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Using Luna Insight

Getting Familiar with the Interface

The main menu items for Insight are:

Using groups

Create a new Group when you want to save and come back to selections of images or share them with others. Also, creating a Group is a first step in using Insight’s Presentation feature. Images may be copied from one or more collections into the same group. Images can be copied from one group to another group. Groups can be saved to folders on your computer, and groups can be saved to folders that you share with other users who may be located anywhere on the Internet.

Note: Before you can create a Group, you must log in and open an Insight collection.

Creating a New Group
From the group workspace, choose "File." A drop down menu will open revealing several choices regarding groups. Some of these options will be grayed out and will not be available until you have created and saved a group. To create a group choose "New Group" from the list.

Create a New Group


The "New Group" space
A three panel window will open up as shown in the screen shot which follows. The panel on the far left contains the navigation menu. The center panel is titled "New Group" and will hold the contents of any group you create. The panel on the far right contains whichever collection(s) you choose to have open. In order to add images to any group it is necessary to have that collection selected.

Adding Images to your Group
To add images to your group, simply click on them and drag them over to the "new group" panel. This can be accomplished one by one or by selecting a batch and then dragging them over at once. To remove an image, right click on it and choose deselect.

Saving a Group
Once you have created a new Group or changed an existing Group, the Group can be saved for later use. If a new Group or changes to an existing Group have not been saved, an asterisk will appear after the Group name in the window title bar. If you close the Group thumbnail window with the close (X) button before the Group has been saved, Insight will prompt for confirmation so that Group results are not unintentionally lost. Click yes at this prompt if you want to save the Group.

Save Group 2

You can also save a Group by choosing save group or save group as from the file main menu.

Save Group

Saving a Group allows you to give the Group a new name and to select the folder where Insight will store the Group.

By default, you can only save a new Group to your local folder at Vassar. This will open a directory browse window. Insight provides a default directory folder on your computer for saving a new Group. However, you may navigate to any location on your file directory before saving the new Group.

Remember: Since these groups files are saved locally, you need to copy these files to removeable media if you want to access them from another location. And as always, you must open these groups from within Insight after logging in from the new location.

If you are a faculty member and you need to save groups on the Insight server, for others to access, please contact ACS about creating a special account.

Opening a Group
To open a group you have saved, you must be on a computer that is able to access the drive your group file is stored on. Connect to Luna Insight through the Image Gateway or a local desktop client. Choose file then local folder then yourgroup.grp. If you do not have the necessary collections open to start your group, you will be given the option to cancel the action or choose a link which will automatically open the necessary collections related to your group.


Online Help

Luna Insight provides an extensive online help guide available at http://www.lunaimaging.com/support/documentation.html