DinoCapture 2.0 user guide windows software Dino-Lite Europe, 2010 www.dino-lite.
DinoCapture 2.0 manual english p.
Introduction ‐ About DinoCapture 2.0 The DinoCapture 2.0 software from AnMo Electronics Corporation is a free software program that is compatible and included only with products manufactured by AnMo Electronics Corporation. Based on customer feedback, we have included many new features that give users a superior experience with the Dino‐Lite digital handheld microscopes. With the DinoCapture 2.
Men nu Bar Fold der New Displaays the “New w Folder” window that a llows you to create a new w folder to saave pictures/videos. If no folders are created, the “New Fo older” windo ow will autom matically pop p up. See A Also: How to create a new w folder Open n Displaays the “Seleect Folder” window, w whicch allows you u to open a previously p crreated picture/video fold der. You mayy also create a new folderr. Recen nt Open ns the previo ous saved fold der. The DinooCapture 2.
Send Email Allow ws you to sen nd selected pictures p thro ugh your deffault email account. Slideshow Startss a slideshow w from the pictures in thee Image List.. See A Also: How to start a slid deshow Show w Image List Slide Show Printt Displaays the “Prin nt” window, which w allowss you to print the selecte ed picture. Close e All Opened d Files Closees all open piictures or vid deos in the ppicture management bar. Settiing Show w Image List Check for the imaage list to appear.
Help p User’’s Guide Open ns the “User’’s Guide” tha at will help yoou to undersstand functio ons and featuures of the DinoC Capture 2.0 software. s Abou ut DinoCaptu ure 2.0 Open ns the “Aboutt” page pop‐‐up for DinoCCapture 2.0. To exit click on the pop‐ up and the windo ow will disap ppear. Licen nse Agreeme ent Open ns the licensee agreement PDF file DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Ima age List Tools T Imag ge List icon ns Open n The o open icon allows you to open o a highliighted picturre in the image list. Oncee an image window. thum mbnail is seleccted, press the Open buttton to open the picture in the main w Copy y The ccopy icon allo ows you to copy a selecteed file and paste the ima age into a diff fferent location such as Microsoftt Word. Save As Open ns the “Save As” window so you can ssave the file or files into the t desired ffile format or folder.
See Also: Delete consecutive pictures Delete multiple pictures Delete key DinoCapture 2.0 manual english p.
Preview Win ndow Ma anagemen nt bar Multtiple Dino‐‐Lite The D DinoCapture 2.0 software e can use muultiple Dino‐LLite Digital Handheld Miccroscopes simulltaneously. Simply S select which cameera to use byy double clickking on the nnumber locatted on th he preview window w mana agement barr. Opened picctures and video will alsoo be displaye ed on this b bar.
Too ol Bar The ttool bar is easily accessible under thee preview win ndow manag gement bar aand allows yo ou to annotate images,, do measure ement and caalibration (m model specificc), and it alsoo allows you to edit tthe line and font f settingss. Draw w Tools The d draw tool sett allows you to t write textt and draw on the imagess. The bar is located belo ow the p preview wind dow management bar. Text The ttext tool lets you write te ext anywheree on the picture.
Line The liine tool allow ws you to dra aw lines on tthe picture. Simply S click and a drag to ddraw the dessired line. Arrow w The aarrow tool allows you to draw arrowss on the pictu ure. Simply le eft click and drag your mouse m to thee place you want w the arrow to point tto. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Freellance The ffreelance too ol allows you to draw a linne freely on the image. Simply S left cl ick the mousse once to start and click again to finish the ddrawing. Recta angle The rrectangle too ol allows you to draw recttangles on th he image. Sim mple left clicck and drag out o to create the size of the rectangle and click aagain to finish. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Oval The o oval tool allows draw ova als on the im age. Simply left click to start s the ovall and click aggain to fin nish. Mea asurementt Tools Noticce: The meassurement and calibrationn feature is only o available e for certain m models. Plea ase contaact a local sales representative for furrther information. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Line Measurement The liine measureement allowss you to mea sure the line ear distance between twoo points. Sim mply left click and dragg to the desirred length, aand click agaiin to finish. Contiinuous Line Measureme ent The ccontinuous line function allows meassurement of the t distance between m ultiple conne ecting lines.. Simply clickk and drag to o form one seection of disttance, click again a to startt another secction. Contiinue until thee total desire ed distance i s measured.
Polyg gon Measure ement The p polygon measurement feature allowss measureme ent of a polyg gon. Simply click and dra ag to form the desired length, and click again too start the ne ext section. When W finisheed, double click to finish h the polygon n measurement. Radiu us of Circle Measuremen M nt The rradius of circle measurem ment allows yyou to measure the circu umference, aarea, and radius of a circcle. Simply click and exten nd out to thee desired rad dius. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Diam meter of Circlle Measurem ment The d diameter of a circle meassurement alloows you to measure m the circumferennce, area, and d radius of a circle. Simply click and extend out to the desired diame eter. Three Point Circlle Measurem ment The tthree point circle measurrement allow ws the measu urement of the circumferrence, area, and radius of a circle. Simply click on any threee points on the t circle you u wish to meeasure. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Three Point Arc Measuremen M nt The tthree point arc measurem ment allows a measurem ment of an arcc. Click on thhree consecu utive pointts on an arc to t measure. Three Point Anglle Measurem ment The tthree point angle measurrement allow ws the measu urement of an a angle. Sta rt at the pivo ot pointt and extend out to start measuring aan angle. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Four Points Angle Measurem ment The ffour point an ngle measure ement allowss the measurrement of an n angle by seelecting four pointts. Simply sellect two poin nts from onee line segmen nt and anoth her two pointts from anotther line ssegment to complete the e angle meassurement. Textt and Line edit You ccan easily acccess line and d text propertties on the tool bar. The line and textt can be custo omized to fit your needs. Line Color Presss the Line Color Icon DinoC Capture 2.
Line Style Allow ws you to seleect the style of the lines you create. Line Width Allow ws you to chaange the width of the linees you create e. Fontt Clicking on the n opens the ffont window w where you can change eeverything frrom button size to color of the text repressented on thhe images you write on. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Mea asurementt propertie es window w Clicking on the icon allows you to sshow or hide e the measurrement propperties windo ow. Also: About the measurem ment properrty window See A Noticce: The meassurement and calibrationn feature is only o available e for certain m models. Plea ase contaact a local sales representative for furrther information. Mag gnifier Allow ws you to digitally enlarge e the area arround your mouse m pointe er for more ddetails and accurrate measureements.
Unitss The d drop down box allows you to select thhe unit of measure. inch‐ inches mil‐ m mil (1/1000 of o an inch) mm‐ millimeter um‐ m microns/micrometers (1//1000 of a m millimeter) Calib bration men nu No caalibration: Use the defau ult measurem ment settingss. New Profile: Creaate a new calibration proofile. Open n Calibration n Folder: Ope ens the foldeer where you ur calibration settings aree located. Fro om that w window you can select already createed calibration profiles or delete them m.
Preview Win ndow Tools MicrroTouch The M MicroTouch tool t is activatted when yoou touch the MicroTouch trigger afterr starting the e DinoC Capture 2.0 software. s Aftter the softw ware recognized that the Dino‐Lite haas the MicroT Touch feature, you can activate a or deactivate thee MicroTouch controls with w this buttoon. The M MicroTouch was w designed d to minimize image blurr while taking g a picture w with the micro oscope.
Mag gnification For m models that have h measurement capabbilities, the magnification m n box is whe re you see th he magn nification thaat is being ussed for the m measurementt Unitt Show ws what unit of measure is selected foor the active child window. Reso olution Theree are multiple resolutions you can sett the Dino‐Liite to. Certain models haave a maximu um resolution of 1280x1024 givin ng very clear images at any magnifica ation.
How w to Steps How w to measu ure 1. In nput magnifiication that is i read from the microsco ope into the magnificatioon box. Magn nification value on Dino‐LLite 2. SSelect a meassurement too ol. 3. SSelect a unit of o measure. 4. FFor example: to measure distance. 5. LLeft click your mouse oncce to start thee measurem ment. 6. LLeft click your mouse oncce more to ennd the measurement. Hint: For more acccurate meassurements, cclick on the magnify m icon .
How w to calibra ate measurrements 1. In the live viideo window w select the CCalibration drop down menu (or clickk on the calibration button). b 2. Select “New w Profile”. 3. A small wind dow will pop p up. Give thee profile a naame and anyy necessary i nformation. 4. Click “Contin nue Calibratiion” when d one naming the profile. 5. In the new menu, m Press “F8” or use tthe “Freeze”” button to frreeze the callibration obje ect. 6. Enter the magnification that can be read from th he Dino‐Lite.
14. Press “Finish h” when don ne. Hint: You can creaate multiple calibration pprofiles for different Dino o‐Lite modelss. How w to adjust measurem ments and drawings 1. When no to ools are seleccted move yoour mouse ovver to the measurementt you want to o . adjust. The mouse pointter will becom me a pointin ng finger 2. m becom mes a pointinng finger When the mouse e or result, cl ick on it once. over a line 3. Now move your y mouse over an endppoint.
2. When the pointer becom mes a pointinng finger ,click , on the item you waant to move to t select it. 3. Move your mouse m over a measurem ment result te ext. The mouse will becom me an open hand allowing for selectio on. 4. Left click on the measurement resultt once to release it from its current loocation. 5. t its new loccation.
How w to create a new fold der on the top t left corne er of the maiin window. 1. C Click the “Folder” icon 2. S Select “New”” to open thee New Folderr pop up window. 3. In n the “New Folder” F winddow give the new file a name by fillinng in the text box n to “Nam next me”. 4. P Press the Dire ectory butto n and choose the directo ory you woulld like the ne ew p picture and video folder tto be located d. 5.
How w to add tex xt 1. Select the Teext tool 2. First create the window size for the ttext to be pu ut in. 3. Once the bo ox is drawn, you y are readdy to enter te ext in the texxt box. 4. Click outsidee the text bo ox to stop. to start addding text. Hint: Press ENTER R to start a new line. See A Also: How to adjust measurem ments and drrawings How to move the text bo ox and meas urement results to a different locatioon How w to start a slideshow w 1.
How w to resize the text bo ox 1. When no to ools are seleccted, mouse over to the text t that you u want to ressize. The mou use pointer will become the move objecct pointer . 2. Left click and the pointe er will becom me an open hand . 3. m to the blue square and the mouse will turn n into Move the mouse . LLeft click the mouse and the t text box will be resizable. 4. Left click agaain to set the e new locatioon.
Keyboard Controls Keyboard Controls Keyboard controls provide more ease and practicality with the DinoCapture 2.0 experience. Delete key You can delete pictures on the image list simply by pressing the “Delete” key. You can also delete selected or active annotations and measurements with the “Delete” key. F7 Key Pressing the F7 on the keyboard opens the time‐lapse window. F8 Key Pressing F8 on the keyboard can freeze a live video feed from the Dino‐Lite.
Mou use Contrrols Open ning a pictture To op pen a picturee, you can sim mply DOUBLEE click its thu umbnail. Mov ving a wind dow When n you hold down the leftt mouse buttton on a child d window, yo ou can drag tthe window anyw where within the main window. Stop pping contiinuous lin ne and polyygon meassurements DOUB BLE left clicking stops the e continuouss line and polygon measu urements.
Mea asuremen nt Prope erties Abou ut the mea asurementt propertyy window The m measuremen nt property window w orga nizes and shows the status of all the measurements as well aas the abilityy to adjust ho ow the resultts are shown n on the imag ge. The Tabs The D DinoCapture 2.0 software e separates eeach type of measureme ents into tabss helping you u to organ nize your meeasurements.
Cate egories Show w The sshow checkbox let you se ee the measuurement resu ults for the selected meaasurement on the imagee. Deselectin ng the checkbox hides th e selected measurement m t results. Nam me Displaays the name of the mea asurement. Leng gth Displaays the lengtth of the measurement ( L). Area a Displaays the area of the meassurement (A)). Radiius Displaays the radiu us of the mea asurement (rr). Anglle (deg) Displaays the anglee of the mea asurement (∠ ∠).
Butttons Delete urement. Selecct a measurement and cliick on “Delette” to removve the measu Clearr all measu urements an nd drawingg Clearr all measureements and drawings d on tthe active window. w Expo ort to excel Exporrts the data on the active e window to Excel. Close e The ““X” on the to op right corne er closes thee measureme ent propertie es window. G o to settings and select “Measurem ment Propertties” to reoppen the window. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Vide eo settin ng Abou ut video se etting The vvideo settinggs can only be e activated oon the video preview win ndow. Once vvideo settinggs is activaated, you can n adjust man ny camera coontrols. While the video settings s winddow is activa ated, all other function ns in the Dino oCapture 2.00 software caannot be used. Press “OKK” or “Apply”” to restore DinoCapture to its normal state. To op pen the video o setting win ndow, press tthe setting button live vvideo feed fro om a Dino‐Lite.
Micrrotouch co ontrols The M MicroTouch (touch ( sensittive static sennsor) feature e on the handheld digitall microscope e gives users the op ption of takin ng a picture right from th he microscop pe itself. The MicroTouch h was desiggned to minim mize image blur b while ta king a picturre with the microscope. m G Great for tho ose mom ments when you y need to take t a picture, but have a hard time reaching r the computer. Noticce: Not all models have the MicroTouuch feature.
Pictture settiing Abou ut the pictture settin ng page The p picture settin ng page allow ws you to chaange the picttures colors and quality. When the picture settin ng window iss open, all otther functionns of the Dino oCapture 2.0 0 software arre disabled. Press “Closse” to restoree DinoCapturre 2.0 to its nnormal state e. To op pen the pictu ure setting window, presss the setting button picture. Colo or Lets yyou adjust th he color prop perties of thee selected picture.
Pictu ure Setting g Buttons Defa ault Resetts the picturee settings ba ack to defaultt. Close e Closees the picturee setting win ndow and alloows the use of the rest of the DinoCaapture 2.0 progrram. DinoC Capture 2.0 manual m engllish p.
Ope en Folderr window w Open n Folder You m may select prreviously created folders in the Open n Folder wind dow. Press O OK to confirm m the folder you wish to o use. You may also add previous fold ders or create a new foldder. a by clickking the “Add d Note: If you deletted a folder, you would nneed to add it to the list again Previous Folder” button.
DinoCapture End User License Agreement By using this software("DinoCapture Software") you agree to accept a license under and be bound by the following terms and conditions (the "Agreement"). Non‐Commercial Use Only DinoCapture Software is made available to you for your non‐commercial use only. This means that you may use it at work or at home in conjunction with any product manufactured by AnMo Electronics Corporation (the “AnMo”).
portions thereof, or software or other materials (not including user photos or message text) provided through or in conjunction with the DinoCapture Software, including without limitation all intellectual property rights. You agree not to modify, adapt, translate, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from DinoCapture Software.
necessary and to obtain any such licenses. You agree to copy, distribute, display, and modify only those materials which you have the necessary permission to use.
Warranty The DinoCapture software is provided for use with a Dino‐Lite digital microscope supplied by AnMo Electronics or one of its distributors or resellers. The use of the DinoCapture software is guided by the End User License Agreement. The Dino‐Lite product is delivered with a two year warranty from the date of purchase by the end customer. Please note that accessories (i.e. detachable caps/extensions) are not covered under warranty.
Patent info: US Pat. No. 7.102.817.B1 Germany Pat. No. 20 2006 001 409.8 Japan Pat. No. 3123176 Taiwan Pat. No. M302031 Taiwan Pat. No. D118565 China Pat. No. ZL 2006 2 0139 073 X China Pat. No. ZL 2006 3 0147 034 X Dino-Lite Europe, 2010 www.dino-lite.
