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Gathering data

Before can you start gathering data, you will first need to start a new document by opening or scanning an image of your graph.

Next, you will need to tell ScanIt how the pixels on your screen translate to coordinates in your plot by defining your axes.

Once this is done, there are three modes in which you can gather data:

  1. you can manually pick data points from your graph with the mouse,
  2. you can automatically trace a curve in your graph,
  3. you can automatically find symbols in your graph.

The data you have gathered, you can then manipulate your data, and use you data in other applications.

See also: Manual pick mode, Trace curve mode, Scan for symbols mode,

INDEX
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.GIF
.JPG
.PNG
.SID
.TIF
.TXT
Acknowledgements
Adjusting data points
Axes definition
Background color
Bitmap file
Black and white filter
Brightness
Clipboard
Contrast
Coordinates
Creating a data set
Crop
Curves
Data files
Data format
Data sets
Defaults
Defining your axes
Deleting data
Disclaimer
Editing data
Erasing data
Exporting data
Filtering your image
Format
Getting started
Graphics Interchange File format (GIF)
Gray scale filter
Highlighting edges of colored regions
Hot keys
Importing images from other applications
Introduction
Inverting colors
JPEG files
Keyboard shortcuts
License
Lines between data points
Logarithmic axes
Manipulating data
Manually picking points
Marker color
Marker size
Mode
Moving data points
New data set
New window
Opening documents
Opening images
Pasting images
Picking points
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
printf format strings
Reducing color resolution
Removing data
Removing noise
Resampling data
Saving documents
Saving your image
ScanIt Document files (SID)
Scanning for symbols
Scanning points on a curve
Selected marker color
Selecting data
Shortcut keys
Significant digits
Snap
Sorting data
Starting a document
Symbols
System requirements
Tagged Image File Format (TIF)
Text files
Trace recursion level
Using your data in other applications
Zoom View
CONTENT
 Welcome to ScanIt
 The document windows
 Storing and loading documents
 The Zoom View
 Preparing your image
 Gathering data
 Defining your axes
 Manual pick mode
 Trace curve mode
 Scan for symbols mode
 Manipulating data
 Using data in other applications
 Options
 Keyboard shortcuts
 Disclaimer and license