You can add simple images, such as camera images or more complex images, such as a light microscope image with overlays, into your ZEN Connect project.

You can use an imported image as a backdrop to navigate the region. You can correlate imported images with sample holder marks, e.g. fiducials or other images through the alignment process. The imported image is displayed according to its position in the Graphical view along with any other image in the project. ZEN Connect saves the results to the archive. You can restore results from the archive.

Any time you open an image with the Load Image or the Load image from ZEN Data Storage tool, it is added to the ZEN Connect project.

Open the ZEN Connect workbench before performing a S&F calibration.

  1. You have opened a ZEN Connect project.
  1. On the Load File workbench, add the Load Image tool or the Load image from ZEN Data Storage tool if you want to add an image from the Data Storage.
  2. Click on the browse button to select an image in the respective tool.
  3. In case of the Load Image tool, the usual Windows explorer opens to select the image. For the Load image from ZEN Data Storage tool, the Browse ZEN Data Storage dialog opens. It displays all images in the data storage and you can search the images and also sort the list of images, e.g. by name, size, etc.
  4. Click on Open or OK to confirm your selected image.
  5. Click on Apply.
  6. The image is loaded and displayed in the Image view. It is also displayed in the Documents Area on the right.
  7. In the Project view, the image is displayed in the tree, subordinated to Imported Data unless it contains session information.
  8. If Shuttle & Find-calibration is available for the image, the image is placed in the Image view according to the Shuttle & Find stage position. Take care that you select the correct sample holder when importing an S&F-calibrated image. The correct sample holder is the same sample holder that was used during acquisition. If no Shuttle & Find data is available, the image is displayed in the Image view according to its stage coordinates.