To open the image in the imaging pane, click on the image name.

Note: only image file types (.bmp, .jpg, .tif, etc.) are supported in the LIMS-plus application Imaging Pane.

Images always default to their normal size when opened in the Imaging Pane. To view the full image, select SizeMode, then Fit from the View Menu. This will open the image to fit the Imaging Pane window.

The above screenshots show the annotation toolbar and the available features. Starting from the top:

• Select
• Line draw
• Rectangle draw
• Ellipse draw
• Polyline draw
• Polygon draw
• Curve draw
• Closed-curve draw
• Pointer draw
• Freehand draw
• Highlight
• Text box
• Text box with pointer
• Note
• Rubber Stamp
• Hotspot
• Freehand Hotspot
• Point (Callout)
• Redact
• Ruler
• Polyruler
• Protractor
• CrossProduct
• Embed Audio
• Embed Video

To add an annotation, select the annotation type from the Toolbar by left-clicking it. Then left-click on the image to start the application of the annotation, and drag to the endpoint of the annotation. Then release the left mouse button to apply the annotation.

When annotations are added to the image, they are added with default properties. The annotations may not be the size/color that the user wishes to use. In order to modify the annotation, hold down the [Ctrl] button and Left-click on the annotation. Any of the available properties of the annotation may be modified (for example, color, thickness, text (if a textbox), alignment, etc. Each annotation has different properties.

Once all of the annotations have been added to the image, select Save Annotations from the File menu (red arrow).

In the above example, the annotations added, from top to bottom are:

1. Arrow draw
2. Textbox draw
3. Ellipse draw
4. Rectangle draw
5. Ruler