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When happy with the crop box location, click/touch CROP Image (Figure 8). The display will change to show the cropped image and the Save Image button (Figure 9) will be enabled. 

Figure 8. Crop Image button

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Click Save Image and you are finished!  The Sample  Image files are stored in 'C:\Data\in', and the Section Information window will be displayed to repeat the process for the next section. Image Removed

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To rescan, click Discard Image and confirm when prompted to discard.

If you have enabled the printing of the VCD forms, then the Create VCD Scratch toggle switch will appear and you can use this to temporarily halt the printing of the forms. To disable the VCD forms from printing, you'll need to ask the technical staff.

Printing VCD forms?

When you click Save Image a progress window opens. The application is saving the three images, and also opening Excel and copying the image into an Excel template that is saved and printed. You'll see the Excel icon light up in the Window' task bar and a notice will appear indicating that the VCD has been sent to the printer.

While Excel is formatting and printing the VCD form, do NOT open Excel. Doing so will cause numerous error messages to be displayed and may prevent future VCD forms from printing. In this case Excel is hung and its process will need to be killed using the Window' Task Manager.Image files are stored in C:\\Data\Archive\Image\subfolder (U####)VCD auto print is enabled (Figure 10), a sheet with the current image will be automatically print. Core Describers can use this sheet as a base for their descriptions.

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Figure 10. Set VCDS Parameters window

 Uploading Image To Lims

To up load upload the images into the database MegaUploadaTron5001 MegaUploadaTron must be running in background. If not already started do the following:

1. On the desktop, click the MUT icon on the bottom task bar(Figure 11).
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Figure 11. MUT icon

2. The following window (Figure 12) will appear:Image Removed

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Figure 12. LIMS Uploader Window

3. Check Automatic Upload in the lower right hand corner and then click the minimize window and MUT will run in background. The uploaded data will be moved from 'C:\Data\in' to 'C:\Data\archive'

Retrieving and Viewing Images from LIMS

1. LORE
   1. Go to LORE Reports at http://web.ship.iodp.tamu.edu/LORE/ .
   2. Under Select Report, choose Images > Core Section (LSIMG).
   3. Under Select Sample Range Hierarchy Search, specify Expedition, Site, Hole, Core and Section image(s) to retrieve.
   4. Click View Data or Batch download data/image linked files and specify with column of files to download (TIF, JPG cropped, and/or JGP original)if you want the uncropped or cropped .jpg image.
2. LIVE
   1. Open LORE LIVE at http://web.ship.iodp.tamu.edu/LIVE/ .
   2. Click Template to choose the viewing options for the available templates.
   3. Click Exp, Site and Hole to view a drop-down list of available holes, and select a hole.
   4. Select any templatethe appropriate template (e.g. PP_LSIMG_SHMSL) , and then click View Data to view SHIL images in the Section Photos LSIMG column.
   5. Click on any section in the Samples Recovery column to zoom in on the SHIL image.
3. LSIMG QAQC
   1. Open LSIMG QAQC at http://ship.iodp.tamu.edu/QAQC/index
   2. Click Exp, Site, Hole, Core to select the appropriate images
   3. Click View Report to generate the report
   4. A list will populate with any errors showing the exact section

Whole Round 360° Imaging Instructions

The SHIL also can be used to image the external surface of whole round hard rock cores in order to assemble a 360° composite image of the whole round. Using the custom whole round scanning tray, the whole round core surface is imaged four times at the 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° orientation from the splitting line. The Imaging Specialist will download the images and assemble a composite image from the four scans and upload the composite separately.

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1. Remove the section half scanning tray from the SHIL and replace it with the whole round scanning tray making sure to align the blocks correctly (Figure 13). Note that the rotating section of the tray has 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270° markings on each end and that the rotating section will click and lock into each orientation.
2. Place the split liner section with the whole round core on the tray below the SHIL and align the top with the 0cm on the ruler on the tray.
3. Remove the 0° aluminum strip and one from either side from the scanning tray. Move the dry, oriented pieces into the tray keeping their offsets as close as possible and align the splitting line with the 0° orientation.
4. Replace the non-zero aluminum strip and rotate the tray so that the 0° position is up, facing the camera.
5. Loading of the scanning tray can also be done elsewhere, such as the splitting room, and the tray carried over to the SHIL.

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  Figure 13. Alignment blocks position for whole round imaging

Enter Sample Information

1. Click START and the Sample SHIL Section Information screen (Figure 3) will appear.
2. Scan the section barcode from the endcap.
3. Select the 360 Imaging type and the default quadrant will be 0°. Select Dry-Hard Rock. Click TAKE A PICTURE.
4. When the scan is finished, the image cropping window will open. Crop the image along the core liner and save it.
5. The whole round rotation window will open and the rotation angle will default to the next quadrant, in this case, 90°.
6. Replace the aluminum strip and rotate the tray to the next position, remove the aluminum strip facing up. Ensure that the rotation angle setting in the window is that same as on the tray. Click TAKE A PICTURE.
7. Continue the cropping, rotating and scanning process until all quadrants are complete. Once the images are uploaded to the database, the Imaging Specialist will create the 360 composite image and upload it to the database. If an image needs to be discarded, the software returns to the main screen and the user will need to start over, however, the user can select which quadrant to start on.

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