Now you’ve made your initial assessment
and maybe discarded a few images, you’re ready to assess
your images/video clips. Click on one of the images/clips you
want to assess, or you can click on its green tick button. If
you want to work through all the images in a methodical manner
it’s worth starting with the first available image at
the top of your ‘IMAGES’ page.
You will now see a larger version of the
thumbnail image you selected. This image should help you decide
what information you will enter as part of your inspection.
However, you can get an even closer look at an image by clicking
the zoom button. This is the magnifying glass icon at the
top left of the image. If you are reviewing video the magnifying
glass icon will let you review the video at full screen size.
The metadata entry page - the magnifying
glass icon can be seen top left of the image
Once you have clicked the button you will
see the image much larger – in fact it will now fill
the whole screen. If that’s not enough detail, you can
get in even closer by clicking the ‘+’ button.
You can zoom in a total of 10 more times. (This only applies
to still images - video cannot be zoomed in.)
Use the scroll bars along the right and bottom of the screen
to locate the area you are interested in. If you zoom in too
far, you can zoom back out using the’-‘ button.
When you have finished inspecting your image
or video clip simply click the ‘Magnifying icon’
button and you will return to the previous metadata entry
page.
You can also rotate the image using the
rotation buttons if it will help you assess the image –
the image will remain rotated even if you then zoom in on
the image. Video clips cannot be rotated.
You also have a number of effects you can
apply to the image which can also help to create a more useful
image. To apply these effects, click the ‘E’ button
above the image. This will launch a dialogue box with a number
of filters. (You cannot apply effects to video clips).
Use the sliders to alter the Brightness,
Contrast, Saturation and Gamma for the picture. As you move
the sliders you will see that the image will change in real
time so you can easily judge the amount of filter to apply.
Once you have finished applying the effects, click the OK
button. If you want to go back to state of the image before
you started using the sliders, press the reset button.
If you apply the effects, the image
you will see from now on will have the these filters applied
to it. However, the original untouched image will also be
saved on the CD/DVD you will create later.
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