In the Camera Control tool window, you can easily switch from the snapshot acquisition to movie recording. When you record a movie your camera will acquire as many images as it can within a period of time that you define. The movie will be saved as a file in the AVI format. You can play it back with your software and also, for example, with MS-Windows Media Player.
Acquiring a movie
1.Select the Movie recording check box. The check box can be found below the Live button in the Camera Control tool window.
2.Click the Movie button to start the movie recording.
3.Click the Movie button again to end the movie recording.
Acquisition parameters for the movie
Your software uses the current camera settings from the Camera Control tool window.
All movies will, by default, be automatically saved after they have been acquired. You can modify the file name your software is to use. Additionally, you can specify the directory in which the movie should be saved and which compression method, if any, should be used to save the AVI.
In the toolbar of the Camera Control tool window, click the Acquisition Settings 
button.
The setting for the file names can be found in the Acquisition Settings > Document Name > Movie dialog box. You can find more information on this dialog box here.
The setting for the file names can be found in the Acquisition Settings > Saving > Movie dialog box. You can find more information on this dialog box here.
See also
Before the movie acquisition
Optimizing the image quality for the movie acquisition
•Before you start the acquisition of a movie, switch into the live mode and select the optimal settings for your acquisition in the Camera Control tool window.
•If necessary, acquire new shading correction images. You can find more information on this topic here.
•Bring the sample into focus.
•The individual frames of a movie are always acquired using the current exposure time. Set the optimum exposure time now.
File size when movies are acquired
Note: For technical reasons, the maximum file size for time stacks is currently limited to 2 GB (2048 MB). When this file size has been reached the acquisition will be automatically terminated. Before acquisition check the available storage capacity on your hard disk.
Reducing a movie's file size before the acquisition
You can considerably reduce the file size of the movie you've acquired by selecting a smaller resolution. You can set your camera's resolution in the Resolution group of the Camera Control tool window.
After the movie acquisition
Saving the movie
Note: The Movie acquisition process is set up in such a way that a movie will be automatically saved in the AVI file format when it has been acquired. You set the storage location, the video file's name, and other parameters for saving the file, in the Acquisition Settings > Saving > Movie dialog box. You can find more information on this dialog box here.
Please note that most of the additional image information that your software automatically registers together with the image can't be saved in the AVI file format. If this information is essential for your requirements, you should save the movie in the VSI or TIF file format.
Note: For technical reasons, the maximum pixel number of an movie in the AVI file format is limited to 4,096 x 4,096 pixels. You should either reduce the movie format accordingly by clipping or use the RADIUS VSI file format in order not to adhere to this limitation.
Viewing the movie
A movie will automatically have its own navigation bar directly in the image window. Use this navigation bar to have a look at the movie. You can find more information on the navigation bar here.
You can, of course, also use any other software that can play back AVI files, to view your movie.
Adjusting play back speed
When you play back a movie in your software, you can adjust the play back speed in the Define Speed dialog box. A description of this dialog box can be found here.
When you play the movie back with another software version, it will be played back at a fixed speed. This playback speed will have been fixed when the AVI file was saved. To look at the playback speed, or to change it, use the Options dialog box. A description of this dialog box can be found here.
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