FLIR Tools/Tools+
1 Legal disclaimer
1.1 Legal disclaimer
1.2 Usage statistics
1.3 Changes to registry
1.4 Copyright
1.5 Quality assurance
2 Notice to user
2.1 User-to-user forums
2.2 Training
2.3 Documentation updates
2.4 Software updates
2.5 Important note about this manual
2.6 Additional license information
3 Customer help
3.1 General
3.2 Submitting a question
3.3 Downloads
4 Introduction
4.1 Comparison between FLIR Tools and FLIR Tools+
5 Installation
5.1 System requirements
5.1.1 Operating system
5.1.2 Hardware
5.2 Installation of FLIR Tools/Tools+
5.2.1 Procedure
6 Enabling FLIR Tools+
7 Managing licenses
7.1 Activating your license
7.1.1 General
7.1.2 Figure
7.1.3 Activating FLIR Tools/Tools+ online
7.1.4 Activating FLIR Tools/Tools+ by e-mail
7.2 Transferring your license
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Figure
7.2.3 Procedure
7.3 Activating additional software modules
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Figure
7.3.3 Procedure
8 Workflow
8.1 General
8.2 Figure
8.3 Explanation
9 Importing images
9.1 Procedure
9.2 About UltraMax
10 Screen elements and toolbar buttons
10.1 Window elements: the Library tab
10.1.1 Figure
10.1.2 Explanation
10.2 Window elements: the Instruments tab
10.2.1 Figure
10.2.2 Explanation
10.3 Window elements: the Create imagesheet tab
10.3.1 Figure
10.3.2 Explanation
10.4 Window elements: the Report tab
10.4.1 Figure
10.4.2 Explanation
10.5 Window elements: the image-editing window (for still images)
10.5.1 Figure
10.5.2 Explanation
10.6 Window elements: the image-editing window (for video clips)
10.6.1 Figure
10.6.2 Explanation
10.7 Toolbar buttons (on the Instruments tab)
10.8 Toolbar buttons (in the image-editing window)
10.9 Toolbar buttons (in the report-editing window)
10.10 The Panorama tab
10.10.1 Figure
10.10.2 Explanation
11 Live image streaming of camera images
11.1 General
11.2 Figure
11.3 Procedure
12 Managing images and folders
12.1 Grouping files
12.1.1 General
12.1.2 Procedure
12.2 Saving a sequence file frame as a radiometric *.jpg file
12.2.1 General
12.2.2 Procedure
12.3 Saving a sequence file frame as an *.avi file
12.3.1 General
12.3.2 Procedure
12.4 Changing the playback speed
12.4.1 General
12.4.2 Procedure
12.5 Cloning images
12.5.1 General
12.5.2 Procedure
12.6 Extracting a digital camera photo from a multispectral image
12.6.1 General
12.6.2 Procedure: Extracting a photo
12.6.3 Procedure: Extracting a photo at its full field of view
12.7 Enhancing the resolution of an image
12.7.1 General
12.7.2 Indication of supported images
12.7.3 Procedure
12.8 Deleting images
12.8.1 General
12.8.2 Procedure
12.9 Adding a directory
12.9.1 General
12.9.2 Procedure
12.10 Deleting a directory
12.10.1 General
12.10.2 Procedure
12.11 Creating a subfolder
12.11.1 General
12.11.2 Procedure
13 Analyzing images
13.1 Laying out a measurement tool
13.1.1 General
13.1.2 Procedure
13.2 Moving a measurement tool
13.2.1 General
13.2.2 Procedure
13.3 Resizing a measurement tool
13.3.1 General
13.3.2 Procedure
13.4 Deleting a measurement tool
13.4.1 General
13.4.2 Procedure
13.5 Creating local markers for a measurement tool
13.5.1 General
13.5.2 Procedure
13.6 Setting local parameters for a measurement tool
13.6.1 General
13.6.2 Procedure
13.7 Working with isotherms
13.7.1 General
13.7.2 Setting up general isotherms (Above, Below)
13.7.3 Setting up general isotherms (Interval)
13.7.4 Setting up a humidity isotherm
13.7.5 Setting up an insulation isotherm
13.7.6 Setting up a custom isotherm
13.8 Changing the temperature levels
13.8.1 General
13.8.2 Why change temperature levels?
13.8.3 Changing the top level
13.8.4 Changing the bottom level
13.8.5 Changing both the top and bottom levels at the same time
13.9 Auto-adjusting an image
13.9.1 General
13.9.2 Procedure
13.10 Defining an auto-adjust region
13.10.1 General
13.10.2 Procedure
13.11 Changing the color distribution
13.11.1 General
13.11.2 Definitions
13.11.3 Procedure
13.12 Changing the palette
13.12.1 General
13.12.2 Procedure
13.13 Changing the image mode
13.13.1 General
13.13.2 Types of image modes
13.14 Exporting to CSV
13.14.1 General
13.14.2 Procedure
13.15 Creating a plot
13.15.1 General
13.15.2 Procedure
14 Working with annotations
14.1 About image descriptions
14.1.1 What is an image description?
14.2 About text annotations
14.2.1 What is a text annotation?
14.2.2 Definition of label and value
14.2.3 Example markup structure
14.2.4 Creating a text annotation for an image
14.2.5 Creating a text annotation template
15 Creating panoramas
15.1 General
15.2 Figure
15.3 Procedure
16 Creating reports
16.1 General
16.2 Setting a default report template
16.3 Saving a report in the intermediary *.repx format
16.4 Creating an Adobe PDF imagesheet
16.5 Creating an Adobe PDF report
16.6 Creating a non-radiometric Microsoft Word report
16.6.1 Creating “Rapid Report” shortcuts
16.7 Creating a radiometric Microsoft Word report
17 Working in the Microsoft Word environment
17.1 Creating a report template
17.1.1 General
17.1.2 Creating a custom infrared report template
17.2 Managing objects in the report
17.2.1 Inserting objects
17.2.2 Connecting objects
17.2.3 Resizing objects
17.2.4 Deleting objects
17.2.5 IR Viewer measurement tools
17.2.6 Formulas
17.2.7 Image fusion
17.3 Document properties
17.3.1 General
17.3.2 Types of document properties
17.3.3 Creating and editing Microsoft Word document properties
17.3.4 Changing the prefix for a report property
17.3.5 Creating a Microsoft Word field and linking the field to a document property
17.4 Software reference section
17.4.1 FLIR Tools+ tab
17.4.2 IR Viewer object
17.4.3 Digital Photo object
17.4.4 IR Profile object
17.4.5 IR Histogram object
17.4.6 IR Trending object
17.4.7 Field object
17.4.8 Table object
17.4.9 Summary Table object
17.4.10 FLIR Tools+ dialog boxes
17.5 Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object
18 Updating the camera and PC software
18.1 Updating the PC software
18.1.1 General
18.1.2 Procedure
18.2 Updating the camera firmware
18.2.1 General
18.2.2 Procedure
19 Changing settings
19.1 Settings relating to Options FLIR Tools/Tools+
19.1.1 The Options dialog (for program-wide options)
19.1.2 The Options dialog (for plot-specific options)
19.2 Settings relating to FLIR Kx3 and FLIR Kx5 series cameras
19.2.1 General
19.2.2 The General settings tab
19.2.3 The User interface tab
19.2.4 Explanation of the different camera modes
19.3 Settings relating to FLIR Kx series cameras
19.3.1 General
19.3.2 The General settings tab
19.3.3 The User interface tab
19.3.4 Explanation of the different camera modes
20 Supported file formats
20.1 General
20.2 Radiometric file formats
20.3 Non-radiometric file formats
21 About FLIR Systems
21.1 More than just an infrared camera
21.2 Sharing our knowledge
21.3 Supporting our customers
22 Glossary
23 Thermographic measurement techniques
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Emissivity
23.2.1 Finding the emissivity of a sample
23.3 Reflected apparent temperature
23.4 Distance
23.5 Relative humidity
23.6 Other parameters
24 History of infrared technology
25 Theory of thermography
25.1 Introduction
25.2 The electromagnetic spectrum
25.3 Blackbody radiation
25.3.1 Planck’s law
25.3.2 Wien’s displacement law
25.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law
25.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters
25.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials
26 The measurement formula
27 Emissivity tables
27.1 References
27.2 Tables
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FLIR Tools/Tools+
Chapter
1 Legal disclaimer
2 Notice to user
3 Customer help
4 Introduction
5 Installation
6 Enabling FLIR Tools+
7 Managing licenses
8 Workflow
9 Importing images
10 Screen elements and toolbar buttons
11 Live image streaming of camera images
12 Managing images and folders
13 Analyzing images
14 Working with annotations
15 Creating panoramas
16 Creating reports
17 Working in the Microsoft Word environment
18 Updating the camera and PC software
19 Changing settings
20 Supported file formats
21 About FLIR Systems
22 Glossary
23 Thermographic measurement techniques
24 History of infrared technology
25 Theory of thermography
26 The measurement formula
27 Emissivity tables
Admin
Topic
1.1 Legal disclaimer
1.2 Usage statistics
1.3 Changes to registry
1.4 Copyright
1.5 Quality assurance
2.1 User-to-user forums
2.2 Training
2.3 Documentation updates
2.4 Software updates
2.5 Important note about this manual
2.6 Additional license information
3.1 General
3.2 Submitting a question
3.3 Downloads
4.1 Comparison between FLIR Tools and FLIR Tools+
5.1 System requirements
5.2 Installation of FLIR Tools/Tools+
7.1 Activating your license
7.2 Transferring your license
7.3 Activating additional software modules
8.1 General
8.2 Figure
8.3 Explanation
9.1 Procedure
9.2 About UltraMax
10.1 Window elements: the Library tab
10.2 Window elements: the Instruments tab
10.3 Window elements: the Create imagesheet tab
10.4 Window elements: the Report tab
10.5 Window elements: the image-editing window (for still images)
10.6 Window elements: the image-editing window (for video clips)
10.7 Toolbar buttons (on the Instruments tab)
10.8 Toolbar buttons (in the image-editing window)
10.9 Toolbar buttons (in the report-editing window)
10.10 The Panorama tab
11.1 General
11.2 Figure
11.3 Procedure
12.1 Grouping files
12.2 Saving a sequence file frame as a radiometric *.jpg file
12.3 Saving a sequence file frame as an *.avi file
12.4 Changing the playback speed
12.5 Cloning images
12.6 Extracting a digital camera photo from a multispectral image
12.7 Enhancing the resolution of an image
12.8 Deleting images
12.9 Adding a directory
12.10 Deleting a directory
12.11 Creating a subfolder
13.1 Laying out a measurement tool
13.2 Moving a measurement tool
13.3 Resizing a measurement tool
13.4 Deleting a measurement tool
13.5 Creating local markers for a measurement tool
13.6 Setting local parameters for a measurement tool
13.7 Working with isotherms
13.8 Changing the temperature levels
13.9 Auto-adjusting an image
13.10 Defining an auto-adjust region
13.11 Changing the color distribution
13.12 Changing the palette
13.13 Changing the image mode
13.14 Exporting to CSV
13.15 Creating a plot
14.1 About image descriptions
14.2 About text annotations
15.1 General
15.2 Figure
15.3 Procedure
16.1 General
16.2 Setting a default report template
16.3 Saving a report in the intermediary *.repx format
16.4 Creating an Adobe PDF imagesheet
16.5 Creating an Adobe PDF report
16.6 Creating a non-radiometric Microsoft Word report
16.7 Creating a radiometric Microsoft Word report
17.1 Creating a report template
17.2 Managing objects in the report
17.3 Document properties
17.4 Software reference section
17.5 Supported file formats in the IR Viewer object
18.1 Updating the PC software
18.2 Updating the camera firmware
19.1 Settings relating to Options FLIR Tools/Tools+
19.2 Settings relating to FLIR Kx3 and FLIR Kx5 series cameras
19.3 Settings relating to FLIR Kx series cameras
20.1 General
20.2 Radiometric file formats
20.3 Non-radiometric file formats
21.1 More than just an infrared camera
21.2 Sharing our knowledge
21.3 Supporting our customers
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Emissivity
23.3 Reflected apparent temperature
23.4 Distance
23.5 Relative humidity
23.6 Other parameters
25.1 Introduction
25.2 The electromagnetic spectrum
25.3 Blackbody radiation
25.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials
27.1 References
27.2 Tables