Image Rotation
for Image Scanner Implementation Only

There are three places where you can specify the orientation of an image:

• On the Add/Replace Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog box when you specify a top and bottom background form image. At the time the background form image is defined, you must specify the difference between the orientation of the sheet going through the scanner and the background image. This rotation setting is also displayed on the Image Clips dialog.
• On the Clip Attributes dialog box when you specify the orientation of the scanned individual grid clips. Rotation can be set on a per-grid basis.

NOTE: If a background form image is defined, the background image IS ROTATED TOGETHER with the grid clip, using the rotation defined for the grid.

• On the Enter Images to Archive Information dialog if you are using iNAME and whole sheet clips are selected for archive in iNAME Configuration. The “full page rotation” is specified in iNAME Configuration .

Rotation

The rotation buttons are:

• Top button - no rotation, default setting.
• Right button - rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
• Bottom button - rotate 180 degrees.
• Left button - rotate 90 degrees clockwise.

NOTE: The rotation defined here affects only the background form image, not the individual grid clip files that are produced during scanning. Rotation of individual grid clip files for optimum viewing is defined on the Clip Attributes dialog, which is done separately for each grid, as needed.

Background Form Image Orientation

The initial orientation of the background form images is not critical (i.e. the timing marks can be on any edge of an image). However, for ScanTools to use the images, the images must be rotated so that the timing marks of the top sheet are on the left side of the screen and the timing marks of the bottom sheet are on the right side.

To put the timing marks in the proper orientation for ScanTools, perform the following:

1. Use an image viewer program to view the image.
2. Note the position of the timing marks.
3. Select the proper Rotation buttons (found in the Add Background Form Images for Sheet # dialog box) to put the timing marks on the left edge for the top sheet and the right edge for the bottom sheet.

The top and bottom sides of each sheet must be the same size when added (e.g. 8500 x 11000). If not, you see an error message requiring that you change the images so that the sizes are the same.