Orion 52083 - Manual (Page 30)

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Batch Process
Batch Process can be used to process multiple images simultaneously using
the various commands available in MaxIm DL Essentials Edition. The first step
is to select a set of images or files.
Image files can be selected from disk using the Select Files button. You can
browse to a location on the disk where your image files are located, and select
a number of files. Use CTRL-click to select individual files, and SHIFT-click to
select a range of files. You can see the path for the selected files by turning on
the Show Path check box.
You can also select images already open in MaxIm DL Essentials Edition by
clicking the Select Images button. The window that pops-up will indicate all
the images currently open. Again, use CTRL-click and/or SHIFT-click to select
multiple images. Click OK when done.
You can subsequently remove selected images and files from the Batch Process
list by selecting them with the mouse and clicking the Remove button.
Once all input images have been selected, use the Processing Commands
settings to specify which of the commands from the Edit and Process menus
will be applied to each of the selected images. Each selected command will be
run automatically on each input image. The individual commands must already
be set up with the settings you wish to use. The individual commands are run
in the same order that you specify them in the dropdown lists.
Select the location for the saved files using the Path button, or click Write
Output to Source Folder to cause the files to be saved back into the folder
from which they were loaded. (This option cannot be used when an image
has never been saved, for example, one freshly acquired from a camera.) In
the event that saving a file will cause it to overwrite an existing file, you can
select skip save, overwrite it, or move to subfolder. You can specify the sub-
folder name in the adjacent field. Use Size Format to select between 16-Bit
Integer and 32-Bit IEEE Float formats for the processed images. To keep all
processed image data intact (especially for stacked images), we recommend
using the 32-Bit IEEE Float format. If you need to open the resultant files in
another program, however, you may need to use the 16-Bit Integer format.
Click OK to start the Batch Process operation. Successfully converted and
saved files are removed from the list box, leaving only those for which an error
occurred. In this case, the OK button will change to Retry. To find out what
error occurred, point the mouse cursor at an image name in the list. The appro-
priate error message will appear in the Status Bar at the bottom of the MaxIm
DL Essentials Edition main window.