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VI Basic Operations

3Measuring Two-point Distance or Entering Information—TOOL Menu

3.5.4Creating a Translucent Image and Comparing It to a Live Image

You can create a translucent image from the displayed image on the screen and view it while being laid on top of the live image for comparison.

This function may be used to create a translucent scale or inspect registration of shapes. The range over which you can create such an image is half the screen.

1)Press Superimposition ● Create . The tool bar shown below will be displayed, with a yellow border displayed on the screen.

2)Move the mouse pointer into the area and click it while you drag in order to specify the range in which you want to create a superimposed image.

3)

Press

Create

, and the system will start creating a superimposed image automatically.

 

This will take some time.

 

Depending on the subject, the image thus created may not have sufficient contrast for

easy recognition. In such a case, use Clear to temporarily erase the image and [Lev:] to change the creation level before using Create to re-create an image.

4)If the desired contrast is obtained and you wish to save the created image in the internal memory, press Save .

5)

If you want to paste it to the overlay of the image, use

Paste

. If you do not want to

 

paste, use

 

 

 

to erase the image before it is fixed.

 

Clear

 

 

 

 

You can use

 

Disp.

to display the superimposed image you saved in the internal memory.

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