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About Acquire¶

Acquire (acquire-imaging on PyPI) provides high-speed, multi-camera, video streaming and image acquisition with a programming interface for streaming video data directly to napari, Python and cloud-friendly file formats.

Installation¶

To install Acquire on Windows, macOS, or Ubuntu, simply run the following command:

python -m pip install acquire-imaging

Supported Cameras and File Formats¶

Acquire supports the following cameras (currently only on Windows):

For testing and demonstration purposes, Acquire also provides a few simulated video sources. For more information on supported cameras and video sources, check out this tutorial.

Acquire supports the following output file formats:

Acquire also supports raw and trash storage devices. For more information on supported file formats and storage devices, check out the Storage Device Selection tutorial.

Citing Acquire¶

cff-version: 1.2.0
title: Acquire: a multi-camera video streaming software focusing on microscopy
message: >-
  If you use this software, please cite it using the
  metadata from this file.
type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Nathan
    family-names: Clack
    email: nclack@chanzuckerberg.com
    affiliation: Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6236-9282'
  - given-names: Alan
    family-names: Liddell
    email: aliddell@chanzuckerberg.com
    affiliation: Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
  - given-names: Andrew
    family-names: Sweet
    email: andrewdsweet@gmail.com
    affiliation: Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation
repository-code: 'https://github.com/acquire-project/acquire-python'
repository-artifact: 'https://pypi.org/project/acquire-imaging/'
abstract: >-
  acquire-imaging is a library focusing on multi-camera video
  streaming for microscopy.
license: Apache-2.0

Acquire License¶

Acquire is provided under an Apache 2.0 license. Learn more about the Apache license.