Creating an image montage

Requires separate license

Create the montage BEFORE tracing.

Procedure

1. Click File>Open>Image in Grid Layout to load the images needed.
2. Click Image>Tools>Montage.
   Image Montage Tools

   Display

   Transparent Selected Images -- Makes the images transparent; this is useful for manual alignment because you can more easily see the structures and landmarks in the images.

   Show Image Borders -- Displays a thin gray border around each image.

   Show Image Names -- Displays the image name in the top left corner of each image.

   Image Name Color -- Lets you use the color picker to change the color of the displayed image name.

   Side Views

   Show XZ window -- Opens a separate dockable window displaying the XZ projection.

   Show YZ Window -- Opens a separate dockable window displaying the YZ projection.

   Show Only Selected Images: 

   • Click on images to select and deselect them.
   • Use the SHIFT key or draw a marquee around images to select multiple images.
3. Click Automatically Align Images in XY or Automatically Align Images in XY and Z to begin the alignment.
   • Depending on the number of images and their complexity, automatic alignment can take some time.
   • The progress indicator displays until the end of the process .
4. Use Show XZ Window and/or Show YZ Window to refine the alignment in Z.
5. When the process is complete, examine the montage.
   • If you are using an image stack, use the Page Up and Page Down keys to move up and down the Z axis when checking alignment.
   • Use the arrow keys to align.

Manual Alignment

We suggest using automatic alignment as a first step. When the automatic alignment process is complete and the command is off, you can align manually to fine-tune the automatic alignment.

• Drag an image to move it.
• Select multiple images using the SHIFT or CTRL keys.
• Overlap the images by 15% or more.

If you make a mistake, the Edit>Undo command (or CTRL-Z) works on many Image Montage actions.