miXscope
miXscope enables microscope and video camera users to take snapshots, create time-lapse movies, stop motion movies, or image sequences of the world around them.miXscope users can also add time stamps, text comments, image overlays, make measurements, add special effects, and/or draw on the live view images. You can also create movies from image sequences.
Supported Devices
QX3/QX3+ USB Microscopes
QX5/Smithsonian USB Microscopes
MiScope USB Handheld Microscope
External iSight Camera
Built-in iSight Camera
DV Cameras
Dino-Lite Series of Microscopes
ProScope HR Microscope
Original ProScope Microscope
Other microscopes/cameras that have a QuickTime video driver
miXscope 3.2 Features
Snapshots
- Captures images as PNG, TIFF, or JPG
- Real-time frame averaging
- Import images into iPhoto
Movies
- Create time-lapse movies
- Create stop motion movies
- Onion-skin option for stop motion movies
- Create an image sequence
Special Effects
- Several built-in special effects
- Plugin support so you can write your own special effects or image processing algorithms
- Plugin sample code
Annotation
- Add a time-stamp on the image or movie
- Add one or two text comments on the image or movie
Overlays
- Add an image/logo overlay
- Control the overlay's opacity, position, and size
Live Drawing
- Draw ovals, rectangles, or freehand
Measurement Tools
- Measure angles, lengths, and areas
- Scale calibration functionality
Session Manager
- Capture current session settings
- Restore previous sessions
Miscellaneous
- Digital Zoom
- Full screen mode
- Create movies from an image sequence
- Flip images vertically and/or horizontally
- Take snapshots using the command-line tool
- Runs natively on Intel and PowerPC Macs
miXscope QuickTime License
- Allows access to all QuickTime input video devices
- Dino-Lite series microscopes
- External and built-in iSight cameras
- ProScope and ProScope HR microscopes
- DV cameras
miXscope Multi-device License
- Allows access to all supported microscopes and cameras

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