OmniTek 2.3 User Manual

The View menu lets you turn off the toolbar and the status line if not required, and 
set the size of the image thumbnails. This menu can also be used to open or close 
the Playlist window, and switch between the Thumbnail view shown above and a 
text-based list. 

 

 

 

The Source menu provides the controls used to load a previously saved 
image/sequence (Import image – see Pattern Creation below), or to grab images from 
the serial input (New input – see Grabbing Images below). These functions are also 
available from icons on the toolbar (see page 73).  

You can also specify a folder to be continuously monitored for new files, with each new 
file being directly loaded once it appears. 

The Pattern menu provides various options concerning how images and 
sequences are manipulated.  

Sort offers the choice of listing the loaded patterns in different ways. 

Load loads the selected image into the Generator SDRAM, while Load All loads 
all images into the SDRAM. This is useful if you have disabled automatic loading 
of images as one of the Preferences set via the File menu. 

Specify load sub-section is concerned with sequence loading (which is part of 
the Motion-Capture facilities). This item is only available if the currently selected 
thumbnail is a sequence. Selecting this option opens a dialogue that lets you 
specify a frame other than Frame 1 (the default) as the first in the sequence. You 
can also specify a frame other than the normal last frame as the end of the  
sub-section.  

This option is particularly useful with avi files, which can contain more frames 

than the Generator frame buffer can hold. Access to the frames at the end of such .avi 
files is only possible using this option. 

Resize Output provides some choices as to how images are resized when the image is 
not the same size as the currently selected resolution. The choices are the same as the 
ones offered in the Preferences dialogue (described above). 

Shell open opens a window showing the file(s) used to construct the currently displayed 
image or sequence. 

Save lets you save the current image. It is intended for use with an image that has been 
grabbed from the live input. 

Save As… lets you save the current image to a new filename, and/or in a new format. 
For example, an image loaded as a BMP could be saved as a JPEG, or a sequence of 
multiple individual frames can be saved as an AVI file. Please note that when an image is 
saved, it is automatically reloaded afterwards. This is in case the image format has 
changed, such as from BMP to JPEG, so you can immediately see that the new image 
format is suitable. 

Save Frame As… is a mode used with sequences, which lets you save an individual 
frame from anywhere within the sequence. 

Properties provides information about the current image. 

Delete removes the selected image from the Generator window, and frees up the 
SDRAM that was occupied. It does not affect the image stored on disk.