Measurements and Imaging with Amscope Camera - Quickstart Usage Guide

A number of our microscope now have 14MP Amscope cameras with accompanying free Amscope software installed.

The software has already been calibrated for measurements, users should not perform any calibrations without consulting Staff first.

Choosing the Calibration

In order for the software to know which objective you are using, you must choose the appropriately named Calibration from the dropdown lists.

There are 2 separate spots where you choose the calibration to use. 

One is on the bar right above the image window called Magnification, which is used for measuring live images. (This is also available from the top "Options" pull down menu).

After you have captured a still image, you use the top "Image" pull down menu and select "resolution".  Choose the correct calibration setting for the lens you were using (eg. "5x, 10x etc.") and you will now have calibrated measurements for the still image.

Perform measurements as desired using the various measurement tools (scale bars, line lengths etc.).

Saving an Image

If you want the measurements saved onto the still image, use the "Layers" pull down menu and Merge the layer to the image (this will create a new image that has the measurement data saved directly on it). 

Save your pictures as jpegs as normal.

You can save all open tabs into a folder with automatic naming using File > Batch Save.