1. You have saved the individual images of a Z-stack in a folder on your computer. The images have been named systematically, e.g. Image_Z0, Image_Z01, etc.

1. On the Processing tab, open the parameters for Image Import (or via the File > Export/Import > Import).
2. You will see the default settings of the parameters for Image Import.
2. Activate the Z-stack checkbox. Deactivate all the other dimensions.
3. Enter the interval for the Z-stack. The number of planes is set automatically if the images have been named systematically.
4. In the Import from section, select the folder that contains the individual images of your Z-stack image.
5. The individual images are displayed automatically in the list under the import directory.
5. Click on the Check Consistency button. This allows you to check whether the images can be imported correctly.
6. A check mark appears after each file name in the list. You can import the individual images.
6. Click on the Apply button at the top of the Processing tab.

1. The individual images are imported and combined to form a Z-stack image. You have successfully imported a Z-stack image from individual images.