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Snap-shots are taking by pressing the
or
button, both located in the lower left
hand corner of the main window.
Takes a snap-shot using the predetermined frame averaging and other options specified
in the
Snap-Shot Settings Dialog
(see below)
Takes a snap-shot and frame averages until the button is pressed again. All other
options specified in the
Snap-Shot Settings Dialog
(other than Number of frames to average)
are maintained.
The
Snap-Shot Settings Dialog
is opened from View> Snap-Shot Settings.
Snap-Shot Settings Dialog box
Averaging
If you have a little to no motion, increasing the number of frames or time will improve your
signal to noise ratio (for static images the signal to noise ratio will improve by approximately
the square root of the number of frames averaged).
Do Not Average:
Snap-shot will only include one frame. Use this setting if you have
motion and are trying to capture particle images.
Average
x
frames:
Number of consecutive frames averaged to form a single snap-
shot.
Average for
x
ms:
Number of ms averaged to form a single snap-shot.
