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Make Snapshot

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Overview

Make a Snapshot Dialog

This dialog provides access to different settings for making snapshots.

Target

Make a Snapshot Dialog, Options->Target

Define the destination for the rendered snapshot:

  • File: save the snapshot to a file.
  • Clipboard: copy the snapshot to the system clipboard.

Crop

Make a Snapshot Dialog, Options->Crop

  • Full image: make snapshot of the whole image.
  • Shown area: make snapshot of the displayed in the Image View panel area only.
  • ROI: use selected ROI (the ROI may be defined using the ROI panel) as area for the snapshot.

Resize

Make a Snapshot Dialog, Options->Resize

  • Width modifies width of the snapshot, or the width of a single panel when the mode is enabled.
  • Height modifies height of the snapshot, or the height of a single panel when the mode is enabled.
  • Resizing method select one of possible resizing methods.
List of image resizing methods
  • nearest: nearest-neighbor interpolation; the output pixel is assigned the value of the pixel that the point falls within. No other pixels are considered; best for upsampling of the images.
  • bilinear: bilinear interpolation; the output pixel value is a weighted average of pixels in the nearest 2-by-2 neighborhood.
  • bicubic: bicubic interpolation; the output pixel value is a weighted average of pixels in the nearest 4-by-4 neighborhood; best for downsampling of the images.
  • : when checked, the bin2, bin4, and bin8 buttons reduce image size; otherwise, they become mag2, mag4, and mag8 and increase the image size.
  • bin2/mag2: update the dimensions of the snapshot after decreasing/increasing the image size in 2 times.
  • bin4/mag4: update the dimensions of the snapshot after decreasing/increasing the image size in 4 times.
  • bin8/mag8: update the dimensions of the snapshot after decreasing/increasing the image size in 8 times.

Options

Make a Snapshot Dialog, Options->Options

  • : generate a montage image, where each panel has only one color channel.

  • The dimensions of the montage image can be specified using the Cols (number of horizontal panels) and Rows (number of vertical panels) edit boxes.

  • In addition, it is possible to force rendering of individual color channels in the grayscale mode (the checkbox).
Split channel example

Split Channel Example

  • : render background in white color for the split channel mode and the scale bars.
  • : add a scale bar to the snapshot.

Scale bar

Note! if the width of the snapshot is too small the scale bar is not generated.

  • : add the displayed measurements to the snapshot.

Measurements

Warning! The resulting image may have border artifacts, at least in MATLAB R2014b. The snapshot is done using the export_fig function written by Oliver Woodford and Yair Altman.

  • Options: define visualization options for the measurements.

Format

Make a Snapshot Dialog, Options->File format settings

Select one of the possible formats:

  • BMP: windows Bitmap (BMP); 1-bit, 8-bit, and 24-bit uncompressed images.
  • JPG: joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), 8-bit, 12-bit, and 16-bit Baseline JPEG images.
  • PNG: portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.
  • TIF: baseline Tagged Image File Format images, including 1-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, and 24-bit uncompressed images.

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