Navigating the Label Mode

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Suite provides a separate Label Mode for each project's data type (image, video, etc.). Suite currently provides two types of Label Mode for image data type and one for video data type.
Image (New) Label Mode
 Top Bar
The top bar displays basic information and actions for the current label.
Data Key
Number of Labels Submitted
Amount of Time Spent in Label Mode
Undo / Redo
Full Screen
Label Skip / Save / Submit buttons
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Panel
Tasks Panel
The Tasks panel displays a list of all object classes that were configured for the project in the project settings.
When you select a task from the list, the appropriate drawing mode is automatically activated and you can draw annotations on the canvas area.
The small icon on the left of each list item represents the annotation type (bounding box, polygon segmentation, etc.), and the number on the right represents the keyboard shortcut to select each task.
You can also search for a task (the object class) in the search bar at the top.
Objects Panel
The Objects panel displays information about annotations on the canvas area.
You can select whether to hide the object on the canvas by clicking on the eye button on the right.
Issues Panel (UI check required)
You can add an issue thread by clicking Add Issue.
Shortcuts Panel
You can see the keyboard shortcuts for the Label Mode.
Adjustment Panel
You can adjust the transparency of annotations, image brightness, image contrast, line width and point size, and font size.
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Canvas
The canvas area is for creating annotations. You can create annotations by selecting the appropriate item in the Tasks panel.
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Create, Edit, and Delete Annotations
Image (Old) Label Mode
Anytime you choose a piece of raw data to annotate by clicking Edit Label from the Label List page, the Label Mode will automatically appear as a separate tab, just like the one below:
Toolbar
The Toolbar is located at the far left of the screen. Here are some of the tools you can access.
Select
Click on a single annotation, or click on anywhere on the image, hold, and then drag the mouse over the image to simultaneously select multiple annotations.
Move
Click anywhere and hold to move the image in any desired direction.
Delete
Once this functionality is selected, click on any unwanted annotation to delete from the image. You may also use the Select functionality to choose an annotation and then press Delete on your keyboard.
Draw Bounding Box
After selecting this annotation click, hold, and drag your box annotation over your object class.
Draw Polygon
Create a set of points around the outline of the class you are attempting to annotate. After connecting all the points by coming back full circle to the first point, the annotation will complete itself.
Draw Polyline
To mark straight lines, single-click the starting point, drag the cursor to the desired end-point in the image, repeat until you double-clicking to complete the polyline annotation.
Draw Keypoints
Use our keypoint feature to mark the human face or body pose as an object class in raw image data by first activating this annotation and then dragging this over the intended class. A keypoints template of the human body or human face figure will appear (depending on your initially chosen project settings). Once in this mode, you can manually adjust any necessary point in the annotation to fit the pose (or facial outline if you selected facial keypoint) of the object class in the image.
Undo / Redo / Save
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Top Bar
There are a few buttons near the top of the Label Mode.
Move to the previous/next label
Click to move to the previous/next label on the list of labels you are assigned to.
Timer
This timer helps users keep track of their time spent on each image.
Issues
Any user can click here to open a thread. The smaller version of the same image will pop up, allowing you to leave comments on whatever portion of the image that needs a second look. Annotators can also view earlier feedback left by other project managers. Find out more about this on a related user manual: Create a New Issue Thread.
Shortcuts
To accelerate your annotation project, look here to get acquainted with or verify keyboard shortcuts.
Open Label List
Check here to view already-assigned labels, or if you are already finished with all labels you may click Assign me a new label to self-assign yourself more labels.
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Cabinet
The Cabinet refers to the panel on the right-hand side of the Label Mode.
Default Class
If there is more than one class (e.g. bulldozer, excavator) under one annotation type (e.g. polygon) you may choose a default class so that as soon as you finish creating an annotation object the set class will be automatically selected.
Property
Annotation property is meant to be used to add more detailed information regarding an annotation. For example, when you label a person with a bounding box, you may also want to add additional details such the age, gender, etc. This kind of object properties can be set up when you create the project. During the project setup, you have the option to add multiple choice, multiple selection, or free response properties for each object class.
Video Label Mode
Top Bar 
The top bar displays basic information and actions for the current label in the video Label Mode. This includes:
Data Key 
Number of Labels Submitted
Amount of Time Spent in Label Mode (Per Image) 
Undo / Redo 
Fit to Screen 
Screen Zoom In / Out
Skip / Save / Submit 
Task Panel
The Task panel is located at the top left of the screen in the video Label Mode. You can access the following tools:
The Task panel displays a list of all object classes that were configured for the project in the project settings. 
When you select a task from the list, the appropriate drawing mode is automatically activated, and you can draw annotations on the canvas area. 
The small icon on the left of each list item represents the annotation type (bounding box, polygon segmentation, etc.), and the number on the right represents the keyboard shortcut to select each task. 
You can also search for a task (the object class) in the search bar at the top.
Object Panel
The Object panel is located at the bottom left of the screen in the video Label Mode. The panel displays information about annotations on the canvas area.
Type: The panel displays the annotation type of the object class for the current label. 
Class: The panel displays the object class of the current label. You can change the object class by clicking the dropdown button. 
Hide / Display: You can select whether to hide the object on the canvas by clicking the eye button on the right. 
You can check which frame each object belongs to on the Timeline panel located at the bottom right of the screen.
You can access more functions by clicking ··· on the right corner of the Objects panel’s toolbar. For example, you can delete multiple objects at once.
Timeline Panel
The Timeline panel is located at the bottom of the screen. You can access the following tools:
Play / Pause: You can play and pause the video frames. 
Playback Speed: You can adjust the video playback speed. 
Prev / Next Frame: You can navigate to the previous or next frame. 
Split: You can split a single object ID at the selected frame. 
Merge: You can merge multiple object IDs into a single ID. However, you cannot merge IDs if more than two annotations are in a frame. 
Copy Selected to This Frame: You can copy the annotation of the nearest frame to the selected class into the current frame. 
Copy All to This Frame: You can copy every annotation from the nearest frame to the current frame.
Issue Panel
You can add an issue thread by clicking Add Issue.
Shortcuts Panel
You can view the keyboard shortcuts for the Label Mode.
Adjustment Panel
You can adjust the transparency of annotations, image brightness, image contrast, line width and point size, and font size.
Canvas
The canvas area is for creating annotations. You can create annotations by selecting the appropriate item in the Task panel. You can use the toolbars and top bar tools more efficiently by utilizing keyboard shortcuts.
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Shortcut keys allow easy and quick methods for working with the toolbar and top bar in the Label Mode.
Label Mode Shortcuts
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