in a single
Image Window. The term "image set" is often used in
the context of 2 or more images, but Mira treats any number of
images in the same way. An image set is opened by selecting
multiple images in the File Open dialog. After opening, the
image order can be changed using the
Image Set Properties command and the
Image Set Toolbar.
Related to image sets is the Mira
File List, which is a text file containing the full
path names for multiple images. The File List makes it easy to
process or display multiple images as an
Image Set. The Mira
File List uses the registered file type "axf". You
can double-click a File List in Windows Explorer to open all
its files. The
File List may appear with other files in the
Recent Files submenu of the
Files menu.
The Image Set greatly extends the basic concept of
"stacking" images for viewing or processing. Mira's entire program
architecture is designed to work with image sets as easily as with
single images.
Image Set Definitions
Image Set
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A collection of 1 or more images that is treated
as a group.
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Active Image
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The selected image of the image set. If the image
set is displayed in a window, this is the visible image on front of
the stack.
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Accessing Members of the Image Set
When you load one image into a window, the bottom
window border appears to be "normal" and thin, perhaps with a
scrollbar. When the window contains an image set—that is, more than
1 image, the bottom border shows the
Animation Bar shown below. You can disable this
toolbar from the
Image Context Menu but, if you see it, the Image
Window contains an Image Set.
Using an Image Set makes it easy to transition
through a series of tasks involving more than 1 image. For example
you might wish to calibrate a group of images, register them (bring
them into alignment), and then combine them into a single, higher
quality image. To do this you would load the group of images as an
image set, perform the calibration operations on the set, register
the set, and then combine the set into a single image. Processing
each of the images separately, in separate windows, would be quite
a tedious job! Mira's unique Image Set architecture significantly
reduces the burden of doing this type of multiple image
processing.
Tip
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You can also step through the Image Set the same way
you step between controls in a dialog window:
To use either of these keys, the Image Window must
have focus so that it receives the keystrokes.
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Related Topics
Contents
Image Set Applications
Image Set Flags
Changing the Image Set
Image Set Toolbar
Saving Image Sets
Image Set Properties
Clean Image Set
Combine Image Set
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