JPK DP Data Processing Software Manual Version 4.2 10 / 2012 © 2002-2012- JPK Instruments AG all rights reserved © 2009 JPK Instruments AG all rights reserved Table of Contents § 0 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 0.1 JPK NanoWizard® SPM and DP software ......................................................................................................... 1 0.2 JPK data formats ............................................................................................................................................... 1 0.2.1 Images ............................................................................................................................................. 1 0.2.2 Force curves .................................................................................................................................... 1 0.2.3 Force maps and QI data files ........................................................................................................... 1 0.2.4 Other data formats ........................................................................................................................... 2 § 1 Software overview ................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Starting the program .......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 JPK image files .................................................................................................................................................. 3 1.2.1 The image menu bar ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.2.2 The image shortcut bar .................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 JPK Force files................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3.1 The force curve menu bar ................................................................................................................ 6 1.3.2 The force curve shortcut bar ............................................................................................................ 8 1.4 Software versions and updates ......................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Updating your software .................................................................................................................. 10 1.4.2 SPM software version .................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 Logging Settings .............................................................................................................................................. 10 § 2 Image files and the processing window ............................................................ 12 2.1 Opening a JPK image file ................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 The Overview image viewer ............................................................................................................................ 14 2.3 The processing window ................................................................................................................................... 15 2.3.1 Processing and Overview windows ............................................................................................... 15 2.3.2 View panel ..................................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.3 Info panel ....................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.4 History bar and remove operation .................................................................................................. 17 2.4 Colortables ...................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.1 Choice of colortables ..................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.2 Statistics, MinMax and Fixed Range colorizers ............................................................................. 20 2.4.3 Adjusting the colorizer settings ...................................................................................................... 21 2.5 Saving data and exporting images................................................................................................................... 22 2.5.1 Save data ....................................................................................................................................... 22 2.5.2 Export image .................................................................................................................................. 22 § 3 Data processing operations ............................................................................... 25 3.1 Plane fit ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 3.2 Line fit .............................................................................................................................................................. 27 3.2.1 Linefit ............................................................................................................................................. 27 DP Data Processing Software Version 4.2 i 3.2.2 Histfit .............................................................................................................................................. 29 3.3 Remove Lines .................................................................................................................................................. 30 3.4 Low and Highpass Filters ................................................................................................................................ 31 3.4.1 Lowpass ........................................................................................................................................ 31 3.4.2 Median filter ................................................................................................................................... 33 3.4.3 Highpass ........................................................................................................................................ 34 3.5 Edge detect ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 3.6 Invert image ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 § 4 Other image tools ................................................................................................ 37 4.1 Image analysis tools ........................................................................................................................................ 37 4.1.1 Measure ......................................................................................................................................... 37 4.1.2 Points ............................................................................................................................................. 38 4.1.3 Section ........................................................................................................................................... 38 4.1.4 Histogram ...................................................................................................................................... 39 4.1.5 FFT ................................................................................................................................................ 40 4.2 Crop ................................................................................................................................................................. 41 4.3 3D View ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 § 5 Direct Overlay ...................................................................................................... 44 5.1.1 Opening Optical images ................................................................................................................ 44 5.1.2 Shift Optical Image ........................................................................................................................ 45 5.1.3 Optical image export ...................................................................................................................... 46 § 6 Force curve files, processing and analysis ....................................................... 47 6.1 Opening a JPK force curve file ........................................................................................................................ 47 6.2 The force curve window ..................................................................................................................................