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Image Acquisition

In order to acquire an image you must first setup the required imaging settings (image channel) and how they will run (protocol). This section consists of topics relating to acquisition of an image to guide you through these steps.

This includes:

Displaying Live View  How to view the specimen in "real time"
Creating a Channel  How to set up imaging channels
Imaging Mode How to set the imaging mode
Creating a Protocol How to create a protocol for how the acquisition runs
Specimen Navigation  How to use the Remote Panel functions to navigate the specimen 
Snapping an Image  How to take a "snap" image of a single or multi-channel image
Dual Camera Simultaneous Acquisition How to set up operation of a dual camera system
Supported File Formats What image file formats are supported
Scripting  Scripting functions- currently not supported in this release
Drift Stabilisation How to set-up and use the Focus stabilisation functions
SRRF-StreamDetails of Andor's Super-resolution technology, SRRF-Stream
HF BoostDetails of HF Boost Filter

Once you have acquired the image you may proceed to view and analyse your image data. These topics are described in the Image Visualisation and Image Analysis sections. To view how to open, save or manage image data files refer to the File Management section.

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