Annotating With Text Or Arrows - GE Everest XLG3 VideoProbe Operating Manual

60 Chapter 5 Capturing Images and Videos

Annotating With Text or Arrows

Annotating an XLG3 image means adding text or arrows to point out areas of interest:
cracks, defects, etc. You can annotate live, frozen, and recalled images.
You can create two types of annotation:
• Live annotation is general information — relevant to the entire inspection or a
significant portion of it — to be displayed constantly except when hidden. You can
show or hide live annotation any time. You would use live annotation, for example,
while recording video. To add or clear live annotation, you must be viewing a live
image. When you're viewing a still image, you can choose whether to show or hide the
live annotation.
• Still annotation is information that is specific to a particular image. To display or add
still annotation, you must be viewing a still image (frozen or recalled). When you return
to a live image, still annotation is cleared.
If you anticipate using certain text over and over, you may want to create one or more
presets — ready-to-use annotations. You can create multiple presets for use in either live
or still annotations. Maximum = 100 presets, 5 lines per preset, 28 characters per line.
To Annotate a Live Image
1. Press
2. Select Live Annotation.
3. Select the desired item:
Item
Text
Arrow
Preset
Show
.
Choices Description
Add Create text for use in a live annotation.
Edit Edit existing live text annotations.
Delete Deletes all live annotation text from the screen and from memory.
Add Create an arrow for use in a live annotation.
Edit Edit existing live arrow annotations.
Delete Deletes all live annotation arrows from the screen and from memory.
Create Add a new text annotation to the preset manager.
Recall Select an existing text annotation from the preset manager to place.
Edit Edit an existing text annotation from the preset manager.
Delete Delete an existing text annotation from the preset manager.
Import Load a .txt file containing presets (see page 61 for details).
Export Export a .txt file containing presets.
On, Off Turns live annotation (text and arrows) on or off.
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