When collecting discrete point maps in OMNIC Atlµs, it has been possible to set the focus point for each point individually such that the software moves to that focus point when collecting the map. The software was using the focal value for the following datapoint when collecting.

This affected OMNIC, OMNIC for Dispersive Raman, and OMNIC Picta. All products are fixed with this release.

When trying to use a TQ Analyst measure-only method with a map in OMNIC Atlµs and OMNIC for Dispersive Raman by going into Quant Setup and choosing the method, Quantify remains greyed out. Also affects OMNIC and OMNIC Picta.

Recent versions of the Windows 10 OS caused the blend feature to show only the chemical image and not the video image.

The SaveMapAs command failed to save a map if the map had not changed.

When using markers in point maps the markers were used as points to collect. This has been corrected to not collect the markers as spectral points.

In some map files, when verifying a map file signature after signing it, the report will say that the file was modified since it was signed.

The discrete point maps when split did not have the correct time stamp in the spectrum. This has been resolved.

When signing a map file in a secured folder it would fail signing when logged in with admin or similar accounts.

When a map collect was complete, it did not prompt for a signature.

When saving a map file to a secure folder, the file save would not copy the file and would fail.

When saving a map profile in CSV, an audit event will be sent to record the action.

When printing a map, an audit event will be generated.

When saving a map profile in CSV, an audit event will be sent to record the action.

The date time stamp for split files with larger data sets set the time incorrectly.

The date stamp on files created by the split map command using a discrete map file did not have the correct time stamps. The time stamps will now match the time stamp of the spectrum when copied from the map to a single spectrum window in OMNIC.

When video has been calibrated and then the region information is changed in the operating system so that decimal point type is not correct, the video calibration is lost. The fix for this is to edit the OMNIC_MC.INI file. Change the decimal point in the calibration section to use either a comma or period to match the local settings then the calibration can be used.

When starting a map collect with security setup, the maps would not collect.

Extensive changes to improve memory usage, user warnings and error trapping when collecting larger maps and mosaics.

With this release, reprocessing a map file no longer loses time stamp information

OMNICMC is a component used with OMNIC Atlµs. When collecting maps on the continuum microscope using the ATR, the map collect would occasionally stop collecting and lock up OMNIC.

When selecting the split map file menu item, the folder selection button is always disabled so that the folder cannot be changed.

A change in OMNIC Atlµs 9.8 introduced a problem with the aperture usage when run with OMNIC PICTA. This does not affect OMNIC map usage.

A change in OMNIC Atlµs 9.8 introduced a problem that disabled the browse button in the split map dialog when not using data security. The browse button is now disabled only when that option is selected in a security environment.

See the OMNIC release notes for details

When doing a split map command the file extensions were not correct. This has been fixed to produce SPA type files.

The cursor keys will not move the arrow to select spectra on the map window. This has been corrected to move the selected spectrum choice when the arrow keys are used and the map window is selected.

It was found that single point maps could not be processed using the change data spacing command. It was also found that the data could not be saved for other processing cases.

This has been corrected.

Fully implemented

Terminate the application if no parent applications are running.

Warn that need to save as new map before continuing

Collecting array background with all pixel at the same location, the background spectrum was not at the defined spot.

Fixed crash when opening the OMNIC Atlµs software.

Data processing history was lost when saving a map file with the Save Map command.

Picta crashed on a large map (in preview) after collecting a mosaic.

Digital signature on a map file persisted even if the map file was changed.

Fixed to import small ENVI files

Changed to export larger file sizes

Windows 8.1 now supported

Prior Optiscan III microscope stage support added

Improved how the video images look in the mosaic

A newer version of the Sentech camera driver is being used, version 3.0.5.

An issue occurred when copying an extracted line map. It would not save correctly.

Backgrounds did not collect after a defined time period when collecting a discrete point map.

When the prompt to insert the ATR tool was shown, the stage was too close to safely insert the tool. The stage is now moved lower to allow more room.

When the OMNIC Atlµs window was open and another OMNIC window overlaid it the aperture image would sometimes show through.

When attempting to perform Kramer’s Kronig on a map it would fail the operation.

New iS50 Raman module is now fully supported

When switching to a microscope beam path, OMNIC Atlµs will automatically switch to the appropriately configured microscope. This eliminates the need to manually change configurations via the OMNIC Atlµs System Configuration dialog.

Video images from OMNIC Atlµs can be attached to individual spectra in OMNIC.

Due to length, the title bar will only display the file name and not include the path. The full path is available in the Filename entry of the Collection and Processing Information window.

An issue occurred when importing too many files. User was not warned that a failure occurred, but files were not imported.

Extracted line maps may have been incorrectly saved as area maps causing problems with post processing.

Currently the experiment option to collect background after sample does not work for maps.

Updated along with the rest of OMNIC to support 64-bit Windows.

When collecting an ATR map an exception error may be displayed if the OMNIC Atlµs window is open during the collect.

Updated along with the rest of OMNIC to add support for Windows 7.

When using the Image Analysis tool an exception error will be displayed and the feature will work.

When collecting a Point map with multiple aperture sizes, a single beam may be displayed instead of ratioed spectra.

An error was generated with the Thermo Software IQ report because of different versions of shared files between µView and OMNIC Atlµs. This issue has been resolved. No changes to the OMNIC Atlµs code were made.

Copying X and Y profiles from the profile window into a standard OMNIC window now works as expected.

In the previous version of the software adding a marker with the Marker toolbar tool generated an error message that has been corrected.

Stripes appeared in the data when using a single column of the array detector for a Continuum XL and using only elements 1-14.

When two like maps are opened in OMNIC Atlµs, the Map Math function is available. It provides the following map math functionality:

A right-click option has been added to send map spectra to the OMNIC Specta application as temporary files.

In previous versions of OMNIC Atlµs if a line map was extracted from an area map, spectral copy was not available from the profile.

When spectra are extracted they now contain X and Y dimension information.

When spectra are extracted they now contain a spectrum number associated with the collection order.

When spectra are extracted they now contain collection and processing information.

When spectra are extracted they now contain an appropriate collection time instead of just the start of the map collection.

When map files are split using the Split Map command if interferogram data is available the appropriate sample and background interferogram will be attached to the split map spectrum.

Saving discrete point map files after processing now works correctly.

The estimated collection time of a map has improved.

To get better image quality we recommend sending the video image to a virtual printer driver such as Microsoft Office OneNote, Microsoft Office Document Image Writer or a similar product. The two applications mentioned above are both part of the Microsoft Office Suite or they could also be downloaded from the Microsoft website. By using any of these types of products you can print the document to the driver which will save the image directly to a file or to an application for viewing, which is typically in the printer resolution of 300 dpi or higher. The image can then be copied and pasted into any document.

When using the Saved Background File option for collection of discrete point maps, the collected spectra are now in the correct final format.

All background options now work properly for collection of discrete point maps.

When moving the joystick, the exact dimensions now appear on the video image.

In previous versions of OMNIC Atlµs it was not possible to draw a vertical line from top to bottom correctly, it now works correctly.

The cursor mode can now change back to Select and Zoom mode from Ruler mode when in the profile map window.

Map Blend will now display properly when showing data with large data spikes.

Subtraction and Spectral Math now work better with Discrete Point Map data.

At times the PCA and PCA Recalculation principle component window was empty, they are now populated correctly.

At initialization the failure message no longer appears for the Continuum and Semprex stage combination.

The Map Blend option did not work correctly when in transmission.

The number of spectra collected with the array is now correct.

The translation files have been updated.

OMNIC Atlµs can now be used with Windows Vista.

MCR calculation will be faster than in previous versions of the software.

The result window has also changed and now shows all of the component spectra in a stacked display instead of requiring the user to scroll through them.

Interactive Kramers-Kronig for map data is now implemented

The aperture values are saved and used during collection for each discrete point map. This will require that a different background with each aperture is collected for each point.

Some enhancements have been added to the software to better support large map file processing.

Spline smoothing is now the default option for the initial display of the map window.

When switching between IR and Raman the video calibration information is switched also.

The navigation arrows in PCA were not working correctly, they are now working as expected.

Truncate data set now writes correctly to the data file.

When opening experiment files with map information saved and the OMNIC Atlµs window open, the map may not display as expected (the area rectangle, line or discrete points). If they do not appear, just close and reopen the OMNIC Atlµs window to get them to display.

The desktop icon for OMNIC Atlµs , the About dialog information and the OMNIC Atlµs splash screen have been updated with new company branding information.

The help information for OMNIC Atlµs software has been changed to HTML. Some behavior found in previous versions of the software may be different.

Save video image will now save images as default in .jpg format instead of .bmp format.

The Discard Small Variances option in the Principal Component Analysis window improves the PCA results by "zeroing out" very low intensity spectra.

Click the Sigma button in the Principal Component Analysis window to see the overall strength of each component at all measured sample points in the map. The symbol on the button becomes blue. In this mode you can still click above the component numbers to display components, but moving the cross hairs in the contour map has no effect on the component strength bars. (Moving the cross hairs just displays the spectrum collected at the new location.) To return to the normal mode, click the Sigma button again.

Smoothing is now the default state when displaying data in the map window.

The single beam collection for collections with a final format other than single beam has been corrected.

The option for using stored focus locations previously used only for Discrete Point maps in the Focus dialog of Experiment Setup now applies to all types of map data collection.

Previously known as the velocity parameter, the value indicates twice the velocity of the moving mirror rather than the mirror velocity.

The clip data outside color range option works on both 3-D views of the data and for the 2D data display.

The default polynomial order for smoothing is now 1 instead of 4

Automatic full scale now works following a Full Scale operation.

Issues were addressed to correctly install the visualization tools for the OMNIC Atlµs software.

The arrows in the PCA analysis window previously did not work correctly, they were backwards. This issue has been addressed and the arrows now work as expected.

Large discrete map collections can now be completed correctly. Previous errors may have prohibited discrete map collections larger than 100 points to fail.

The Microscope User’s Guide Link is now functioning correctly and launching the appropriate help file.

The Microscope Tour has been removed from the software.

Calibration can now be done by using the ATR Calibration button in the System Configuration dialog. If ATR is available the user will see this button. The user can create calibrations for the ATR crystals and retrieve them at a later time just as they do with video calibrations.

Support has been added to the OMNIC Atlµs software to support a digital camera. Please contact our sales representative to get available digital camera options. The user can now select to use a digital camera and modify the camera settings.

For customers with a digital camera, there is support for video image cropping. The video cropping is available in the System Configuration dialog.

A new option was added to allow the user to duplicate currently existing video calibrations so they can be slightly modified for new calibrations.

In previous versions of the software the split spectral files all contained the same time and date information in the header when split from the map file. This has been modified and the spectral data files now contain time and date information that reflects the collection progress.

When deleting sieves in Image Analysis the deleted sieve would not be removed from the list correctly. This issue has been addressed and the deletion works properly. Sieve properties can only be used once, for example two separate sieves 500 <Area and Area <2000 cannot be added to the sieve list. Area can only be used as a property in one sieve. Because of this, sieve properties that currently exist in the sieve list will be removed temporarily so they cannot be used again. When sieves are deleted the properties will be added back to the list.

Saving line map profiles only worked in previous version by copying the spectrum to another OMNIC window and selecting Save from the file menu to save as CSV. This can still be done, but the Save profile as CSV menu item in the OMNIC Atlµs menu will perform this task also.

To use Image Analysis with the video image, the video pane must be displayed. In previous versions of the software you could select video image without the video pane being displayed and the Image Analysis window would be empty.

The color scheme and smoothing options selected in the map window are now honored in the blend video and 2D display window.

The estimated collection time for ViewStage collections is now closer to the actual time.

Cue cards now work correctly in the Create Calibration dialog.

If a user home position had been defined, the XY position displayed in the OMNIC Atlµs window was not correct following a stage initialization. This required OMNIC to be restarted.

This has been corrected and the XY cursor position is now correct following stage initialization.

The Y axis display was not working correctly with the checkbox option in Display Setup, this issue has been addressed.

When stepping through the line map points, the first point is no longer skipped. Previous versions of the software sometimes skipped this point if the user did not select the correct position.

Additional text was added when prompting for the ATR crystal.

When clicking on a result in the Image Analysis histogram, the corresponding feature is now highlighted.

The Z position slider is now working correctly.

Experiment aperture information is now updated from both the Aperture Dimensions dialog and by using the pointer tool in the OMNIC Atlµs window if the experiment file aperture type is set to Rectangular. If the aperture value in the experiment file is set to None, adjusting the aperture with the Aperture Dimensions dialog or by using the arrow tool will not update the experiment file parameters. When resetting the aperture to the default setting, the experiment file parameters will also be reset to the default settings. Therefore, the current aperture setting, if set to rectangular in the experiment file, will be used during collection.

All components can be used for Image Analysis from the MCR and PCA windows. Previously, only component one could be used in Image Analysis.

Saving an area map profile will save correctly, previously it used only the profile saved during the collection.

After canceling an ATR collection the ATR will break contact with the sample. This will prevent any potential damage to the sample.

Image analysis has been added to allow the user to get more information from the video and chemical images. Users can apply filters to the image to sharpen, reduce noise or smooth the data. The user can then select multiple parameters and use Feature Sizing to get feature information from the image data. Feature information may include area, perimeter, circularity, feret, or center of mass measurements. Image analysis can be performed on the image displayed in the window, including zoomed images.

The user can perform Multivariate Curve Resolution on the map data to find pure component information. Along with Principal Component Analysis this can be a powerful tool to get additional information from your dataset.

Oversampling is now a linear array collect option.

New tools have been added to use on the PCA window. The user can now use a circular mask tool and a polygon mask tool. Using Image Analysis the user may also specify a mask created by the Image Analysis.

A ruler tool has been added to the video and 2D image of the map window.

Support has been added for WDM cameras. We now offer the option of purchasing a 2 megapixel WDM camera to use with the OMNIC Atlµs 7.2 and µView 7.2 software. These cameras can be configured in the System Configuration dialog just like the previous cameras.

A new configuration option was added to support Continuum microscopes without automation.

Alpha blending is added to the Blend 2D and video window. The user can now specify how much of either image should be blended.

A new right click menu item has been added to the video image right click menu. This menu option, Match chemical image size, will set the chemical and video image to the same size. This can be useful when using Blend 2D and video image.

A Copy Video Image command has been added to the Edit menu in OMNIC. This will allow the user to copy the live video image when the OMNIC Atlµs window is visible. The user may also copy the video image window by using the Copy command in the Edit menu.

If the Z stage is not initialized certain tools in the OMNIC Atlµs window toolbar and buttons in the System Configuration dialog will not be available. The tools that are not available will have red lines through them to indicate that they are not available.

The ruler measurement value has been added to the status window in the OMNIC Atlµs and map windows.

The user can now use the PCA data and recalculate the data cube by selecting PCA recalculation. The user is able to remove information from the original cube to build a new cube.

Linear array element and row information is now stored in the option information. The user can select the information just as they did in OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 and OMNIC Atlµs 7.1a, but the information will be stored globally and it will not change with each experiment file.

An audible tone option at the end of collection has been added to the collect options.

Now you can save more than one profile in one map profile. You can create the profile, select the Save button and name the profile. You may also see each of the profiles using the Show Current Profile option. Profiles can be deleted when displaying in the profile window.

OMNIC Atlµs map files can be split into JDX or JCAMP files. Users can also select the Import command from the file menu and open up multiple JCAMP files to create a line map.

By selecting multiple SPA and CSV files, the user can create a linear map file.

When the Limit Stage Travel option is on the user will see a new icon in the upper left corner of the OMNIC Atlµs window. The user will also see more messages when they try to select maps outside the limits of the stage travel.

Users will now be able to copy and print the information displayed in the Blend 2D and video dialog.

By pressing the ESC key while animation is running, the animation will stop.

For those 3D images with a high intensity peak the limits can be changed to truncate the data so the peaks at lower intensity can be visible.

The RGB display can now be used with Quant data.

The user can now copy more than one spectrum from the map window to an OMNIC window.

Set home to current is now a right click option in the OMNIC Atlµs window. You can also access this from the Move Stage dialog.

Ruler and annotation overlays are saved with the image.

The cursor can be hidden in the 2D and 3D panes of the map window.

New controls have been added to the RGB window to modify the amounts for Red, Green and Blue in the blended image.

The 3D display setup options allow for a waterfall display similar to the display in the OMNIC Atlµs 2.6 software.

Menu items such as opening a map file, saving a map file, map processing commands and OMNIC Atlµs help are now integrated into OMNIC menus. All OMNIC Atlµs menu commands were previously located only in the OMNIC Atlµs menu.

When setting up an experiment, the user can enter experiment information all in Experiment Setup. Collect and bench information can be set in the Collect and Bench tabs and mapping specific information can be set in the Mapping tab. All experiment parameter information will be saved in the experiment file when saved and retrieved when the experiment file is reopened.

When viewing data in OMNIC Atlµs 7.1, the windows are flexible. The panes can be resized and the window panes may be hidden or displayed. The user has the option to set up an initial window layout in Options and then later modify that layout specifically for each map display.

Mapping options are now integrated under the Options menu item in the Edit Menu. Options such as annotation colors, default step size and initial mapping display window options can be set similar to window options in standard OMNIC.

The OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 software supports the full mapping capabilities of the Continuum XL. In Experiment Setup users can select the array detector, select the pixel and rows options and collect array data.

The OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 software has new 2D and 3D displays of the map data. The 3D display can be rotated and panned and colors can be changed from the mapping window.

By selecting Display Setup from the View menu, the user can manipulate all standard map, 2D, 3D and video parameters.

All system configuration settings such as microscope com port settings, autofocus options, ATR options, camera selection and XY stage selection can be found under the System Configuration menu item in the OMNIC Atlµs menu.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 no longer supports separate calibration .cal files. All calibrations are saved and can be selected from the System Configuration options under the OMNIC Atlµs menu. Default calibrations are also available at installation time for some standard calibrations.

When collecting single point data, all of the data is stored in a single map file. The collected data can also store video information if desired.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1allows users to add a digital signature to the map files. Other OMNIC DS security features are also implemented. See the OMNIC documentation to get more information.

When viewing the map data the video mosaic display is always displayed. There is no longer the need to go to a separate window to view the mosaic. The mosaic can also be copied and printed.

When using Quant as the selected profile, the quantify command is integrated into OMNIC using Quant Setup and Quantify. The user can now display more than one component in the quant results.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 provides Principal Component Analysis (PCA) capability. The user may perform PCA on the original map data, derivative data or smoothed data.

The 2D display and the video display can be blended together.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 provides support for right click menus. Many commands in both the OMNIC Atlµs window and the map window displays can be found by right clicking in the selected pane. Data can be copied, panes can be hidden and video source parameters can be modified.

When processing map data, the functions will be performed on the data in memory. The results will not be written to disk until the user chooses to save the data or the user will be prompted when map windows are closed for modified data. Some process functions have been modified to be interactive. The user may select specific map spectra to view the results prior to modifying the entire data cube.

All microscope and OMNIC Atlµs user documentation can be accessed from the Help menu.

ENVI data files can be imported and exported from OMNIC Atlµs 7.1. Data can also be exported to OMNIC Atlµs 2.6b format.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 supports a new file format that supports larger data sets.

Video images can be saved in more formats than before. They can now be saved in jpeg and tiff formats as well as bmp.

New tools have been added to the OMNIC Atlµs window. The user can now select calibrations from the toolbar, move to marker positions, and step through the data point locations, view full stage range and go to home position all with the click of a tool.

Users can limit the travel of the stage, this can be set up manually or with the help of a wizard.

Home position can be reset to any position the user specifies. It no longer has to be at the center position.

Stage initialization no longer happens automatically when the software is started or the system is powered up. The user has the ability to initialize the XY stage anytime and to initialize the Z stage when required after a system is powered back up.

Data spacing can be changed on map files both spectrally and spatially. The spatial data spacing change adds the pixels.

Map data can be truncated both spectrally and spatially.

All map files can be split into separate spectral data files. The data files can be .spa, csv or gaml files. Even discrete point collection map files can be split into separate data files.

After performing PCA on the map data. The user has the option to blend the components in the RGB display window. Each of the components may be selected to blend together to see the results.

When collecting discrete data the user can delete data points as well as add data points.

The map data can be animated to step through all frequency values in the data cube. The 2D and 3D displays will update as the animation is running.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 supports the new XL mapping stage.

OMNIC Atlµs 7.1 supports the new XL Data Grabber card.

When OMNIC Atlµs and µView are running at the same time there may be conflicts with the video. This information has been added to a message that will appear when either application is launched while the other application is running.

When multiple discrete sample points were added and deleted they did not update correctly.

Zooming to a single point in the OMNIC Atlµs window did not work correctly. Now this point will be centered in the window.

The array did not snap to an array size less than 28 pixels.

The units of the line map profiles were updated to show intensity.

The mosaic capture feature speed has been improved.

When the color box was closed the window did not redraw correctly.

This option no longer requires the user to select a background point in the map sequence.

When collecting a mosaic near the edge of the stage, the user is limited so the collection is not incorrect, this helps ViewStage and MicroStage users.

View Stage users were required to go into System Configuration to get the stage to move.

Users can now copy the profile from the profile window for line map profiles.

Users can now see a wireframe display without surface and the profile lines work to display in the different planes.

Full range in the PCA right click menu on the spectrum only set the contour and 3D display to full range, not the spectra.

When splitting a map the end result has one less spectrum than it should have.

Fixed some issues with context sensitive help and help buttons.

Display setup sometimes did not appear for Raman data, profile data.

A prompt was added for crystal insertion during ATR mapping.

When collecting background with ATR the sample should not be in contact.

When a feature is very small, less than one pixel wide, the feature size perimeter will be set to -1.

When initialization of the Z stage has not been completed, all of the buttons that require Z information will be unusable by the user.

When using the save map relative option with a linear array, your sample map overlay will appear shifted, this option should be used carefully when using the linear array.

The step size is set to 1.0 to indicate one pixel.

The spectrum window y-axis limits are set by the first spectrum shown. If automatic full scale is not selected, the y-axis limits do not update for each spectrum and if the y-axis limits of the spectrum are not within the limits of the window, it will appear that the spectrum is invisible. To remedy this, select the automatic full scale menu item in the View menu or use the right mouse button in the spectrum window to select a menu of operations. Select full range to auto scale the entire spectrum.

Each time the microscope is powered up the Z stage initialization will need to be completed or the user will be warned when showing the OMNIC Atlµs window. After the initialization, Z initialization is not necessary and the button is disabled until the system goes through another power cycle.

Sometimes the user cannot see the residual in the spectral window, this is caused by a zero residual component.

The unit values shown in the navigation pane on the Profile windows indicate the units of the spectrum not the units of the profile.

Map files are saved in the initial mapping directory which by default is the spectral subdirectory. The spectral subdirectory was selected for security purposes, this can be changed to OMNIC Atlµs which it has been in past versions of the software.

To stop the animation in the map window, either select the Animation menu item again in the OMNIC Atlµs menu or click on the X-View control.

The Y-Axis label may not be visible in the spectrum window, if the option is selected in the Display Setup options, resize the window so the full label can be displayed.

You can perform an analysis on an image displayed in a map window, profile window, PCA results window or MCR window. If the user has zoomed in on an area of the image in the map (or other) window, that is now the "image displayed in" the map (or other) window.

In the Display Limits dialog box (available through Display Limits in the View menu), the features in the Map View Ranges box work as described for the features in the Spatial Limits box shown in the "Setting and display limits" section of the OMNIC Atlµs User’s Guide. The X Limits and Y Limits features are now named "X-Range" and "Y-Range".

On the 3-D View tab of the Display Setup dialog box (available through Display Setup in the View menu), the Show Surface and Profile Lines check boxes cannot be selected at the same time. This means that the 3-D image can be displayed in the form of profile lines only without the surface plot present.

Map interferograms (<map filename>_ifg.map) can only be viewed. Do not try to process these files or use them with reprocess. These files are required to reprocess map files but you must select the map file not the corresponding _Ifg.map file.

When one of the spectra is bad, truncate the map to avoid the bad pixel.

Not all controls and dialogs have context sensitive help, please refer to the OMNIC Atlµs Help Topics or OMNIC Atlµs User’s Guide options in the Help menu for more information.

Collect Map Background menu items have been removed from the menu when using OMNIC for Dispersive Raman with OMNIC Atlµs.

The Add Background Point right click menu option has been removed from the menu when using OMNIC for Dispersive Raman with OMNIC Atlµs.

In previous versions of the software when trying to truncate a depth profile map the software reported an Invalid Value.

In the previous version of the software adding a marker with the Marker toolbar tool generated an error message that has been corrected.

Line depth profile maps now display the correct number of points in the map information instead of just 1.

The estimated collection time of a map with auto-exposures has improved.

To get better image quality we recommend sending the video image to a virtual printer driver such as Microsoft Office OneNote, Microsoft Office Document Image Writer or a similar product. The two applications mentioned above are both part of the Microsoft Office Suite or they could also be downloaded from the Microsoft website. By using any of these types of products you can print the document to the driver which will save the image directly to a file or to an application for viewing, which is typically in the printer resolution of 300 dpi or higher. The image can then be copied and pasted into any document.

The OMNIC Atlµs window annotation no longer bleeds through into the Experiment Setup window.

Atlµs for Dispersive Raman can now be used with Windows Vista.

Support functions have been added for the DXR Microscope instrument.

Splitting line map files failed in previous versions, it is working now.

The map collection time estimation has been updated.

The desktop icon for OMNIC Atlµs, the About dialog information and the OMNIC Atlµs splash screen have been updated with new company branding information.

The help information for OMNIC Atlµs software has been changed to HTML. Some behavior found in previous versions of the software may be different.

Save video image will now save images as default in .jpg format instead of .bmp format.

The Discard Small Variances option in the Principal Component Analysis window improves the PCA results by "zeroing out" very low intensity spectra.

Click the Sigma button in the Principal Component Analysis window to see the overall strength of each component at all measured sample points in the map. The symbol on the button becomes blue. In this mode you can still click above the component numbers to display components, but moving the cross hairs in the contour map has no effect on the component strength bars. (Moving the cross hairs just displays the spectrum collected at the new location.) To return to the normal mode, click the Sigma button again.

Smoothing is now the default state when displaying data in the map window.

The list of possible objectives has been modified to include another option.

The clip data outside color range option works on both 3-D views of the data and for the 2D data display.

The default polynomial order for smoothing is now 1 instead of 4

Automatic full scale now works following a Full Scale operation.

Issues were addressed to correctly install the visualization tools for the OMNIC Atlµs software.

The arrows in the PCA analysis window previously did not work correctly, they were backwards. This issue has been addressed and the arrows now work as expected.

The Microscope User’s Guide Link is now functioning correctly and launching the appropriate help file.

The Microscope Tour has been removed from the software.

Splitting depth profile maps created with 7.3 now works properly.

The copy and paste function did not work properly when copying the profile pane from the profile window in 7.3 when using depth profile maps. This now works properly in this version.

_Ifg data files will no longer be saved with Almega data collections since this data is not needed for dispersive Raman.

The joystick is now working properly with the Microstage hardware.

Splitting discrete point maps into separate spectral data files now works properly.

Image analysis has been added to allow the user to get more information from the video and chemical images. Users can apply filters to the image to sharpen, reduce noise or smooth the data. The user can then select multiple parameters and use Feature Sizing to get feature information from the image data. Feature information may include area, perimeter, circularity, feret, or center of mass measurements. Image analysis can be performed on the image displayed in the window, including zoomed images.

Help documentation has been combined with the OMNIC Atlµs User’s Guide and OMNIC Atlµs context sensitive help.

Depth profile line and area maps can now be collected with OMNIC Atlµs 7.1. Depth profile maps can be set up from within Experiment Setup on the mapping tab.

Experiment Setup for all map types is integrated with other experiment setup parameters using the Experiment Setup tabs.

When collecting a mosaic near the edge of the stage, the user is limited so the collection is not incorrect.

View Stage users were required to go into System Configuration to get the stage to move.

Not all controls and dialogs have context sensitive help, please refer to the OMNIC Atlµs Help Topics or Atlµs for Almega User’s Guide options in the Help menu for more information.