Imaging, Microscopy and More
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Split XY multipoints macro
Has been added to the free macros list under Macros & Journals!
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Elements ND File Size Calculator
This is a calculator that will look at an ND experiment and tell you how large the resulting ND file will be. This is approximate and keep in mind if you are using the “save to TIFF” function the total size will likely be larger, due to the metadata saved per image in the tiff […]
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How to Set Large Icons in Elements
This is useful for large screens that are using very high resolutions. Sometimes the icons are so small as to be hard to click and unreadable. Open Elements and select the View Menu, then Layout, then open the “Layout Manager”. Next select the “Toolbar” Section on the Left (Step 1), then Select the “Large Icons” […]
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NIS Elements Stereo Zoom Settings
The Auto-calibration feature in Elements (beginning in version 3.1) is a great thing to have. You simply choose the objective you are working with, the software knows what camera you are running, so the calibration is calculated for you when you add the objective list. While this is great for the compound scope systems out […]
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Micro-Manager 1.3 and Velleman Boards
If you are running micro manager and need to control a device via TTL or voltage, there is a nice driver written for umanager along with an inexpensive A/D card. The Card I used for a recent project was the Velleman K-8061. I’ve written up a simple how-to on connecting the board to a windows […]
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Bio-X Course Follow-up
Thanks to everyone who attended my first course on image processing (and acquisition as it turns out). As promised here are some links: – MBF Tools for ImageJ. This is a suite of processing and analysis tools, provided by the McMaster Biophotonics Facility, which can be used for, among other things, splitting apart pigment based […]
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Quick Image Merge in Elements
If you want to merge multiple channels in Elements here is a quick solution: 1. Make sure you have the channel tabs activated. Do this by clicking the Edit menu, then Options. Select the “Appearance” settings. Make sure the “Show Channel Tabs” box is checked. 2. open or acquire the first image. In the lower […]
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Saving an image as you see it in Elements
If there is one simple question I get during training sessions it’s “How do I save an image, so that I can open it using Photoshop or other programs, and have the image appear exactly as it does in Elements?”. The reasons for this are complicated. Suffice it to say if all you want is […]
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Notes for the Bio-X Workshop at Stanford
If you are enrolled for the Bio-X Image Processing and Analysis Workshop, I want to make sure you get the most from the course. To that end: If you don’t have a laptop please find someone to work with during the course, so you can follow along. Most of the subject matter is better absorbed […]
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NIS Elements PFS Override when running ND experiments
When using the “Wellplate2” Macro with NIS AR you may have noticed a small but important limitation: Once you’ve loaded your specified sites into the 6D experiment, you can no longer make adjustments to the scope PFS offset. This means that for each experiment you run you either need the offset to stay the same, […]