SPIP Changelog

What's new in SPIP 6.7.9

Nov 12, 2019

Improved linewise leveling with use of AOI
New Feature:
Corrected possible truncated text in measure text box of Curve window for high resolution display
Correction:
Corrected potential crash when reading NanoSys .axz files

New in SPIP 6.7.8 (Mar 20, 2019)

New in SPIP 6.7.6 (Nov 16, 2018)

New in SPIP 6.7.5 (Sep 5, 2018)

New in SPIP 6.7.4 (Jul 4, 2018)

Basic Module:
Positions for point spectroscopy in images are now displayed for the Nanosurf format
The XY scaling dialog now "remembers" its options including the physical length of the scale bar
The XY Scaling Dialog now re-calculates "physical length" according to the scale factor and the automatically found scale bar when opening a previously saved setting
Fixed bug which caused an "undo" when the Inspection Box edge was clicked
In case the cursors both are all the way to the left in on a curve "Mean 1-2" is now reported as the value at the current cursor position and not the mean of the entire curve
The usual profile window keyboard short cuts are now disabled in the XY Scaling dialog
Solved problem with some Omicron Matrix scans not being opened
Corrected reading of certain types of Nanosurf force volume files, bug occurred in version 6.7.3
Solved wrong scaling in histograms saved in bcr/bcrf/ascii (bug occurred in version 6.7.0)
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Fixed problem with inappropriate unit scaling in texture analysis for non scalable units (e.g. degrees)
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Solved problem with wrong classification coloring of measure shapes
Fixed missing recalculation of Measure Shape parameters after delete and undo of Measure Shapes
Fixed potential crash when opening Particle Analysis settings after undoing the delete of some Measure Shapes
Reporting of nearest neighbor distance is now disabled in case there is only one Measure Shape
Particle & Pore results column order now initially follows the order in the parameter setup dialog, and it is now again (stopped in 6.4) possible to customize column positions
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Force curve "Dissipated Energy" is now reported in femto Joule by default
Unintended layer change and image flickering when browsing through extracted curves in a force volume image is now avoided
The "Equal Deflection" image option for a force volume image is now always enable even if no curves have been extracted and selected
Blank cells for "Energy" in the force curve analysis result table are now not counted in statistics
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Fixed x axis offset bug in displayed curve when using the "Average inside box" function for CITS images
dI/dV and other derived IV curves now update automatically when the source IV curve is modified (filtered, offset etc.)
Plug-In Interface Module:
In Batch processing any plug-in step will now use the active image as source instead, as before, the first image in the case that windows are not closed before every image is processed
Repaired missing support for scatter curves in plug-ins occurring in version 6.4

New in SPIP 6.6.5 (Feb 13, 2017)

New in SPIP 6.6.4 (Dec 21, 2016)

New in SPIP 6.6.3 (Nov 7, 2016)

Basic Module:
Cross hair profile lines are now easier to hit with the mouse
+ for zoom in both directions in curves now works again (stopped working in version 6.4.4)
Plane performed by Open Options is not undo´able anymore and therefore does not take up memory for the undo
Fixed problem with cursors jumping erratically when moved in force-separation curves and other (x,y) scatter charts
Radius of curvature and cone angle read outs are now displayed (if enabled) also when there is no active cursor
Solved problem with moving cross hair profiles with keyboard arrow buttons
Fixed issue with resize handles being active on the Inspection Box marker, even when they were not displayed
Fixed issue with Inspection Box sometimes not live updating when created from a Batch script
When number of cursors is set to None for a cross section profile the cursors now instantly disappear in the image
Fixed issue with data windows sometimes appear to be "dead" after scrolling the workspace using the mouse wheel
Fixed handling of border pixels in the Sobel gradient image calculation
Fixed missing update of cross section profile position in View Settings (in Comparison View)
Fixed crash when spinning the y axis "Range" button in the ribbon for curves when the ribbon is minimized
Fixed potential crash after closing an STS image where some curves have been toggled off
Corrected wrong link to website from License Management Dialog
"Force curve" tag is now written once and not twice to file when saving in the .asc
Fixed wrong units in some Hysitron nanoindenter images
Fixed problem with some NanoSurf .nid image files, which were interpreted as profiles
Calibration Module:
Fixed issue with the XY Linearity function not completing on images with uneven number of pixels. Issue occurred in SPIP 6.4
Correlation Averaging Module:
The computation time for performing Correlation Averaging on large images has been reduced
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Zooming now also works for the hardness indent decoration displayed in the image during hardness analysis
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Fixed crash in when using Auto Detect in Watershed - Packed Features mode while changing the Slope Noise Reduction % factor
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
Active Reporter: Specific report items for XY Linearity unit cell coordinates and lengths have been added
Fixed issue with Inspection Box sometimes not live updating when created from a Batch script
Active Reporter: Specific report items for XY Linearity unit cell coordinates and lengths have been added
Bath scripts will now continue to the end, skipping all items, if the source window is closed, instead of freezing up
Filter Module:
Added missing Undo on Filter-Erode
ImageMet Explorer Module:
Icons for CITS and force volume images are now plane corrected in ImageMet Explorer as this often gives a better preview
The speed for changing folders in ImageMet Explorer has been increased even more and it is now possible to enter a network path in the address line even though Windows has not been able to discover that path
The column widths in the IM Explorer Details View are now initially smaller, better fitting the column contents
IM Explorer now shows all thumbnails using the default SPIP color scale; before some greyscale images would be displayed as greyscale even though they would appear with a color scale in SPIP
Forward/backwards buttons are now follow the browsing history
Date sorting of sub images with same time stamp in a multi image file is now consistent
Time stamps for sub images in RHK .sm4 files are now extracted correctly from files
The individual images in NT-MDT files with multiple scans now get the correct timestamp in SPIP and ImageMet Explorer, and are grouped accordingly
Fixed issue with ImageMet Explorer displaying "not responding" when reading big files
Tip Characterization Module:
Zooming now also works for the certainty decoration in the Tip characterization Certainty Map
Tip Characterization now also takes AOIs and Void Pixels into account
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Changes to a topography image added to a force volume image (force map) are now reflected instantly in the force volume image
The initially selected deflection layer for Nanoscope force volume images is now always the layer closest to the surface (on the approach curve) File I/O
Fixed problem with WLC parameters displayed in the force-separation chart sometimes disappearing
Fixed issue with occasional use of a slightly wrong sync point when reading Nanoscope pfc files. An error in the interpretation of deflection error offset was also fixed.
Fixed issue with reading of some Keysight force maps
Fixed issue with force curve markers disappearing if the resolution of an image related to the force volume image was doubled or halved. The same issue for IV curve markers in CITS images has also been solved
Already synchronized force curve markers are now also automatically added to Filter output image windows
Fixed issue with WLC parameters sometimes not being reported in the results table
Fixed potential fitting range error in indentation fitting and improved robustness (Hertz, Sneddon, DMT)
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Forward/backward CITS images in the Nanonis (.3ds) format are now displayed in a single window as for other formats File I/O
Extract All IV Curves from CITS images (or force curves from Force Volume images), now ignores empty (void) curves

New in SPIP 6.6.2 (Jul 8, 2016)

New in SPIP 6.6.1 (May 26, 2016)

New in SPIP 6.6.0 (May 5, 2016)

BASIC MODULE:
New ImageMet Explorer Browser:
ImageMet Explorer™ has undergone a complete redesign with the release of SPIP™ 6.6. The look and feel of the thumbnail browser is updated, and the speed with which you can sort, preview, and find your relevant files in a simple, ordered manner has been increased substantially. Experimental details and unique data properties can be previewed, and thumbnail images are seasoned with hints making it easy to distinguish volume- and point spectroscopy images from other images
Many of the enhancements are implemented in response to requests from users of Omicron systems, who will experience a giant improvement for fast exploration of MATRIX files, making it easier to select data for analysis
Open specific channel for Batch Processing:
With the new ImageMet Explorer you can expand all multi image files in a folder and sort on channel number. With simple multi selection you can in this way select a specific channel from a number of image or curve files and process them automatically with the Batch Processing feature.
IV Curve marker synchronization in CITS images (grid spectroscopy):
With the new ”Synchronize” function, spectroscopy curve markers in CITS images can be displayed and manipulated in any related images helping the user to easily correlate electronic properties with for example surface topography.
Other new features and bug fixes:
Implemented RHK .sm4 CITS image format
Implemented AFM Workshop force curve format (.csv)
Omicron MATRIX time series bricklets are now automatically concatenated
Adjusted SDF file parser to also read files from Nextex Technologies
The Cursor readout out in curve windows will now display the X position value even for void points. This is useful for measuring X distances while “interpolating” void points by the eye
A bug causing the X axis unit for histogram to change after the user has changed number of bins after having changed the unit decade has been fixed
Fixed problem displaying some Omicron Scala SPS curves
Fixed problem with the Handle Steps option in Plane Correction, which would sometimes give a blank image
“Close all Except This” now ensures that the remaining image becomes the Main image. Also when a multi image file is opened then a topographic, if present, will be set as the Main image
The overlay grid for volume images now also zooms with the image
Fixed garbled roughness parameter equations in the SPIP Reference Manual (Help)
CALIBRATION MODULE:
The Square Fit function for curves now handles non-nano units correctly
EXTENDED FOURIER ANALYSIS MODULE:
Fix bug causing void pixels in the Main image to be copied to the FFT image window when using pre-processing filters (Hamming, Hanning, etc.)
FILTER MODULE:
Corrected the end effect correction method for the Built-in 5 point curve smoothing filter to conform with the other filters
IMAGEMET EXPLORER MODULE:
For Omicron MATRIX files, selected parameter data (Gap Voltage, Set Point etc) is now displayed in the top of the Image Properties Description field, and in the Description Pane in the ImageMet Explorer
Omicron Scala (.par) files and Omicron MATRIX result files are now shown as multi image data sets which can be expanded
The possibility for editing the Image Description and have the changes saved in the ImageMet Explorer database has been discontinued in order to improve performance. So has the option to write calculated results to the database
FORCE CURVE ANALYSIS MODULE:
The user defined Fixed Range in Baseline Correction is now relative to the left most point in the force curve, so that force curves with different height offsets are corrected in the same way
Corrected the title bar text for the DMT modulus map which previously displayed “Hertz”
Corrected the display of the fitted curve in Hertz/Sneddon fitting; sometimes the displayed curve was ending abruptly in the middle of the expected fit
Fixed wrong auto calculation of the cantilever sensitivity in case the approach curve was shorter than the retract curve
Limited the display of curve fits in force curves so that they will never spill outside the plot area
The Point of Zero Indentation value is now displayed in the Force vs. Separation chart like the other parameters
Fixed problem with interpretation of height axis in force curves saved in the Nanoscope V9.2 *.spm format . Also fixed wrong reported offset in Nanoscope force curve files in general; this has had no influence on analysis, just on visualization
CITS CONTINUOUS IMAGING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY MODULE:
Selection of single point spectroscopy curves (SPS/STS) has been made easier. When for example a series of curves have been recorded at the same position, they can now all be selected or deselected by a single click in the image
In cases where several Aux channels have been simultaneously recorded in Omicron STM system SPIP now distributes the channels to separate curve windows, instead of showing them in the same window
Derivative (dI/dV etc) curve options are now only available for actual current vs voltage curves.
MOVIE & TIME SERIES ANALYSIS MODULE:
Fixed occasional crash when opening previously saved movies

New in SPIP 6.5.2 (Feb 16, 2016)

New in SPIP 6.5.1 (Dec 3, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.5.0 (Nov 28, 2015)

BASIC MODULE:
Force Volume Image Marker Synchronization:
With the new ”Synchronize” function, force curve markers in a force volume image can be displayed and manipulated in any related images helping the user to easily correlate for example the calculated Young’s modulus at a given position with the topography at that same position while simultaneously inspecting the corresponding force curve.
New Force Volume Mapping:
New mapping functions for imaging for example the “touch point” (zero indentation point) of the Hertz, Sneddon, DMT and JKR indentation models. This makes it possible to create a map of the almost undisturbed “true” surface.
Flexible Add Topography and force curve Alignment features:
If a force volume image does not contain topographical information a related height image can now be added so that the user can take advantage of the new mapping functions. Several ways of aligning force curves are now also available
Close All Windows except the selected one:
A new “Close All Except This” window function is introduced. This function closes all windows except the currently selected one, and thus is a big help for cleaning up the work space with the purpose of continuing working with a specific data window. In the ribbon the new function has taken the position of the old “Close All Except Main” function, which now appears with a smaller icon.
Other new features and bug fixes:
SPIP now also reads .ARDF force map files from Asylum Research SPMs. Like for the recently implemented force volume format of the Nanosurf FlexANA format, SPIP displays not only the force curves in a map, but also any dwell curves recorded, should the user want to for example study relaxation phenomena.
XY offsets are now applied correctly to Nanosurf .nid images, and the XY ranges are now always displayed positive right and up.
A problem with reading small JPK images correctly has been fixed. The problem only showed on images with only one or at least very few scan lines.
Overflow problem when saving an image with presence of area of interest markers as (16 bit) .bcr has been solved. The problem would result in strange contrast when the image was opened again
Fixed issue with image title color change not being reflected in the image window.
FORCE CURVE ANALYSIS MODULE:
Invalid points in force curves, both in single force curves files and in Force Volume images, are now replaced by “void points” instead of being padded with constant data, which would influence analysis.
Moreover topographic offsets present in the force volume files are now preserved allowing direct mapping of piezo heights and tip height positions without the need to add topography in a separate step. This affects files from: Nanosurf, Asylum Reseach, JPK, and Bruker (Nanoscope).
New ”Synchronize Force Curve Markers” function, see “Highlights” above.
For force volume images which do not contain topographical information (e.g. Nanoscope) SPIP™ 6.4.5 offers a new function for applying the topography of a related image related the force volume data set. Previously only the “Main” image could be added for equal deflection mapping. Now adding a topographic image to the force image is available for all force image analysis functions (Also mentioned in “Highlights”).
The "touch point" (point of zero indentation) for the various indentation models (Hertz, Sneddon, DMT, JKR) can now be mapped as an image allowing the user to get closer to the true unperturbed surface (Also mentioned in “Highlights”).
As a supplement to mapping the ”point of zero indentation” for the various indentation models, SPIP™ 6.5 can map the tip position (height) at the snap-in point, if present. This is useful for getting closer to the unperturbed surface when none of the indentation models apply.
In addition to generating an image of the tip surface separation at the point of final rupture/detachment, SPIP™ 6.5 can generate an image of the tip-surface separation at the point of maximum adhesion (or strongest rupture).
SPIP 6.5 offers new tools for aligning both collections of force curves as well as the force curves in a force volume image. They can be aligned “horizontally” to their minimum height or snap-in height or vertically to their snap-in force. Alignment is valuable before averaging force curves or for comparing details (Also mentioned in “Highlights”).
The previous “Average All Force Curves” function which had integrated alignment has be replaced by a new averaging function which does not make “hidden alignment”. Instead the user is now in full control and can align the curves first using one of the new alignment functions – or as a new possibility align manually in the Comparison View curve window.
Selection of the initially displayed layer in force volume images has been improved, so that the number of curves crossing that layer is high (Because force volume images now can have their curves offset according to topography not all curves will be crossing a given height layer)
The “Equal Deflection Auto Apply” option has changed name and meaning to “Equal Deflection Auto Update”, meaning that when moving a cursor in a force curve from a force volume image the Equal Deflection image will only be updated if it is already present - it will not as previously pop up.
Fixed missing visual update when the “Delete All” function in the force curve result table was executed.

New in SPIP 6.4.4 (Nov 14, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.4.3 (Nov 14, 2015)

Basic Module:
The Nanosurf .nid spectroscopy format with Z sensor signal has been implemented, now allowing analysis of force volume maps from Nanosurf AFMs with the FlexAFM 5 scanhead
Volume image windows (force maps, CITS) now have a dedicated icon making it easier to identify volume images in the workspace
Shifting from one curve to the next in Analysis View for a large curve set (e.g. 65.000 curves) is now instantaneous
The time for switching between Analysis View and Comparison View in a curve window with many curves has been reduced dramatically
The limit for how many files can be opened by multi selecting in the File Open dialog has been increased, now typically allowing opening of thousands of files
When grouping curves at File Open time or via the "Group Curves" ribbon function the criterion for compatible ranges has now been removed. This makes grouping curves much simpler and more predictable
When spinning the "Range" field in the General ribbon tab for curves, now only the Y axis Value Mode is modified in the View Settings (before also the X axis Value Mode would be set to User Defined)
Improved behavior of curve markers in force volume and CITS images as they would previously sometimes generate a 2 point rectangle instead of a single point mark
Histogram: Solved issue with the one cursor not staying in position when the other cursor in a pair was moved past it at high speed
Extract All profiles now again gives the extracted profiles proper names (stopped working in SPIP 6.2.7)
Fixed readouts in FFT curves which from version 6.4.0 have been reported in wave numbers and not in spatial wavelengths
Workspace scrolling using the mouse wheel on Windows 10 now behaves as in intended
Fixed problem with jumpy cursors on scatter charts (e.g. force - separation curves)
Fixed crash when applying cursors on scatter charts (e.g. Material Probability curve) where the Y axis value mode was set to User Defined
Fixed crash when changing the unit in the Properties dialog for scatter curves
Fixed bug when saving force curves opened from the .spm (Nanoscope) format file as .bcrf (occurred in SPIP 6.4.0)
Fixed issue with the image Ruler (scale bar) color which could not be set back to its default
When calculating the Mean or Standard Deviation curve in Comparison View, void values are now handled correctly
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Solved problem with the Plane Correction option which, when enabled, would sometimes cause strange results for images with a high number of pixels
Fixed wrong calculation of angles in the Angular Spectrum chart in roughness analysis when images has different number of pixels in X and Y
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Fixed wrong calculation of the Orientation parameter for Measure Shapes on non-square images
Solved issue with occasional missing update of Shape Measurements statistics (bug occurred in SPIP 6.4.2)
The bug causing Particle & Pore Analysis histograms with user defined bin range to hide has been fixed (occurred in SPIP 6.4.2)
Solved problem with statistics not being updated when rows in the Shape Measurement result table were enabled/disabled
Imagemet Explorer Module:
The IM Explorer preview now displays curves with void points the same way as in SPIP, hiding the void points
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Layer navigation in force volume images has now been made easier than ever with a new navigator popup tool
The time for calculating parameters for a large set of force curves has been reduced dramatically
New Defaults: Hysteresis correction and inversion of curves are now disabled as default. For indentation fitting (Hertz, Snedddon) the "Fit" option for finding the for "Point of Zero indentation" is now the default instead of "Auto" as "Fit" generally yields better results than "Auto"
The speed of extracting all force curves from a force map with many curves has been increased significantly
The "To Single Curves" function for splitting force curves into one approach and one retract curve now gives the split curves new names so they can easily be identified
Small improvements to baseline correction and finding zero indentation point have been made. This primarily concerns curves where the approach and retract curve are very different in length
Fixed issue that Young´s Modulus maps would be empty if the "Set attractive forces positive" option was enabled
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Layer navigation in CITS images has now been made easier than ever with a new navigator popup tool
Fixed scaling of composite units in various IV curve derivatives to again avoid exponential notation (occurred in SPIP 6.4.0)

New in SPIP 6.4.2 (Aug 18, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.4.1 (Jul 24, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.4.0 (Jun 25, 2015)

BASIC MODULE:
SPIP 6.4 HIGHLIGHTS:
Particle Classification:
With the new SPIP™ classification tools in Particle & Pore Analysis, detected particles and pores can be grouped into different classes based on their dimensions or geometric characteristics.
An interactive classification editor makes it easy to define a classification based on one or more parameters.
New compelling charts and tables visualize the results. Reports for series of images that complete the work are easily generated.
Fiber Profile Analysis:
Freeform cross section profiles following the fiber of detected Shapes can now be generated. This feature enables easy measurement of fiber roughness and accurate measurement of distances of for example bound proteins/enzymes along a DNA strand.
Other new features and bug fixes:
New Feature:
Implemented the image file format for the RhoPoint Optimap(TM) surface quality measurement device
The cursor positions shown in the right side of curve windows can now be copy-pasted into e.g. Excel. This also includes calculated values such as void and material volume for histograms
Solved issue with AOI markers not being in effect after duplicating an image window
CALIBRATION MODULE:
Fixed small bug in ISO5436 sometimes leading to wrong step detection
EXTENDED FOURIER ANALYSIS MODULE:
Fixed problem with "New FFT" button in the Fourier dialog creating a Fourier image with wrong axes
PARTICLE AND PORE ANALYSIS MODULE:
Solved issue with the "Type" parameter not being included for manually drawn Measure Shapes when saving the Shape Measurement Results table
Fixed problem with wrong X offset in particle and pore histograms when saved and reloaded in the Ascii (.ASC) format
Fixed problem with some Particle & Pore Analysis settings not being remembered from session to session unless a particle detection had been executed
BATCH PROCESSING AND REPORTING MODULE:
Solved problem with Greek letters appearing with an extra character in HTML reports
Solved problem with wrong cursor positioning in case of multiple "Cross section profile with setup" items in a Batch Processing sequence
IMAGEMET EXPLORER MODULE:
Fixed issue with occasional strange contrast in the image preview in ImageMet Explorer
FORCE CURVE ANALYSIS MODULE:
Asylum force curves (.ibw) are now read in Deflection Volts instead of Deflection (nanometers), so that one can directly enter the inverse of the "Invols" factor used in the Asylum software as the "Sensitivity" factor in SPIP.
Note that the Invols factor may sometimes be too big, resulting in backwards bending of Force (Separation) curves in SPIP as well as in the Asylum software). The Sensitivity factor in SPIP should be slightly increased to avoid this.

New in SPIP 6.3.6 (May 12, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.3.4 (Feb 23, 2015)

New in SPIP 6.3.3 (Dec 17, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.3.2 (Oct 31, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.3.1 (Oct 1, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.3.0 (Sep 18, 2014)

BASIC MODULE:
Shape Collections:
With the new Shape Collection feature you can accumulate the Particle & Pore Analysis results from many images into one large table and have statistics and all your favorite charts generated.
Collections can be saved to disk and opened again so that you can pause and continue your work as you desire.
Collections can be reported using the Active Reporter tool in MS Word or HTML formats and can also be exported in an Excel friendly format.
With Batch Processing you can relax while SPIP™ analyzes your images and generates a Collection with particles from many images.
Shape Collections can also be used for accumulating “manual” measurements using for example the Caliper tool.
AOI management tools:
Sets of AOI markers can now be saved and recalled.
Stored sets of AOI markers appear directly in a ribbon menu so they can be recalled with a single click.
With the new “AOI from Shapes” function SPIP™ converts the Particle & Pore Measure Shapes to AOI markers. This is very helpful for automatic definition of AOIs in Batch Processing sequences.
AOI markers can now be synchronized over several images – this is very useful if for example you want to correlate the phase and the height distribution in a specific area of a multichannel AFM image
AOI tools are now available for Batch Processing sequences.
Selecting FFT filtering using AOI markers:
The new save / load functionality for AOI markers is also introduced for the Fourier transform (FFT) image. This means that you can now design advanced selective FFT filters and reuse them. As this also works in Batch Processing sequences you can filter a lot of images in no time!
New Cropping Tools:
In addition to the existing "Crop to AOIs" tool we now introduce "Crop to Zoom" and "Crop to Inspection Box".
With "Crop to Zoom" an image is cropped to the current zoom area. When zoom synchronization is enabled all related images can be cropped in the same way by a single click!
With "Crop to Inspection Box" an image is cropped to its Inspection Box. As the Inspection Box size can be controlled precisely by entering its size in pixels this is a more precise way of cropping.
All Crop functions have been made available for Batch Processing sequences.
JKR model – force curve analysis:
The Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) force curve model is now provided for evaluating the elasticity of soft adhesive surfaces, such as rubber. The model is available both for single force curves and for force volume images.
Contour lines in 3D:
SPIP™ users can now have contour lines displayed, not only in 2D views but also in 3D visualization of their surfaces! This cannot only create compelling presentations, but is also helpful for getting a combined quantitative and qualitative understanding of surface forms.
OTHER NEW FEATURES AND BUG FIXES:
New Feature:
Images displayed at reduced size now appear graphically much more appealing than previously. Legends in e.g. SEM images are now much easier to read
The Nanoscope Peak Force file format has been implemented. Includes both Peak Force Volume images and .spm curves extracted from Peak Force images
View Settings and default Color Scale for Volume images (CITS and Force Volume), determining colors and appearance, are now set independently from 2D images.
The reading time for JPK Force Volume images has been reduced from minutes to seconds!
NT-MDT file reader has been updated to support later formats including Force Volume data.
"Crop to AOI" now generates void pixels outside the AOI markers if the total AOI mask is not rectangular.
The Inspection Box now has both and Auto mode and a Fixed mode in View Settings. Default behavior is Auto.
Corrected reading of x,y offset values for PSIA image files. Correction
Now supporting Agilent .mi file format containing multiple curves of variable length.
Descriptive information in Zemetrics Zemap files is now read into the Image Properties dialog
Solved problem with parsing certain older Asylum .ibw files File I/OCorrection
Corrected scaling of JPK voltage images
Problem with identifying trace/retrace images in Agilent/KeySight .mi files when opened in SPIP has been solved
The XY Scaling tool now scales images with non-square images correctly as long as the scale bar used for calibration is horizontal
Fixed wrong unit when profiles were extracted form an image with millimeter units using the "Extract All Profiles" feature
Removed Inspection Box size limitation
Fixed problem with Inspection Box sometimes grooving one pixel up de-selection/ selection
Fixed occasional in-active Inspection Box marker frame Correction
Contour lines in 2D image view now follows zoom and panning Correction
Contour lines are now not anymore displayed in void pixels regions in 2D view
Fixed wrong offset in histograms saved and reloaded in the SPIP .ASC format
Fixed issue with wrong offset when saving multiple curves from the Comparison view. Occurred in SPIP 6.1.1
Fixed issue with wrong offset when IAPSD curves were saved/loaded in .asc format
When an image window which has an Inspection Box is duplicated, the Inspection Box window is now also duplicated
Fixed problems with installation of Microsoft libraries
The default color scale percentiles entered in Preferences now works again
Duplication of Particle and Pore charts is now made possible Correction
The Agilent/Keysight file reader has been expanded to support a new Force Volume variant File
Colors of Cross-section lines in an image can again be changed and synchronized with the colors of the corresponding profiles in the multi-profile window
Added missing image redraw when loading View Settings which alter the image Interpolation settings
Fixed occasionally missing % unit label in histograms Correction
Fixed crash when trying to open 8 bit tiff files File
Removed lower limit of how small standard deviations can be without being truncated to zero in the result tables (roughness, particle&pore etc.)
Solved "double-undo" for image resizing (Halve, Double, Radix 2) and for morphological filtering (Erode, Dilate)
Fixed wrong display of histogram after re-binning while in zoomed state
Fixed strange Z unit when images or curves were saved in the bcrf format with ascii header File
Fixed faulty display of decade selection buttons for spin buttons
Calibration Module:
Fixed issue with occasional wrong update of correction parameters in the calibration when using a hexagon reference unit cell
ISO 5436 Step Height: Fixed problem with wrong (or no) edge detection in some profiles
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
In the Fourier dialog a button has been added. When it is clicked the Calibration Dialog is displayed and any unit cell parameters are transferred to the Calibration dialog and kept up to date.
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
The startup time of the Roughness Analysis setup pane when used first time in a SPIP™ session has been reduced.
Solved issue occurring in SPIP 6.1 causing AOI markers not to be taken into account when reporting roughness values inside image windows
Corrected calculation of Sbi image roughness parameter
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
An automatic filter rejecting pixel noise has been added as an option to Particle & Pore analysis. This helps reducing false detections.
Image dimensions are now included in the Summary section in the Shape Measurements results table (Particle & Pore Analysis).
Particle & Pore Analysis charts enabled in the Charts setup dialog are now always displayed when leaving the dialog, which may seem more logical to the user. Previously this only happened if the user had changed something. This means that any closed charts may reappear.
When the "Preserve Holes in Shapes" option is switched off all Shapes inside another Shape are now actually removed
Corrected potential crash when stopping particle analyzing during the "Adding Shapes" step
3D Visualization Studio Module:
New default 3D rendering acceleration mode uses full hardware acceleration during animation for better performance, but only partial hardware acceleration for screen shots.
The 3D image is now immediately updated when display of wireframe is selected in View Settings
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
The XY Scaling tool for calibration of SEM images now also exists as a Batch Processing item.
The Batch Processing dialog has been re-organized in order better to support the typical workflow, especially when Shape Collections are used.
Filter Module:
Filter output windows from curves are now not deleted when the source curve is closed or deleted
Fixed crash when Low Pass filtering profiles
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Max Pull is now reported even if the force-separation curve is bending backwards.
Now Young´s modulus is only displayed in the force curve window if it has been enabled as a parameters.
Corrected calculation of Zero indentation separation value in Auto and Fitting mode. This will also correct the calculation of the Youngs modulus value

New in SPIP 6.2.8 (May 17, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.2.7 (May 2, 2014)

Basic Module:
The topographic channel from Keyence VHX2000 microscope (.jpg) files can now be loaded into SPIP
Giga and Mega prefixes for units (for example GPa) has been implemented
For Anasys IR images metatTags are read and put into the image description and the window caption is decorated with the wave number.
Support for ascii files exported by the Bruker VISION software (Dektak and Wyko/Contour-GT tools) has been implemented
SPIP now always starts in maximized mode after installation of a new version
The label position for the angle tool and the cross hatch decoration has been improved
Installation made simpler by including more Windows components in the SPIP installation file
An alternative way of deducing the XY range of Nanoscope image files with no explicit XY range provided has been implemented
Improved ergonomics for drawing, selecting, moving, and resizing Measure Shapes, AOIs and other tools
Optimized speed of filtering multiple curves in the Comparison curve view, for example for smoothing a collection of IV curves extracted from a CITS image
Max. number of pixels for image resampling in the Properties dialog have been increased
Axis labels in curve windows now always have decimals enough so that the individual labels can be distinguished
NanoScope reader adopted to new scaling keywords
Removed meaning-less readouts in the Normplot chart
Fixed a factor of 1000 wrong scaling in Mahr PS1 .txt files
The Calculator now handles voids in input data and also reports void pixels/points if functions (e.g. Log) are called with illegal values
Reverted dynamic sizing behvior of the Inspection Box image window to the original behavior as before SPIP 6.2.0
Corrected small discrepancy in the FFT transforms of curves with an even number of points
Solved problem with occasional lag between histogram cursors and image color clip markers after fast exchange of cursor positions in the histogram
Fixed problem with parsing some Asylum (.ibw) files
Fixed displacement of shapes and profiling markers in images after AOI-cropping in zoomed mode
Calibration Module:
Added AOI and void pixel support for the ISO5436 step height analysis method
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
Corrected the wavelength value shown in the Fourier dialog for the set Fourier Peak pairs
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Fixed missing units on Correlation Length roughness charts (since SPIP 6.1.0)
The cross hatch roughness image decoration now has its own default color and line width
The new Cross Hatch angle result has now been excluded from the Shape Measure Results spreadsheet and only available along with roughness values
Corrected possible wrong units written to .rgh roughness result files
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Fixed crash when large contour filter sizes are applied to Shapes with holes
Solved crash while AOI-cropping an image which at the same time has Particle&Pore Analysis Auto Detect enabled
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
It is now possible in Batch to calculate the roughness of a profile extracted from the source image
"Process topographic data only" now works as expected again. For a while it has not been rejecting all non-topographic images
The Preferences "Save to file" option again works for roughness analysis in Batch mode
Corrected potential infinite loop when Word Reporter fails
Preventing profiles created in a batch process to occur with cursors when they are not defined
The ribbon now always stays on the Automate tab during Batch processing so that the Stop button can be reached
Imagemet Explorer Module:
Fixed crash in IMExplorer when shortcuts to .jpg files were encountered
Tip Characterization Module:
Solved issue with wrong labels on confidence graphs in Tip Characterization
Solved crash in tip deconvolution on images with 1 pm XY range
Force Curve Analysis Module:
SPIP can now load all force curves from Agilent (.mi) files with multiple force curves
Support for new variants of Agilent (.mi) force volume files has been added
It is now possible to save and load force volume images in SPIP´s proprietary formats (bcr, bcrf, asc). Loading Force Volume images from the bcr files are typically much faster than loading from the original instrument files
The time it takes to extract all curves from a force volume image or a CITS image has been reduced dramatically
The point of Zero Indentation for Indentation model fitting now correctly applies to the selected "Curve to Fit". In the past it did not apply for example for the calculated average curve
Implemented support for Agilent .mi force volume files with missing retract curves
Implemented support for very large jpk force volume files and handling up to 10 million embedded files
Axis labels are now displayed correctly for force curves extracted from force volume images
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
The time it takes to extract all curves from a force volume image or a CITS image has been reduced dramatically
Corrected voltage readout for double pass CITS images
Movie & Time Series Analysis Module:
Fixed occasionally missing image window when opening the Movie dialog

New in SPIP 6.2.6 (Feb 1, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.2.5 (Jan 13, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.2.4 (Jan 7, 2014)

New in SPIP 6.2.3 (Dec 27, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.2.2 (Dec 21, 2013)

Basic Module:
Anasys NanoIR file format implemented
Simple image cross correlation and autocorrelation functions are now part of the Basic module
Improved appearence of dialogs on multi screen setups and when SPIP is not maximized
Updating of the color scale gallery has been improved to immidiately reflect new or deleted color scales
The image value readout mode (pixel/units) in the status bar has now been made global instead of a setting separate for each image-window New Feature
The default color scale is now always used instead of the last used one when loading additional images
Various types of jpk force curves with flipped height axis are now displayed correctly
Solved problem with some NanoSurf force curves not being loaded correctly
Fixed various selection issues with the new (SPIP 6.1.1) Inspection Box
Fixed issue that the poly-line profile, cross-hair cross section tools and XY unit cell overlay could not be deleted from an image (occured in SPIP 6.1.0)
Fixed issue with missing items in QuickLaunch menus when the ribbbon was minimized
Corrected potential crash when opening a NanoSurf image with 8 bit data format and reestablished support for this format (stopped working in version 6.2.0).
Automatic cursor positioning in the XY Scaling tool now works again (stopped working in 6.1.0)
Calibration Module:
Improved precision and consistency in XY Calibration and XY Linearity functions. This implies small changes (< 20 ppm) in unit cell parameters for typical calibration grids. METROLOGISTS: please contact Image Metrology for detailed information
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
bullet Fixed missing tabs in roughness profile windows after auto tiling when the SPIP window height was sufficiently small
3D Visualization Studio Module:
Watermark in animation export when using an evaluation license has been removed
Improved 3D animation export defaults
Avoided permament change of color scale during animation playback when the mouse pointer has been moved over the color scale gallery
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
Fixed problem with random order when loading long batch items Processing sequences
The summary item in an active report used in a batch script will now never trigger any re-calculations, which until now could happen in special cases resulting in wrong statistics
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Implemented double-curve functionality in various IV curve functions including "Extract All" from a CITS image

New in SPIP 6.2.0 (Nov 27, 2013)

Basic Module:
Implemented Normplot (Normal Probability Curve)making it easy to graphically assess whether the data are normal distributed. Is supported by Batch Processing and the Active Reporter
Inspection Box Settings: It is now possible to Adjust and save the size and position of the Inspection Box from the View Settings pane
Support for Mahr .txt files with multiple profiles
Added "acceleration" functions to the arrows keys of curve windows containing multiple curve to make 10 steps per click when combining with Ctrl key or jump to first or last curve when combined with Shift key.
Avoiding space between narrow histogram bins to give a better look
The "Degree" unit is not recognized when found in input files and shown as "°"
Updated several internal floating point parameter from single precision to double precision to obtain better accuracy in calculations
Implemented the Kosaka lab file format
Improved Plane Correction, "Max Flatness" and "Handle Steps" algorithmns
Corrected x-offset parameter for multi-curves saved to ASCII files
Corrected non-functioning Duplicate of a Measure Shape when using right click menu
Corrected void pixel interpolation (filling) to handle AOI
Enabled user defined y-range for most charts.
Correlation Averaging Module:
Made Correlation Averaging more robust to avoid false match detection especially when using small templates
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
Solved Possible crash when toggling between Peak marker tool and bandpass filtering in the Fourier dialog
Corrected loading of PSD curves saved to ASCII
dB scale function of Fourier image is now based on the "Log_10" function instead of "Log_e"
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Support for non-metric length units: uin, mil and in Roughness and Particle & Pore Analysis
More robust valley detection for MUFU roughness method to avoid false detection in the plateau zones
Corrected problem where MUFU valley/plateau threshold parameters were based on ISO 4287 filter cut-off parameters.
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
You can now select the number of digits or number of decimals for calculated parameters to be shown in the result grid.
3D Visualization Studio Module:
SPIP 6.2 now offers new intuitive tools for 3D rendering and providing better control of the 3D scene so that you can create impressive results more easily. Dedicated navigation modes for changing the rotation, pitch, roll, zoom, z scale, and directional light are now readily available from the ribbon.
All navigation modes are now supported by useful navigation aids highlighting the rotational axes. When adjusting the directional light, the azimuth and elevation of the light source are also visualized, which gives you precise control of the light and allows you to emphasize or tone down surface features.
In addition, you now have 1-click access to preset values for all navigation parameters such as rotation, pitch, and z scale. This makes is easy for you to switch between predefined positions and revert to your favorite states.
You can now adjust the layout by toggling the display of axes, title, background grid, and block directly from the ribbon. Finally, you can overlay the colors from another image directly from the ribbon. For example you can overlay an AFM height image with the colors from its phase image. New Feature
bullet 3D Auto Update mode no longer makes the 3D window reappear when it is closed. When open it will still update when its connected 2D image window is modified
Corrected potential crash when playing a 3D animation with extreme light position values
Corrected wrong output when saving 3D images to .png or .tiff files when 3D acceleration mode differed from safe mode
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
Two new statistical Active Report items have been added:
"Sum": Returns the sum of the calculated values.
"Count:" Returns a count of the calculated values.
Both can be used either per image or - in a batch run - across images
Filter Module:
Corrected median filtering of force curve pairs
Force Curve Analysis Module:
The marker number for curves extracted from Force Volume, CITS and STS images are now included in the file name when saved to disk. This way it is easy to match the saved curves with the markers in the source image
Rejecting "rupture" event detection when its separation value is larger than the previous event.
Solved potential crash when reading certain NanoSurf .nid Force Volume files
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Solved wrong reading of double I(V) curves from Omicron Matrix CITS images

New in SPIP 6.1.1 (Nov 21, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.1.0 (Aug 31, 2013)

Profile Roughness Analysis in compliance with ISO standards
Analyze individual profiles and collections of profiles according to ISO standards.
Primary, Roughness and Waviness profiles of the various standards are tab´ed into the same window for easy navigation and in order to optimize screen usage.
Numerical results with customizable number format are displayed in a spreadsheet
with a comprehensive statistics section
Large tool tips and information panel helps the user to adhere to standards
New Active Report templates with new flexible Active Report items for generation
of compelling roughness analysis reports
Curve Collections:
You can now open collections of homologous curves in to one curve window for simultaneous processing, including:
Filtering (smoothing, noise reduction etc)
Profile Leveling
Profile Roughness Analysis
Force Curve Analysis
IV Curve Analysis
Curve Extraction from Images:
With a single mouse click you can now extract all cross sections, IV curves, and force curves from an image.
Improved Particle and Pore Analysis Reporting:
The new Active Report item for reporting tables makes it easy to design report templates and report numerical results for all detected particles and pores in MS Word or HTML Reports.
Active Reporter Quick Launch:
Active Reports are now available by a single mouse click from the new Active Reporter Quick Launch menu.
Easy Y scale Adjustment:
You can now change the Y scale of your curve windows directly from the Ribbon, which makes it easy to set the same Y range for several windows and compare data on the same scale.
Specific bug fixes and minor new features:
A button for displaying the Global Profile Comparison window has been added to various curve ribbon tabs
Implemented PreciTec file format (.txt)
Implemented OpenGPS .X3P file format for images and profiles
Best fit tiling improved when only curve windows are present
The License Manager dialog now automatically responds to insertion / removal of the license dongle
NanoScope / Bruker file format reader updated with support for new Z-scaling keywords
Added support for PSIA 32 bit integer format
Updated Nanonis .3ds CITS reader: Now reading CITS files with more than 9 parameters per point, but ignoring the extra parameters
Fixed problem with the Calculator which could not re-calculate curve data
Fixed crash after undo/redo of merge of Measure Shapes
Fixed problem with X offset when exporting FFT image cross section profiles to the .ASC format
Start up screen program has now been signed in order to avoid problems with security software
Fixed problem with reduced Z resolution when parsing some tiff and jpg files
Fixed problem with reduced Z resolution when parsing some tiff and jpg files
Fixed problem with reduced Z resolution when parsing some tiff and jpg files
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
Minor correction of Unit Cell Detection, which may cause slightly different (less than 0.1%) coordinates
Mis-placement of the band filter indicator in FFT images has been corrected
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Shortened processing time when selecting and un-selecting all Particle and Pore shapes
3D Visualization Studio Module:
3D Animation does now also support change of Z-position Correction
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
Invert, Sqrt, Sqrt and Abs function added to list of Batch Processing commands
Plane Correct (without specific settings) now again works in Batch Processing
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module:
Inconsistency between density of states (DOS) image calculated from CITS images and DOS calculated from curves has been resolved

New in SPIP 6.0.14 (May 24, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.0.13 (Jan 21, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.0.12 (Jan 12, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.0.11 (Jan 11, 2013)

New in SPIP 6.0.10 (Nov 28, 2012)

New in SPIP 6.0.9 (Oct 4, 2012)

New in SPIP 6.0.8 (Oct 3, 2012)

New in SPIP 6.0.7 (Oct 3, 2012)

Basic Module:
Added parsing of 32 bit jpk image files
Adjusted Agilent PicoView reader to handle missing force volume curves at the end of the image.
Fixed parsing of certain of Agilent (.mi) force curve files
Veeco/Bruker SSRM curves are now displayed as IV curves and not as force curves
De-selection of all Shapes in images now occurs instantly. Before it could take a long time when there were many Shapes
Fixed wrong line number indaction when printing a profile window
Corrected status bar cursor position readout, which in special cases displayed the positions in fractions of pixels (in "pixel" mode)
Left arrow key now again moves histogram cursors linked to the image color scale correctly
When changing the number of bins in the Properties dialog of image/profile histograms the new histogram is now calculated over the entire Z range of the data set and not just over the displayed range (i.e. the X axis limits of the histogram)
Histograms: Cursors no. 3, 4.. are now initially placed at the allowed discrete positions in histograms and not as before at positions which could be inside a bin
Duplicating an image with a previously applied but closed Inspection Box would generate an Inspection Box in the duplicate image. This behavior has been annihilated
Fixed issue that cross section profile decorations would remain on the Main image after a "Close All Except Main" operation
Fixed crash in 16 bit color mode. Note: 16 bit color mode is only partially supported
Fixed crash in autocorralation on images with uneven number of pixels in X or Y
Fixed crash in the Calculator if calculation was executed with out any operand datasets
Solved various issues with crash when the ribbon had been minimized
Fixed crash which could occur because the current image view was in maximized mode
Fixed non-responding SPIP when loading very large ascii files
Fixed crash when undoing closing of a profile window and similar operations
Corrected potential problem, causing the program to slow down when showing MDI windows in maximized mode and resizing the SPIP program window
Calibration Module:
Unit Cell & Calibration dialog: Typing in the "dx/dy" field does not activate "Apply" anymore
Correcting an image with parameters Cx=0, Cy=0 and dx/xy = 0 is now prevented as the result could lead to crash in other parts of SPIP, e.g. roughness analysis
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Entering non-numeric values in the Hardness dialog "Tangent Height %" field is now not allowed, as this would lead to a crash
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
The Built-In "Simple Threshold - Pore" settings in Particle&Pore Analysis is now actually configured for pores and not as previously for particles
Imagemet Explorer Module:
Fixed non-responding SPIP after browsing a zip file with ImageMet Explorer and then closing ImageMet Explorer
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Force Curve analysis settings are now read before analyzing force volume images also when the force curve dialog has not been opened
Corrected Young’s modulus parameter mapping by DMT model on Force Volume images

New in SPIP 6.0.6 (Aug 23, 2012)

New in SPIP 6.0.5 (Aug 22, 2012)

New in SPIP 6.0.4 (Aug 11, 2012)

Basic Module:
It is now possible to evaluate SPIP on WMware virtual PCs
Implemented support for IV curves in Agilent .ivs files
When saving to data files the image file name shown in the image window is now updated accordingly
Tool cursors (Measure Shapes, AOI, etc) are now only displayed and are only active active inside and in close proximity to the actual image display portion of 2D image windows
Fixed problem on Windows XP, where IM Explorer and File Open would always start in the examples files folder.
Corrected parsing of Omicron Matrix files with more than one occurrence of "--" (double dash) in the file name
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
Corrected potential crash after deleting band filter circle in FFT image window
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Corrected scaling of the Integrated Area Power Spectral Density (IASPD) graph. The measurement of RMS value between cursors in IASPD is independent of this scaling and is consistent with the RMS (Sq) value of the entire image when the cursors are set at the ends of the curve
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Improved accuracy of statistics calculations in the Shape Measurements result spreadsheet. This has the largest effect on Median, Mode and Percentile statistics
Fixed crash in related to Convexity and Solidity parameter calculations
If Write to File or Database is specified in Preferences for Particle & Pore Analysis, the result file is now only updated when Detect is pushed and not in case of other changes to the Shapes in an image
Batch Processing & Reporting Module
Fixed non-working cursor position setup in cross section profile setup in Batch scripts
Filter Module:
The Filters are now taking better care of void data:
When filtering images and profiles having void points, with linear filters kernels, the "void gaps" are now filled with interpolated values, such that the filter kernels can perform without respect to the void data.
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Prevented potential crash after group selection of force curves in force volume image and then stretching selection box outside image area.

New in SPIP 6.0.3 (Aug 11, 2012)

Basic Module:
Supporting void pixels for STIL .sur files
Added support for FRT int32 image format, which includes Z stitched images
Axis names are now read from selected curve data in Omicron Matrix 3.1 files
Improved coordination between selection of color scale markers and Measure Shapes etc. in images
Inspection Box is not snapping to the visible image region anymore (relevant when the image is in zoom state)
Solved problem with SPIP occasionally hanging for a long time during startup when e.g. Google Chrome and Shockwave Flash are active
Inspection Box in profile windows now preserves size and position when resizing the source window, also when "Fit in Box Only" is enabled
Avoided abrupt ending of drawing AOIs or Measure Shapes when clicking in the space between image and color scale
Aspect 1:1 for curves now works when the button is pushed teh first time
2D image View Settings item "Color Scale & Axes" is now saved and loaded correctly
Calculator now preserves correct X-axis when performing calculations on FFT type curves
The X axis data of FFT curves are now saved and loaded correctly in .ASC and .bcr / .bcrf formats
Mask Main now re-calculates Z range
Corrected potential error in x unit handling of output from profile Inspection Box
IV curves read from individual files are now interpreted as IV curves (e.g. from Omicrosn Matrix)
Image Z range is now recalculated after Correct Above / Correct below cross section profile cursor functions
Image height histogram now reacts immediately on new AOI´s in the image
Corrected cross section profile Cursor Functions "Correct scan line" functions which modified two lines instead of just one
Command line switch /f now works again when SPIP has been minimized
Solved problem with Sniffer not always responding in SPIP 6
Corrected shown Z-Offset value in Image Property dialog
Curves: Plot area background color is now not disabled when disabling "Show Grid Lines"
Void pixels functions "Set to Min", "Set to Max" etc. now do not change the image if there is no valid (non-void) pixels in the image of inside and AOI
Corrected wrong icon for polygon AOI in 2D image floating toolbar
Corrected change of histogram z-range when modifying the number of bins
Corrected handling of the reciprocal unit (e.g. 1/µm) for Fourier associated profiles
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
Corrected cursor readout when applying "Cursors on Peaks" for FFT associated Profiles
Roughness & Hardness Analysis Module:
Because of a small adjustment in the calculation of the height histogram and the Abbott (Material Ratio) curve the following roughness parameters evaluate slightly different in SPIP 6 compared to previous versions. The difference is within what must be considered the evaluation uncertainty of such parameters. The parameters are: Sbi, Sci, Spk, Svk, Sk and Sdc
Fixed error in the reporting of the roughness parameter Srw. The Bug appeared in SPIP 6.0.
Fixed crash when calculating Fractal Dimension (roughness) on certain artificial images
Particle & Pore Analysis Module:
Gaps between histogram columns (Particle & Pore Analysis) has been re-implemented
A small discrepancy in the calculation of Bearing height in Plane Correction and Particle and Pore Analysis has been eliminated
Batch Processing & Reporting Module
Implemented batch functions for retrieving stored correction parameters for X, Y, Angle correction, X,Y Linearity correction and for Z correction.
Added "Frame Region" functionality to plane correction of profiles (batch only)
"Run when loading files" check box state is now remembered between SPIP sessions
Corrected batch processing of profiles for step height measurements where only the first profile was reported correctly
When saving batch scrito s from the Batch dialog the expected folder and filename is now suggetsed instead of the Internal folder and the "batch.ini" name
Corrected "Process topographic data only" when running a batch script automatically when loading files (set in File Open Options)
Fixed potential crash when using plug-ins generating multiple windows in connection with Batch
Preventing potential crash when running a plug-in from a batch process where the plug-in converts its input image to a profile
Filter Module:
Undo after outlier filtering (Outlier dialog) does not anymore reset the Detection Level %
Imagemet Explorer Module:
Fixed crash when pushing "Add to Category" in the IM Explorer "Categories" toolbar
Force Curve Analysis Module:
Updated Force Curve reading of Agilent PicoView version 1.12 format
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module
Fixed incorrect display of trace/retrace STS curves (from e.g. Omicron Matrix STS images)
Plug-In Interface Module:
Corrected the Plug-in Project Creator, which could generate sample projects causing compilation errors

New in SPIP 6.0.2 (Aug 11, 2012)

Basic Module:
HIGHLIGHTS IN SPIP 6
New Ribbon Based Interface:
All commands are now readily available in task-orientated Ribbons. This includes for example a color scale gallery for easy selection of color scales.
Windows 7. Run SPIP as a regular user without administrator rights on Windows 7/Vista/XP.
Quick Launch:
It is now possible to plane correct, filter or even run a batch script with a single click on the Quick Launch menus in the ribbon. No need for opening the dialogs for simple execution. SPIP 6 contains a number of built-in settings: Roughness and noise reduction filters, plane correction settings and batch scripts for reporting. When you save your own settings they also become available as Quick Launch menus in the ribbon.
Instant Batch script execution:
It is now possible to run a batch script, either from the Batch setup dialog or via Quick Launch on ANY data window, meaning that it has never been easier to apply a pre-defined processing sequence to a specific data window or have it reported in an Active Report
New In-window Zoom and Navigation saves real estate and enables you to inspect details with as single turn on the mouse wheel.
Floating Toolbars allows you to grab your tools right where you need them without “leaving” your data windows.
New dual view curve and profile windows:
Multiple cross section profiles form the same image are now displayed in a single window, which can be toggled between Single Profile Analysis View and Multi Profile Comparison View. The dual view concept works for force curves from force volume images and IV curves from CITS or STS images.
Global Profile Comparison Window:
It is now possible to compare cross section profiles from multiple images in the same window. It even supports profiles with different lengths and units!
New and Improved Measurement and Selection Tools
All measurement tools can now co-exist. The tools for angle measurement, Fourier peak selection, unit cell selection, cross section profiling (averaging and synchronization), and marking Areas of Interest (AOI) have all been improved. This includes the ability of cropping an image using the AOI tools.
New File Open Options:
Gain full control over how new windows are opened in SPIP™ and which operations are applied automatically, e.g. a plane correction.
Welcome Screen and Tutorials.
The new Welcome Screen with access to example data files and new on-line tutorials makes it easy for both new and experienced users try various features in SPIP.
For long time SPIP users: Plane Correction, Roughness, Batch and several other features which in previous versions of SPIP were restricted to the Main window can now me applied on any data window.
Support for Shimadzu 1D (profile, cantilever tuning, IV, force-curve) files and floating point 2D files
It is now possible to save default Labels and colors for Measure Shapes in View Settings, so that new Shapes appear with the desired color and label.
Cursors can now be displyed in the image on the cross-hair profiling tool
Void pixels fill commands do not require an additional "accept" anymore
Implemented support for logarithmic data in Omicron Matrix files
Corrected parsing of certain Keyence .vk4 data files
Fixed crash when parsing LZW compressed geotiff files
Extended Fourier Analysis Module:
PSD scaling for FFT transforms has been added
3D Visualization Studio Module:
View Settings related to surface coloring and Z scaling have been re-grouped
3D Z axis unit is now retrieved correctly from saved View Settings
Batch Processing & Reporting Module:
Added new "Filename Without Path" field to the Active Reporting
CITS Continuous Imaging Tunneling Spectroscopy Module
Corrected calculation of density of states curves (dI/dV)/(I/V)