Parameter

Description

Opacity

Changes the opacity of layers. The overall opacity determines to what degree it obscures or reveals the layer beneath it. A layer with 1% opacity appears nearly transparent, whereas one with 100% opacity appears completely opaque.

Alignment

Only available if you have selected one or more images or a session.
Starts the selected alignment operation for the currently selected image(s) or session. Click on the arrow button to select an alignment.

–

Align

Activates the alignment process for the selected data, see Activating the Alignment Process.

–

Align system

Activates the alignment process for the current microscope session, see Activating the Alignment Process.

–

Manual Alignment Wizard

Opens the wizard for manual alignment, see Aligning Images in the Manual Alignment Wizard.

–

Point Alignment Wizard

Opens the wizard for point alignment, see Aligning Images in the Point Alignment Wizard.

–

Point Alignment 3D Wizard

Opens the wizard for 3D point alignment, see Aligning Images in the 3D Point Alignment Wizard.

–

Align Two Images in 3D

Opens the selected images directly in alignment mode in the ZEN Connect 3D view, see also Aligning Images in the ZEN Connect 3D View.

Import

Starts the currently selected operation to add and/or import an image. Click on the arrow button to select an import operation, see also Importing Data.

–

Add image

Opens the file browser to add an image, see Adding an Image to the ZEN Connect Project.

–

Add image from storage

Opens the Stored Documents dialog to add an image from the ZEN Data Storage, see Adding an Image to the ZEN Connect Project.

–

Import non-image data

Opens the file browser to select non-image data for an import, see Importing Non Image Data.

–

Import SmartFIB z-stack

Opens the file browser to import a SmartFIB z-stack, see Importing a SmartFIB Stack into ZEN Connect.

–

Add dataset

Opens the file browser to add a dataset, see Adding Datasets when Adding Images.

Export

Starts the currently selected operation to export an image. Click on the arrow button to select an export operation.

–

Single Image Export

Opens the wizard to export the selected data in one single image, see Exporting Single Image Data.

–

Video Export

Opens the wizard to export the selected data as a video, see Exporting a ZEN Connect Project as a Video.

–

Export Project

Opens a file browser to export your current ZEN Connect project, see Exporting a ZEN Connect Project from ZEN Data Storage.

New Session

Creates a new session, see Starting a New Session.

Context menu

–

Zoom to

Zooms one or more selected images into the center of the Image View, see Zooming Images.

–

Zoom to 100%

Zooms to the selected image in the Image View and displays it at 100% scale, see Zooming Images.

–

Show/Hide

Toggles the visibility of an image or a session, see Moving or Hiding Images.

–

Open image(s) in ZEN

Opens the selected image(s) in ZEN, see Opening Images in ZEN.

–

Open Attachment

Only available for non-image data.
Opens the attached file in the respective application.

–

Show in Explorer

Locates an image or file on your computer, see Showing an Image in the Explorer.

–

Remove Data

Removes the selected image from the ZEN Connect project, but does not delete it from the computer, see Removing Images from the ZEN Connect Project.

–

Delete

Only visible for non-image data.
Deletes the file from the project and from the project folder. If the file was added as a link, only the link in the project is deleted.

–

Rename Data

Renames an image, see Renaming Images in a ZEN Connect Project.

–

Align Data

Activates the alignment process for the selected data, see Activating the Alignment Process.

–

Single Image Export

Opens the wizard to export the selected data in one single image, see Exporting Single Image Data.

–

Video Export

Opens the wizard to export the selected data as a video, see Exporting a ZEN Connect Project as a Video.

–

Add image

Opens the file browser to add an image, see Adding an Image to the ZEN Connect Project.

–

Add image from storage

Opens the Stored Documents dialog to add an image from ZEN Data Storage, see Adding an Image to the ZEN Connect Project.

–

Import SmartFIB z-stack

Opens the file browser to import a SmartFIB z-stack, see Importing a SmartFIB Stack into ZEN Connect.

–

Show in 3D

Only available if one or two z-stack images are selected in the tree view.
Opens the images in the ZEN Connect 3D view, see Opening Images in the ZEN Connect 3D View.

–

New Session

Starts a new session. The images acquired next will be subordinated below a new session node, see Starting a New Session.

–

Clear alignment

Resets the alignment and places the selected image at its initial position.

–

Zoom to extent

Resets the view space of the Image View to be centered on the holder with a field of view (FOV) that includes all visible images in the project, see Zooming to Extent.

–

Export Project

Opens a file browser to export your current ZEN Connect project, see Exporting a ZEN Connect Project from ZEN Data Storage.

–

Import non-image data

Opens the file browser to select non-image data for an import, see Importing Non Image Data.