Annotator User`s Manual
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1. Annotator On Screen Annotation2. On Screen Annotation cont d Annotation Overview The Annotator s output has the capability to include a graphical tool bar which is used for annotation The tool bar can be enabled or disabled as desired When enabled the tool bar is visible down the right side of the display and allows selection of the following Inputs selection Pointer Auto Image Freehand Line Arrow Rectangle Ellipse Text Highlighter Size select Eraser Color Fill Undo Redo Clear Tools Capture T z pO G y O i INPUT 3 INPUT 4 INPUT 5 a2 a gt gt DG U 4 INPUT 6 T INPUT7 3 fy el Tf ECCE Figure 4 4 Annotation menu examples When clicking on the tool bar arrow JO the tool bar slides in from the right side and can be accessed through a touch screen or by using a standard mouse and or keyboard attached to the rear PS 2 ports The tool bar disappears hides after a user specified time out If the time out is set to zero the tool bar remains on screen indefinitely Default annotation buttons Input selection Selecting this button opens a pop up palette displaying the Annotator s six inputs Selecting any input button switches the display to that input Noy A seventh input button shown at right is also displayed if an optional HD SDI input board is installed INPUT 6 INPUT 5 x Pointer Selecting this button changes the cursor to an extra large arrow
3. ctive function now uses the selected color ERS Fill Selecting this button in conjunction with selecting the rectangle or eg ellipse button allows the user to draw a solid shape filled with the currently selected color Noy A drawn unfilled shape cannot be filled afterwards and vice versa Annotator On Screen Annotation 4 5 On Screen Annotation cont d 4 6 Undo Selecting this allows the user to undo the last 7 completed annotations or undo a Clear action Noy A completed annotation is defined by lifting the finger or stylus from the touch screen pressing the keyboard Enter key or releasing the primary mouse button 4 eZ Redo If selected while using the Undo function it recreates the last undone annotation ouaaa Clear Selecting this clears the screen of all unsaved annotations and can be undone with the Undo function Tools Selecting the Tools button opens a secondary palette containing the following advanced tools Capture Freeze Mute Whiteboard Spotlight Zoom and Pan On selection of any tool the secondary palette closes To reopen the palette click on the Tools button vit Capture Select this to take a snapshot image of the current program output including annotations but not any open OSD palettes This captured image can be saved to the Annotator s memory for later recall Noyes Using SIS commands the Capture tool can be customized to send out an unsolicited respon
4. ed only the rectangle or ellipse outline is drawn Ellipse Selecting this button allows the user to create an ellipse between the primary and the opposite corners of a non drawn rectangle Text Selecting this button allows the user to create on screen text with a keyboard connected to the rear USB or PS 2 port Text insertion begins either at the mouse operated cursor point or where the screen is touched If no insertion point is defined then text is inserted at the previous active function s end point o0 Highlighter Selecting this button allows the user to highlight the video information not the annotation Size Select this button to adjust size of text and or line weight not linked after selecting a drawing or text function such as line rectangle or text A secondary palette opens displaying either line weight or text point size depending on the active function From the secondary palette select the desired size button Functions this applies to are Text Line Arrow Freehand Highlighter Arrows Rectangle Ellipse and Eraser we Noyes Eraser size text size and line weight have discrete size settings Eraser Select this to erase any non saved annotations on the screen ER gt wT E Color Select this button to choose the color of any drawing function fill or outline text or pointer color On selection a secondary palette opens with 16 color swatches Select a color as desired The a
5. of the currently selected color Auto Image On selection of this button the unit performs an auto image on the currently selected input A secondary button appears to the left of the Auto Image button to confirm the action is desired 4 4 Annotator On Screen Annotation f Freehand Selecting this button allows the user to draw freely on the display screen For Freehand Line Arrow and Highlighter functions the start point is where the screen is touched by finger or stylus or where the cursor starts when holding down the primary mouse button The finish point is where the stylus or finger is lifted from the screen or at the point where the mouse button is released For all drawn annotations line color and weight are adjustable Line Selecting this button allows the user to create a straight line between two points Arrow Selecting this button allows the user to create a straight line between two points with an arrow at the end point Rectangle Selecting this button allows the user to create a rectangle with edges parallel to the raster i000 Noyes For Rectangle and Ellipse functions the primary corner is where the screen is first touched by finger or stylus or where the cursor starts when holding down the primary mouse button The opposite corner is where the stylus or finger is lifted from the screen or at the point where the mouse button is released Unless the fill option is select
6. se indicating an image is ready to be streamed directly to an external PC Freeze Select this to freeze the live video To unfreeze the video reselect this button or switch inputs Mute Select this to mute the video input and display a black screen Annotations and menus are still visible To unmute the video reselect the Mute button or select the Whiteboard tool or switch inputs Whiteboard Select this to create a white canvas for annotations No input video image is visible To remove the white canvas reselect the Whiteboard button select mute or switch inputs 10 ee iG Spotlight Select this to create an ellipse to focus on a specific area of the screen while the outer area s brightness is greatly reduced The shape and size of the ellipse is adjustable by dragging the cursor while outside of it to any point The ellipse can be moved to any point by dragging the cursor while within the ellipse Zoom Select this to zoom in to a specific area of the screen Using the cursor create a rectangle at the desired area and the Annotator zooms in to view that area If the boundaries of the area are beyond the zoom capabilities then the view will not change To zoom out draw a small rectangle lt 100 pixels 1 x 1 and the normal view is restored 2 Pan Selecting this while in zoom mode allows the user to move the focus to a new area Place the cursor on a zoomed image and drag to the desired area G
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