BNC 1420 - Video Microscope User Manual

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Alternately, you can also open an existing flow movie by choosing
Video > Process
Saved Video
. The video will loop until stopped.

7.3

Creating probes

To create a probe:

1.

Click the PIV toolbar button

.

2.

Double-click in the video image at the center point for the new
probe. When you create a probe it will take on the properties of the
last probe you altered. Once created you can change each probe s
properties individually.

New probe showing correlation field, vector arrow and real time

velocity as text.

When you first create a probe scopePRO will experimentally
determine the fastest FFT algorithm to use. This process may take
up to 60 seconds to complete, at which point the software will
begin calculating velocity at the location.

3.

Click the + and

toolbar buttons to make the probes more or less

transparent. The software will continue to calculate velocity at

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