The Specimen Determines the Lens
Choose a Magnify2 lens by coverage, feature size, working distance, relief, measurement needs, and manageable capture volume.
Define the Need, Then Set the Resolution
Pixel count, sampling, resolvable detail, and calibrated scale are different things. Define the decision first, then set the resolution to match.
The Capture Brief: Decisions to Make Before the First Frame
Plan subject handling, optics, lighting, test capture, scale, rights, and Viewer metadata before starting a long Magnify2 imaging run.
No More Octopus Wrestling
With the 2026 Upgrades becoming available for retrofit to older Magnify2 systems, one of the world’s most esoteric activities – Octopus Wrestling – will die out. What, you might ask, is Octopus Wrestling? (I didn’t actually know it was a real thing, just my own “in my head” name for the fight to change the…
Using the GIGAmacro Viewer to Annotate Your Gigapan Images
Here’s how to annotate your Gigapan images. Gigapan images have been popular for ten years or so, and the gigapan.org web site claims over 55,000 members. Many of GIGAmacro customers have legacy images on gigapan.org and wanted a way to additional functionality – such as annotations – to their legacy images. The GIGAmacro team spent a…
How to Make Gigapixel Macro Images
How to Make Gigapixel Macro Images The Overall Process The GIGAmacro images featured in the GIGAmacro Viewer are assembled from hundreds, or more often thousands, of individual photographs. To create a gigapixel image, we use a technique generally known as “Stack and Stitch”. Focus Stacking Focus stacking is a technique which combines multiple images…
The Power of Annotating and Sharing Gigapixel Images
The Power of Annotating and Sharing Gigapixel Images. The power of annotating and sharing gigapixel images was shown when we were at the Geological Society of America conference in Seattle recently. We got chatting with the folks at the Stonerose Interpretive Center in Eastern WA state, right by the Canadian border. They showed us the fossil below and…
The East Wall at Delphi Text Inscriptions and Translation
The East Wall at Delphi Text Inscriptions and Translation Adrian High is a PhD student at Duke University whose research is fuelled by a fascination with ancient documentary evidence. He explored the multilingual epigraphic record from second and third century Histria on the Black Sea through the prism of sociolinguistic theory as part of his…
RAW Workflow for Gigapixel Macro Images
RAW Workflow for Gigapixel Macro Images For the vast majority of gigapixel macro imaging, jpg photos and 8-bit workflows are perfectly acceptable, and we ship the Magnify2 configured that way. But what when jpg doesn’t fit the bill? Sometimes we need a RAW workflow for gigapixel macro images. That’s what this blog article is about. First, some…
Store Gigapixel Images Free, here’s how
You can now store your Gigapixel Images for FREE, here’s how. With the release of the latest GIGAmacro Viewer, you can store gigapixel images free and share them, with a private group or with the world at large. To do this you will need to create a username and password and then follow the steps below to…