55Camera viewer (uc480Viewer)
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Formats chapter in the DCx Programming Manual shows you in detail how the color
formats are represented in the image memory.
Display mode
With these radio buttons you select the display mode for the image.
Device independent (DIB)
The processor actively renders the image. This color format is supported by all graphics
hardware and is recommended for applications that will be used on different PCs.
Direct3D (Desktop color)
In this mode the images are written directly to an invisible area of the graphics card, mixed with
optional overlay image data and displayed by the card without load on the CPU. The mode also
allows scaling the images in real time.
NOTE
The display modes Direct3D is only supported by graphics cards with DirectX
functionality.
Default
Click this button to reset all parameters to the model-specific defaults.
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