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Product overview

VISTA desktop seismic data processing software provides data processing from early stage acquisition QC to final processing and interpretation of 2D and 3D seismic data acquired on land, offshore, or as a vertical seismic profile (VSP)—in all industry and manufacturer data formats.

With VISTA software, you can easily navigate workflows and seamlessly evaluate datasets using the many interactive and interlinked displays. You can also add in your own algorithms through a C++, Python, or MATLAB SDK interface. The software supports advanced processing capabilities, including AVO and AVA analysis, multicomponent processing, and complete 2D and 3D VSP QC and processing.

VISTA software is available in four modules: VISTA Field QC, VISTA Field Processing, VISTA Full Processing, and VISTA VSP.

• VISTA Field QC is used in the field to perform rapid QC and simple processing through to brute stack. 
• VISTA Field Pro package provides additional tools for more sophisticated QC requirements, including poststack migration. 
• VISTA Full Pro offers a complete QC and processing solution with all the field capabilities and it includes poststack line-tie and data merge, prestack migration, and time and depth image analysis. 
• VISTA VSP can be used for complete VSP QC and processing.

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Release updates

• New Interactive Acquisition Instrument Field QC window
  
  • Input one or multiple records
  • Multiple QCs available, including total harmonic distortion, phase lag, and time-variant amplitude spectrum 
• Quick access to VISTA software help via the new Help button  (or F1 key)
• New flow commands
  
  • TDMSDisk—TDMS input flow command 
  • FlatHor—Flatten or unflatten stacked data to horizons
  • VelHor—Convert RMS velocities to interval velocities based on horizons. 
  • Impedance inversion inverts stacked and zero-offset data using wavelet to obtain impedance or reflectivity
• Enhancements to Refraction window
  
  • Added option to separate model times for each layer
  • Added option to recalculate a layer and reset radius on current controls
  • Added capability for user to set smoothing variable used initially when creating model from layer model
  • Added capability for user to set inversion iteration
  • Improved setting source and receiver elevation location on tomographic vertical profile
  • Added display options, including calculated layer first break and VISTA software time item
• Enhancements to 2D and 3D Interferometric Refraction Statics window
  
  • Added option to save and restore picked horizons
• Enhancements to 3D Seismic Cube display
  
  • Added hot keys for changing data display as wiggle, Va, VDF
  • Enabled displays of single 3D stack data or multiple 2D stack datasets
• Enhancements to the Attribute window
  
  • Added prediction interface
  • Added capability to display inline and crossline 
  • Added tracking location mode for user-defined X/Y headers for shot, receiver, or bin centers
  • Added capability to use shift key or MMB to unpick traces when manually picking first breaks
  • Added capability to display calculated first break on seismic data or in the XT View if using velocity from refraction 
    
  • Added new attribute calculations to the Attribute Prediction window, including standard deviation and time difference RMS between first break and calculated first break
  • Added option to use travel-time RMS calculation to locate bad records in the Attribute Prediction window
• Added option to the auto-move calculation to find location based on station move enhancements to 3D Merge window
  
  • Added capability to load and display multiple time slices
• Enhancements to velocity analysis
  
  • Enhanced control pick function to clip RMS or interval velocity values
  • Added option to switch between mass velocity pick RMS or interval velocity 
  • Updated AVO angle smoothing for display and mute purposes
  • Updated pick time to display local time
  • Added options to redatum velocity file 
• Updates to the flow window 
  
  • Included capability to add inner and outer flow loops to variables
  • Added new visualization QC tools that include color-coded loops and mismatch of loop counts 
  • Added spreadsheet to edit flow variables
  • Added capability to open multiple flow files from the Flow menu 
• Enhancements to existing flow commands
  
  • Added user-defined header to store replication count for the Duplicate Traces command
  • Added option to the CMP Stack command to output the flow samples as another output
  • Added a new option to create common image gathers as a function of opening angle to the 2D VSP migration flow
• Added variable string definitions to the 2D VSP depth migration command for migration response test
• Added variable string definitions to the 3D VSP depth migration command for migration response test
• Added new option to parametric wavefield separation (WavanaPro) to use 3D VSP depth model for initial approximation
• Added new option to the VSP Decon command to calculate and apply normalized operator to keep trace-to-trace amplitude decay
• Added a new option to the VSP Spherical Divergence command to limit gain by setting maximum angle
  
  • Added a new option to the VSP Spherical Divergence command to use the 3D VSP Depth model to calculate and apply amplitude compensation for geometrical spreading, transmission losses, and emergence angle 
  • Added option to calculate and apply one operator per ensemble to the VSP Decon and VSP Adjustable Median filter commands
  • Added option to save time shifts to VISTA software headers for VSP Adjustable Median Filter
  • Added capability to apply time shifts to data and first break picks to VISTA software headers for VSP Adjustable Median filter
  • Added capability for 4DDec to input 2D or 3D CMP gathers
  • Multithreaded Alpha Trim Mean filter; it also performs in memory calculation to improve runtimes, and it outputs the input subtracted from filter result to also improve performance
  • Added capability to use variables in the name to process multiple lines using the Batch flow command
  • Added taper to outliers within the velocity mute to 3D Cadzow
  • Python flow command
    
    • Changed input arguments passed in PyDict
    • Returns data from SetupCmd used in later calls to ExecuteCmd and EndCmd
    • Added EndCmd function call to run Python code in postprocessing after flow has finished processing data
• Added LDF format dictionaries
  
  • Input_LDF_for_VSI_Feet.dic
  • Input_LDF_for_VSI_Metric.dic
  • Output_LDF_for_VSI_ZVSP.dic 
• Added option to override MP factor and apply scalar from headers to the SegdDisk
• Enhancements to the Seismic window display for handling ensemble records
  
  • Added a new FK filter window for picking FK filters on ensembles 
  • Added options to handle ensemble records and creating FK 
  • Added difference ensemble records
  • Added hot keys
  • Added capability to define FK filter X and Y location header
  • Added capability to interpolate FK filter
• Enhancements to the Seismic window display
  
  • Added color coding to traces selected in VDF mode
  • Added option to undo interpolation and smoothing when picking horizons 
  • Added capability to save plot parameters when using group mode
  • Added font control for time-depth axis
• Enhancements to First Break Picking
  
  • Added option to transfer first break picks between multicomponent records
  • Added a hotkey “P” to override guided picking during manual picking
  • Added capability to select records based on defined value in the TX display window and broadcast to other windows or flows. Use the selected records to repick records in the Seismic window display.
  • Added capability to change mouse settings to unpick traces and to broadcast 
  • Added capability to sort display order by calculated value when in field record display mode 
• Enhancements to the 3C VSP FB Picking and Receiver Orientation Analysis window
  
  • Added 1C picking options
  • Added manual picking override
  • Improved inflection point picking
  • Added capability to calculate, display, and save Hmax Prime component in the 3C window
  • Added capability to autopick or manually pick first breaks on Hmax Prime component 
  • Enabled picks to automatically save to 3C input data
• Enhancements to the Interactive VSP Profile window
  
  • Added improvements for vertical profiles created from several shots: performs smooth pick operation on vertical times
  • Added capability to calculate interval, average, and RMS velocities from datum
  • Added capability to output velocity information from datum to a text file or VISTA software headers
  • Added capability to apply interactive time shifts based on shot and/or receiver selection
  • Added capability to save rejected traces as dead to VISTA software headers
• Enhancements to VSP Look Ahead window
  
  • Added access to the Seismic Plot Parameter dialog for all seismic data views
  • Added user-defined parameter settings below TD when outputting VSP profile
• Enhancements to VSP Geometry window
  
  • Users can now import SPS files
  • New option: move coordinate origin to the wellhead
  • Estimate tool deviation if deviation survey is unavailable 
• Interactive 2D and 3D VSP Model Building window enhancements
  
  • Added numerous import options when importing a horizon from time or depth, including setting the horizon as either 2D or 3D, shifting coordinate origin, converting velocity units, setting horizon datum elevation, and setting replacement velocity
  • Added capability to shift coordinate origin and convert velocity units when importing from VISTA software velocity file
  • Added capability to change velocity file datum when importing VISTA software interval velocity in depth, shifting coordinate origin, and converting velocity units 
  • Added output options 
  • Added anisotropy parameters import options
  • Added capability to create CMP binning based on reflector
  • Added capability to calculate and display CMP fold
  • Added options to create surface from shot elevation values
  • Overlay seismic with model and shift coordinate origin if seismic coordinate differs from VSP
  • Added synthetic options, including capability to create synthetic traces with receiver depth below maximum depth of current VSP dataset, apply wavelet on the fly, set calculation parameters, and set maximum number of layers
  • Added option to calculate and export ETA in time domain for depth velocity model
• Improved VISTA software’s handling of VSP projects during project creation, adjusted plot parameters and headers
  
  • Added new sorting options in the Seismic window for VSP data
• Improved the speed of saving statics and weathering model in 3D Refraction and 3D IRS windows
• Added option to output interpolated VISTA software velocity file with picks only at horizons to the 2D and 3D Horizon Velocity Interpolate dialog
• Improved tutorial installation so that all tutorials install in one folder and are visible for all versions of VISTA software (2020 and higher)
• Added data format support for Technical Data Management Streaming (TDMS) format
  
• Improved MatLab VWUser extension module to pass multiple headers and enhanced options for defining output data
• Added options to redatum velocity file to the convert velocity file

Users

Geophysicists involved in field QC and processing of 2D and 3D seismic data acquired on land, offshore, or through VSP.