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NIH Image

Captures a series of video frames into a stack. Before using this command, you must first create a rectangular selection in the Camera window. The size of this selection determines the width and height of the stack that will be created. A dialog box allows you to specify the number of frames and the capture rate. The capture rate is specified by entering either the inter-frame interval (Seconds/frame) or the frame rate (Frames/second). Set the inter-frame interval to zero for the fastest capture rate. After NIH Image has completed recording the movie it will compute the actual frame rate and display it in the Info window. If the computed and desired rates are not the same then the frames were probably captured at uneven intervals. In the case, specify a slower rate, use a smaller selection, or try enabling 'Blind' Capture. Type command-period to abort the movie making process. 

'Blind' Capture
Disable screen updates, allowing faster frame capture rates.

Buffer Capture
Use uses the LG-3's expandable buffer memory to store the frames. When combined with blind movie capturing, this enables capturing at video rates. The software limits the number of frames in a movie to the number which will fit in the LG-3's memory buffer (this is the number of Mb on the LG-3 times two). Note that if there is a lot of memory installed on the LG-3, there must also be a lot of system memory in the Macintosh in order to work with the frames once they are captured.


Steve Barrett     November 2014


S.D.Barrett @ liv.ac.uk