The Color Tab

The Color tab is used to modify the color, contrast, and color offset of the image.

Figure 1: The Color Tab in the MIRO window

You may change the Color Table, Contrast and Offset by adjusting their values. You may also change the color by checking or un-checking the R (red), G (green) or B (blue) check boxes.

Color Tab Parameters

• Color Table
  •  Choose among the standard NanoScope color tables
  • Range and Settings: 0 to 25 (see List of Color Tables).
• RGB
  • Turns On/Off Red, Green and Blue in the image (see Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5, below for examples).

Figure 2: Original Image in Color Table 25 (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 3: Image of Figure 2 with only R (Red) selected (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 4: Image of Figure 2 with only G (Green) selected (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 5: Image of Figure 2 with only B (Blue) selected (Hover over the image to view larger)

• Contrast

Figure 6: Contrast set to –10 (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 7: Contrast set to +10 (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 8: Plots of image intensity from Figure 5 (left) and Figure 6 (right)

• Offset

Figure 9: Offset set to –128 (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 10: Offset set to +128 (Hover over the image to view larger)

Figure 11: Plots of image intensity in Figure 8 (left) and Figure 9 (right)

• Set As Tiff Import Default
  • Sets the above parameters as the default tiff image import parameters. These parameters will also be used for tiff image import discussed in Calibration and Registration.

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