ImageAccess Version 8 - Q2/08
Version 8 of ImageAccess again presents many functional extensions and ergonomic improvements. It is ready for shipping from April 1st as the second quarterly release Q2/08. Please have a look at some of the version highlights below:HDR / Exposure Blending
Every photographer knows the problem: The scene to be captured exhibits a brightness range too high for all image sections to reproduce visible contrasts on a single image.
The new module HDR / Exposure Blending merges the best image sections of multiple images acquired with different exposure times into a contrast-optimised new target image. This technique allows on one side avoiding bright lights and overexposed spots on critical components and on the other side combining contrast critical foreground/background scenes.
The module may be applied to any number of archive images by simply selecting them. The calculated target image may be exported or directly saved in the archive again.
Fast Acquisition Mode Switching
The image acquisition process in ImageAccess is optimised for one defined optical system: a Multifocus image is acquired from a camera/microscope, calibration data are read out or calculated, and an image processing function is executed: all the steps on a single key stroke.
More complex hardware systems with several cameras and/or optical devices for a multi-tude of acquisition techniques, switching was rather tedious until now. A completely new acquisition concept now allows saving and activating as many Acquisition Configurations as are required by simple selection. Each such configuration includes all functional elements, starting from the acquisition mode, the calibrating system,
the image source up to source configurations and image processing macros.
Support Office 2007/ Windows Vista
The continuously
extended functionality and ergonomics of both the Word Report and
PowerPoint Presentation modules are now available for the current MS
Office version 2007.
Backtracking Image History
Backtracking image
processing operations carried out on an original image or on one of its
copies is relevant for security reasons as well as for documentation
purposes in standard work flows. The new function Image History, an
integral part of basic ImageAccess functionality, allows graphical
tracking of all op-erations done on an image by a keystroke, starting
from original image down to all of its descendents. Live Image for Assembly and Ref-erence Chart Comparison
Since the introduction of Live Image usage for the Measurement module in the last ImageAccess version,
the two modules Image Assembly and Reference Chart Comparison now also support this feature to offer improved assistance and efficiency.
Filter for Keyword List
Selecting an expression in
complex or multi-hierarchical keyword lists may be a time consuming
process. The new Keyword Filter automatically reduces the available
expressions to the ones matching an entered filter strin Canon EOS 40D
The new Canon SLR camera EOS 40D provides 10 mega-pixel resolution, fast and precise auto focus and a free choice of interchangeable lenses. Featuring live image display of real 1024x768 pixels, the EOS 40D arrives as one of the first Compact and SLR cameras at an unseen detail accuracy for pre-visualisation. The appropriate Imagic Plug-In displays the live image in full resolution and allows controlling all relevant camera parameters, as well as direct image acquisition as with a digital microscope camera. The EOS 40D is best suited for macro imaging. However, using special adapters, it also may be mounted onto stereo or light microscopes, thus providing a highly cost effective general purpose imaging solution.