Getting Started

Required 

1. Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 compatible machine with CDROM and 4 megabytes RAM 
2. Image-Pro Plus v1.3 by Media Cybernetics 
3. CD’s with images and image-specific random point files 

1. 4x CDROM, 16 megabytes of RAM 
2. 17 inch monitor 
3. Video Card with 2 megabytes of RAM (capable of displaying 1280x1024 pixels) 

1. Install Image-Pro v1.3 - it important that Image-Pro be installed on the system before PointCount. The files WINIP.EXE and IPC.DLL included with version 1.3 of Image-Pro must be replaced by newer files contained in the PointCount installation. 
2. Install PointCount - the directory C:\POINTCNT\ will be created and all program files will be written therein. 
3. Run the program. The first time the program is run the user is prompted for a serial number, registered user name and registered institution. 

File Menu

Open Site Image - Opens a file dialogue box that prompts the user for a .TIF or .JPG image. After selection PointCount loads Image Pro if necessary and displays the selected file. If the "automatically tag images" option is selected a series of points is read from CD.DAT (file should be located in the same directory as the loaded image) and overlaid.

Next/Previous Site Image - Moves forward/backward through a series of images contained in gallery the gallery file (*.SEL). Gallery files can be created with XGallery.exe.

Open Data File -
Save Data File -
Save Coordinates -
Load Image Pro -
Exit

Utilities Menu

Create CSV - Exports data from the .MGR and .PTS files to a comma separated value file. This file format is compatible with all major spreadsheets.

 Generate Random Coords

Automatically Tag Images - when selected points contained in CD.DAT are overlaid automatically when an image file is opened.

 Automatically Save Data - when selected .MGR and .PTS are updated without prompt when a new image is loaded or the user exits the program.

 Number of Points - enables the user to change the number of points used by the program. Valid range is 1-50.

 Institution - 

 Best LUT - (Image-Pro control)

 Sharpen - (Image-Pro control)

 Zoom In - (Image-Pro control) Zoom with focus on the currently selected point.

 Zoom Out - (Image-Pro control) Zooms out with focus on the currently selected point.

 Misc. Identifications - Various identifications added here for reference.

 Select All - Activates all cells on the Point Tag dialogue.

 Add/View Comments - Displays the comments dialogue. Comments can be added for an entire image or any point within the image. Output is saved to a .CMT file in the C:\POINTCNT\ directory. Currently the content of the .CMT file ignored during .CSV creation.
 
 

Help -

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Point Tag Dialogue

Site - Site name of currently loaded image.  Station - Station name of currently loaded image.  Frame - Frame number of currently loaded image.  File - Complete filename of currently loaded image.  Data Files and Path - Directory to which the .MGR and .PTS files reside.  Identification Area - Active cells are highlighted. To activate a cell select either the cell itself or the button beside the cell. To activate multiple, sequential cells hold down the shift key when clicking. To activate multiple, non-sequential cells hold down the control key while clicking.

Identification Dialogue

Identification Buttons - Identification buttons update the currently active cell of the Point Tag dialogue. Coral Species - various common coral species More Coral Species - less common coral species Non-Coral Biota -  Other -  Select All - Activates all cells of the Point Tag dialogue Comment - see "Add/View Comments" under the Misc. menu of the Main window.

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