1. A graphical user interface (GUI) display for displaying and controlling vision system operating parameters of a contour sensor, the GUI comprising: an automated region of interest (ROI) graphic image that is applied to a discrete region of a selected image of an object in response to a single click by a user at the discrete region of the selected image, the selected image being selected by the user from a window on the GUI display containing a plurality of captured images of the object; at least one automated operating parameter that is generated automatically in response to the single click by the user at the discrete region of the selected image to determine whether a contour of interest is in the automated ROI graphic image; and a contour graphic image that outlines the contour of interest to demonstrate where the contour of interest is in the automated ROI graphic image.