New Image  
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Toolbar:   filenew  
Menu:   File > New Image  
Keyboard:   CTRL+N  
Script:   createIm  

Use this command to create a new image and to select its dimensions and type. If you choose this command, the New Image dialog box will appear with the following options:

Image Frame
 
Displays the number of the frame in which a new image will be created. Depending on the Preferences. ImageWarp will set it either to the first available value or to the Input frame number. Type or select another value if you want the image to be created in a different frame.  

Image Title
 
Assigns the name that will appear in the title bar of the image frame. The default name that ImageWarp uses is "New". If you want the image to be created under a different name, type it in the box.  

Image Type
 
Use this drop-down list to select the type of a new image. See Image Types for more details.  

Width
 
Indicate the desired value for the image width in pixels or other units selected in the Unit drop-down list.  

Height
 
Indicate the desired value for the image height in pixels or other units selected in the Unit drop-down list.  

Unit
 
Select the unit of measurement (pixels, inches, centimeters or millimeters) for a new image. The Width and Height values are recalculated for each unit according to the Pix/Unit value. The selected unit will be automatically applied to the image scale (see Spatial Calibration).  

Pix/Unit
 
Indicate the resolution (number of pixels per unit) for the currently selected unit of measurement. ImageWarp uses this value to define the size of the image in pixels and automatically applies it to the image scale. The resolution value is stored with certain file types and used in measurements. If you select a different unit in the Unit drop-down list, the resolution will be recalculated accordingly. If the unit is set to pixels, the resolution value will always be 1.  

Memory required
 
Displays the amount of memory required by an image. The memory requirements are determined by the following formula: Height*Width*BitsPerPixel*1/8. High-depth images use extra memory to display their contents.  

Display Range
 
These settings allow to map the specified luminance range of a high-depth image to the full dynamic range of the display. Select the luminance value you want to display black as the Min value, and the value you want to display white as the Max value. By default, both values are set to the full range possible for the current image type. For regular pixel depth images, the display range is set to 0-255, and it cannot be changed. You can change both values in the Display Range boxes at the bottom of the image frame after you create a high-depth image.  

Background
 
These options allow you to set the initial background level for a new image. Click White for white background or Black for black one. For regular image types, the value for White is 255, and the one for Black is 0. For high-depth images, Black and White backgrounds are set according to the Display Range settings. For color images, you can choose a background color by double-clicking the color preview window and picking a color from the palette. You can also set the background level (for gray images), color (for color images) and index (for palettized images) by indicating values in the correspondent boxes. These boxes depend on the image type and can be the following:  
 
Red, Green, Blue – define the background color for RGB, palettized and 1-bit images;  
Index – defines the palette index of the background color for palettized, multiphase and 1-bit images;  
Lum – defines the background luminance value for gray images (8-, 16-, 32-bit and floating point ones);  
Re, Im – define real and imaginary components of the background level for a complex image.  
 
When you change the values in the boxes, the color in the preview window changes accordingly.  

OK
 
Closes the dialog box and creates an image in the selected format.  

Cancel
 
Closes the dialog box without performing any action.