Work with batches

Start a new batch

On the Batch processing page:

  1. Click New.

  2. In the Job toolbox pane, click the jobs you want to add to the batch. Point to a job to see a short description. The jobs are added to the Batch jobs workspace pane.

  3. Note that some jobs have additional settings. In the Batch jobs pane, make any changes to the job settings.

  4. Use the icons at the bottom of the pane to:

    • Move a selected job up or down the list.

    • Remove a selected job from the list.

    • Reverse the order of the selected jobs.

    • Remove all jobs and clear the list.

  5. Verify that you have added an Output target job as the last job in the batch.

    Note

    At least one Output target job must be run in the batch. If no output target has been selected, the job Radiometric JPEG will be added automatically and run as the last job in the batch.

  6. At the lower right corner, click the Next screen arrow.

  7. In the Image library pane, navigate to the folder where you have stored the images you want to run the batch on.

  8. Add the images:

    • To add a single image, click the image and then click To batch.

    • To add multiple images, click the images while pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and then click To batch.

    • To add all images in the folder, first select all images using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + A, and then click the To batch.

      You can also go up one level in the file system hierarchy and select the folder, and then click the To batch.

    The selected images are added to the Batch files pane.

  9. Use the icons at the bottom of the pane to:

    • Move a selected file up or down the list.

    • Remove a selected file from the list.

    • Sort the files by name, or by date and time.

    • Reverse the order of the selected files.

    • Remove all files and clear the list.

  10. At the lower right corner, click the Next screen arrow.

  11. To make changes to the overlay settings or to change the output folder, click Settings.

  12. To run the batch, click Start processing.

  13. The output files are shown in the Processed files pane. If the Open output folder when done check box is selected in Settings, File Explorer will also open and show the output files in the defined output folder.

  14. To take a closer look at a result file and edit it if necessary, right-click the file in the Processed files pane, and then click Edit.

    The image is opened in the image editor. For more information, see Edit images manually.

Note

If you conduct two consecutive runs of the same batch, the Start processing icon will not be displayed to start the second run. Instead, click Start processing in the toolbar.

Save a batch as a template

Create a batch and save it as a template to be used at a later time.

On the Batch processing page:

  1. Click New.

  2. In the Job toolbox pane, click the jobs you want to add to the batch. Point to the job to see a short description of it. The jobs are added to the Batch jobs pane.

  3. In the Batch jobs pane, make any changes to the job settings.

  4. Use the icons at the bottom of the pane to:

    • Move a selected job up or down in the list.

    • Remove a selected job from the list.

    • Reverse the order of the selected jobs.

    • Remove all jobs and clear the list.

  5. Verify that you have added an Output target job as the last job in the batch.

    Note

    At least one Output target job must be run in the batch. If no output target has been selected, the job Radiometric JPEG will be added automatically and run as the last job in the batch.

  6. Click Export.

  7. In the Save as dialog, browse to the folder where you want to store the batch template, type a name for it, and then click Save.

Open a saved batch

To open a previously created and saved batch template, follow this procedure:

  1. On the Batch processing page, click Open.

  2. In the Open dialog, browse to the folder where you have saved the batch template.

  3. Click the batch template, and then click Open.

    The jobs included in the batch are listed in the Batch jobs workspace pane.

Create videos from images

Use the predefined batch Create videos from images to create a video (MJPEG format) from a number of thermal images:

  1. On the Home page, click Create video from images. This opens the batch job on the Batch processing page.

  2. At the lower right corner, click the Next screen arrow.

  3. In the Image library pane, navigate to the folder where you have stored the images you want to create a video of.

  4. Add the images:

    • To add a single image, click the image and then click To batch.

    • To add multiple images, click the images while pressing the CTRL key on your keyboard, and then click To batch.

    • To add all images in the folder, first select all images using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + A, and then click the To batch.

      You can also go up one level in the file system hierarchy and select the folder, and then click the To batch.

    The selected images are added to the Batch files pane.

  5. Use the icons at the bottom of the pane to:

    • Move a selected file up or down the list.

    • Remove a selected file from the list.

    • Sort the files by name, or by date and time.

    • Reverse the order of the selected files.

    • Remove all files and clear the list.

  6. At the lower right corner, click the Next screen arrow.

  7. To make changes to the overlay settings or to change the output folder, click Settings.

  8. To run the batch, click Start processing.

  9. The output video file is shown in the Processed files pane. If the Open output folder when done check box is selected in Settings, File Explorer will also open and show the output video file in the defined output folder.