The Panorama (interactive) workbench enables you to acquire an image of a large sample area with a manual stage.

You acquire tiles (images of neighboring sample areas) and move the stage between two tile acquisitions manually.

  1. The Panorama (interactive) workbench is selected.
  2. The sample is sufficiently illuminated and in focus.
  1. Set up the camera using the Camera tool.
  2. Select the desired objective in the Magnification tool.
  3. Set up the stitching method to be applied after acquisition using the Tile Stitching tool.
  4. Click Start in the Workbench Area. The following elements appear in the Center Screen Area:
  5. The Live Navigator, a live preview image with tile overlay.
  6. An acquisition tool to acquire tiles.
  7. Move the stage until the sample area of interest is visible in the Live Navigator image.
  8. Click Acquire Tile Image in the acquisition tool in the Center Screen Area.
  9. Double-click one of the eight neighbor fields next to the acquired tile.
  10. The Live Navigator is placed accordingly. The preview image displayed inside the Live Navigator is identical to the last acquired tile.
  11. Match the Live Navigator image to the edge of the last acquired tile by moving the stage accordingly.
  12. Acquire the tile by clicking Acquire Tile Image.
  13. Repeat the previous steps until you have acquired an image of the entire sample area of interest.
  14. Click Stop in the Workbench Area.

The acquired image is complete. If you have selected stitching, the software finishes the acquisition by aligning the tile images along their edges.

If you click on the Live image, it gets semi-transparent.