Hi * after Imagej, could you fill this software is interesting : http://www.micro-manager.org/ "is an Open Source software package for imaging and control of automated microscopes", shutters, cameras and so on. In the case we could start to make a Micro-Manager.deb hth paolo -- NeuroScience PhD Post-doc @ University of Torino www.personalweb.unito.it/paolo.ariano www.cellular-neurophysiology.unito.it www.mieleria.it