What's new

New features and improvements in version 2025

Software Joystick updates

  • Sliders for moving the stage in X, Y, and Z now report step sizes in µm

  • The joystick graphics now better reflect the distance the stage will move when different controls are clicked.

Go to the Software Joystick page.

Updated light-sheet controls in the SLICE Light Sheet panel

  • New ability to control the left and right light sheet Offset using the mouse wheel

  • Keyboard shortcuts to enable right and left light sheet illumination are now available

  • A new Advanced checkbox enables you to toggle between basic and advanced light sheet control modes.

  • New controls for applying light sheet settings identified using the SLICE Alignment workflow or to save the current Adjusted settings.

Go to the SLICE Light Sheet panel page.

Image processing

A new Tone Mapping image filter is now available.

  • To apply the filter to a single image, go to the Image ribbon and choose Tone Mapping from the Image Filters dropdown menu.

  • To process multiple images, use the Batch Filter tool on the Image ribbon.

You can now re-stitch acquired image tiles into a single larger image without having to manually delete the AssemblyComplete.txt file.

Movie enhancements

  • Flight Mode: The new (experimental/beta) Flight Mode enables you to create movies that show your results with flair and precision.

  • You can now choose color-channel display on a per-clip basis

  • There are two new export-resolution modes that enable you to create higher resolution movie outputs in some cases.

  • High Quality Export: Exports the highest possible image quality based on available GPU memory.

  • Max Quality Export: Attempts to use more than 100% of available GPU memory to export the maximum attainable video resolution.

  • Progress bars have been added to display the progress of image loading and video export.

Go to the Movies page.

Data & file management

  • SLICE-specific metadata is now included in image files and collected in a dedicated text document within the image-acquisition folder.

  • The system now checks for available space on remote drives before starting image acquisition using the Tissue Scan workflow.

See the current Release Notes or all Release Notes for BrightSLICE.

Recent improvements

  • The SLICE Alignment workflow was added to guide users through the light sheet alignment process.

  • There is a new option in the Tissue Scan Workflow to change the image resolution when saving the final image. This is useful for downsampling images.

  • New ability to save a 3D subvolume image stack

  • Additional SLICE metadata has been added to the AcquisitionSettings.txt file.