When a contact is created, SIPS automatically captures the contact image from the waterfall view and stores it as a raster attribute of the contact feature object in the *.hips file.
Having this image embedded in the *.hips file means that any user opening the project will be able to view the contact image in the Image Preview window.
Each raster image is saved with a unique name in the following format. <linename>_<YYMMDD><HHMMSS>_<contact#>_<type>
This naming format is also followed when the image is exported, and the image name is displayed in the Attributes window for the related contact.
To view a saved contact image: