ZEISS Microscopy Knowledge Base
Help
ZEISS Microscopy Knowledge Base
Search
Image Viewer Interaction
Opening an Image in the Image Viewer
- Open the project and folder of your image.
- All files of the respective folder level are displayed.
- Click on the name of the image you want to open. Alternatively, click the context menu icon and select Open.
- The image opens in the Image Viewer, see also User Interface Image Viewer. If you have opened an image with polarization channels, you can switch to a dedicated Polarization View via the right toolbar of the Image Viewer, see also Polarization Viewer.
Navigating and Zooming the Image
- You have opened an image, see Opening an Image in the Image Viewer.
- To move your image in the view, click into the image and move it per drag & drop.
- You move the image.
- To zoom in and out of the image, use the mouse wheel or the controls of the right tool bar.
- You zoom your image.
- Open the Navigation menu in the left toolbar.
- Additional options are displayed, see Navigation Menu. The image is displayed in the Navigator and the currently visible area of the image is illustrated by a white rectangle.
- Use the controls above and below the image for further zooming and drag & drop the white rectangle to navigate to a specific location of the image.
- You are navigating the image.
- If you want to change the displayed image dimension, use the controls below Dimensions. You can also use the Player to automatically move through the image dimensions.
- The image in the view is updated based on the changes.
Adding and Editing Objects
Keyboard Shortcuts
For a description of available keyboard shortcuts, see the help menu in the Left Toolbar.
- You have opened an image, see Opening an Image in the Image Viewer.
- Open the Objects Menu in the left toolbar.
- The object controls are displayed.
- Select an object you want to draw into the image, e.g. a rectangle.
- You enter the drawing mode.
- Go into your image and draw a rectangle by clicking into the image.
- The object shape is displayed in the image.
- If necessary, adapt the shape by dragging and dropping the position handles of the object. When finished, click Save.
- The object is added to the image. It is also added to the object list in the menu and grouped into the currently selected tag.
- The text box of the object displays the different features of the object, e.g. the Name and different measured values like the Perimeter. Which and how features are displayed can be set in the Settings, see Image Viewer Settings.
- If you want to edit an existing object, select the object in the list and click the edit icon.
- You enter the drawing mode.
- Change the object shape and click Save.
- You have edited the respective object.