Carnoy 1.0: scientific imaging for Mac OS X and Windows

[Steven Dessein]

Dear Taxacomers,

The Laboratory of Plant Systematics (K.U.Leuven, Belgium) today released
Carnoy. Carnoy is an easy-to-use image analysis program, designed to carry
out measurements on digital images and especially on micrographs obtained
from light or electron microscopes.

Carnoy features a unique one-click calibration option: click on the scale
bar, enter its length and you are ready to carry out real-world measurements
on your micrographs.
Carnoy measures length and surface area of regular and irregular objects. It
also performs automated particle analysis (counting and measuring). The
program can handle BMP, PICT, Photoshop, JPEG, GIF, PNG, SGI, TGA, TIFF and
QuickTime image files and can convert between these file types.
Measurements are stored in a list that smartly manages all data. Every
measurement can be annotated. Measurements can be exported to a
tab-delimited file, which can be read by any text editor, word processor,
database or spreadsheet, for further analysis.
The program's clean and easy-to-use interface enables you to be productive
within minutes.

Carnoy can be used in the following fields: taxonomy, morphology, ecology,
physiology, molecular cell biology, agricultural sciences, paleontology,
archaeology, among others.
Carnoy requires a Macintosh running Mac OS X or a PC with at least 64 MB RAM
and Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP. A resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
(or higher) is recommended.

Carnoy is $15 shareware (if you cannot afford this, please, contact
peter.schols at bio.kuleuven.ac.be). It is available for download on the Carnoy
website.
http://www.carnoy.org

Kind regards,


P. Schols, S. Dessein & E. Smets


Steven Dessein
Laboratory of Plant Systematics
Institute of Botany and Microbiology
Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92
B-3001 Leuven
Belgium

tel. ++ 32 16 321536
fax. ++ 32 16 321968

http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/bio/sys
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/bio/sys/mactaxon

e-mail: steven.dessein at bio.kuleuven.ac.be