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Add is an input method for forms. All forms, except Polygon, are presented by two 2D points each on image coordinate system. Input method for these forms is the same; in mode Add click-drug-release the left mouse button. Two points will be defined for click and relese release positions of the mouse.
Polygon is presented by the N 2D points, where N is a number of vertexes.
The N-1 points are entered by the left mouse button click, while the N-th point is indicated by the right mouse button click.

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Select

Forms can be used as non-selected - regular "positive" for ROI, and selected - (inversed) "inversednegative" for blemish mask.

Remove

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Removes forms from image and from the list.

Satus pannel

Status panel

Status panel Satus pannel is a single button-like pannelpanel, displaying short status messages.

Bottom control bar

Bottom control bar contains "Help", "Reset", "Save", "ELog", "Close" buttons, "N bins" editable field, "Grid", and "Log" check boxes.

Help

Shows pop-up windows with help info about navigation.

Reset

Restores original image size and spectral limits.

Save

Saves content of graphical window in png file. The file name is selected through the standard pop-up dialog window.

ELog

Serves to submit message in ELog. The content of graphical window will be added as attachment. Destination of the message is selected through the custom pop-up dialog window.

Close

Closes the Mask Editor application.

Grid

On/Off coordinate grid on image and spectrum.

Log

Serves as a switch between linear and log scale.

N bins

"N bins" field can be used to change a number of bins in spectrum. Spectrum will redraw, when edition is ended (press Enter on keyboard or change focus on other field).

How to run Mask Editor

Mask Editor is developed as a part of the integrated data processing environment for XCS time correlation experiments. In this project the Mask Editor is integrated as one of the system GUIs. Also it can be executed as a stand-alone application named med. Stand-alone version of the Mask Editor can launched on any of psana or psexport node using command-line interface, for example, for all default parameters:

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