Software features

Pixstat is a software designed to measure the size and area of objects on a picture. Its main features are:

• It works on BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG or TIFF files with 1, 4, 8, 24 or 32 bits per pixel (colour, grey scale or black-and-white).
• It is also possible to acquire pictures directly from a scanner (using the standard interface Twain).
• Objects are recognized based on their colours, separating them from the background by using any linear combination between the three colour channels red, green and blue. To avoid counting specks, a minimum size per object can be defined.
• The software is able to calculate the threshold to distinguish between objects and background, taking into account the γ (gamma) value of the picture.
• Single files can be analysed individually or as batches of several pictures.
• The area of any object can be measured. The length and width are also measured on objects for which these parameters can be defined according to their general shape.
• Results are stored as standard text file, easy to import in softwares used for further processing (spreadsheets, statistical softwares).