In Situ Video Software

Synchronizing images with data from in situ devices

The In Situ Video Software allows users to simultaneously record images from any Gatan camera/DigiScan^® device and the corresponding setting of supported in situ holders/stages. As a result, it offers a systematic and accurate way to maintain the correlation of the recorded images with the in situ device responsible for the observed specimen changes.

The In Situ Video Software allows live updates of the in situ device setting and displays it with each image frame acquired.  The image and the in situ data are then recorded in industry standard high definition (HD) video formats (uncompressed AVI, MPEG 4 or WMV) by a new HD Video plug-in to Gatan's DigitalMicrograph^® (DM).  

The In Situ Video Software supports Gatan heating and cooling TEM holders and SEM stages controlled by SmartSet™ and ITC (model 503) controllers. It also supports 3rd party in situ devices through an open architecture. The In situ Video Software is fully compatible with DM scripting allowing users to further customize their in situ experiments.

The In Situ Video and HD video software are part of the Gatan Microscopy Suite^® (GMS) version 2.1. They are fully compatible with the Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. On the Windows XP 32-bit operating system only uncompressed video files can be generated.

For a PDF copy of the In Situ Video Software datasheet, click here.

Coalescence of Nanoparticles: Gold nanoparticles on carbon film (Gatan ORIUS^® 830 camera and 628 heating holder with SmartSet™ Model 901 temperature controller on Tecnai 20).  Movie was captured by Gatan In situ Video Software. Courtesy of Litao Sun, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

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In situ nano-compression of a SiO₂ glass nanoparticle: A 500 nm amorphous SiO₂ glass particle (top of the image) is plastically deformed into a pancake geometry in a compression test of Hysitron Picoindenter (PI95). The loading rate of 10 nm/s was generated by driving a flat diamond punch (lower left corner).  Gatan ORIUS^® 830 camera. Movie was captured by Gatan In situ Video Software. Courtesy of Zhiwei Shan at CAMP-Nano at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.

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Features	Benefits
Supports all Gatan imaging devices (cameras and DigiScan®)	Allows users to acquire both TEM and SEM images
High Definition Video	Records HD video to a file Record and playback frame rates can differ Time lapse recording possible Record front window, group of windows, or fixed area Supports uncompressed AVI, MPEG4, and WMV formats
Supports DM scripting	Allows users to extend and customize their in situ experiment
Open architecture	Supports 3rd party in situ devices
3rd Party In Situ Components The Gatan In Situ Video software has been designed to enable 3rd parties to develop components that plug in to the system. These components enable the annotation of images with parameters from attached hardware in the same way as the components supplied by Gatan. In order to test if a component supplied by a 3rd party is compatible with the Gatan software you should download and run the small test application. Click here to download the test application. The zipped archive contains instructions on running the application. For a PDF copy of the In Situ Video Software datasheet, click here. For complete technical and pricing information, please contact your local Gatan Sales office.