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Default Image Setting Screen
The Default Image Setting screen opens when you click the Settings (crossed hammer and wrench) on the Add/Edit Patient Images screen. It was briefly discussed earlier because it contains the Scanner, Digital Camera, and Video Capture Settings buttons. When the Scanner, Digital Camera, and Video Capture settings were discussed, we mentioned that each of these settings had a “quality” setting slider control. You could increase the quality of the image but you would also be increasing the size of the image and vice versa. These controls affected images coming from scanners, digital cameras, and intraoral cameras respectively.

Existing Image Save Setting
The Existing Image Save Setting seen on the Default Image Setting screen controls the quality of images that are already in a patient’s record and have been modified and then re-recorded. For example, if you have an already acquired x-ray image existing in a patient’s record and you wish to increase the brightness, you bring it up in the Image Effects screen. After changing the brightness the image must be recorded with the Save button. The amount of compression used to re-save this image (if it is a JPEG or PNG) and therefore its size and image quality, is determined by the Existing Image Save Setting on the Default Image Setting screen.

Export Setting
If you are exporting a JPEG or a PNG image (compressible images) the Export Setting slider control will govern the compression of the exported image. Again, the higher the quality the less the compression and the larger the file and vice versa.

Imported Image Rotation
This feature will not be implemented by most users, but if you are experiencing a regular rotation of your images as they are being imported from your scanner, this choice can be set to permanently correct the rotation.