From camera to calibrated measurement.
The short version of what Pixosight does, in the order you'd do it. Open any section for the specifics.
Preview a camera before you capture.
Pick a source, watch it live, and capture when the part is in focus. Two backends mean your hardware doesn't have to be UVC to show up — Media Foundation handles USB and UVC devices, DirectShow covers the rest.
Capture details
- Source picker Every detected camera, refreshable without restarting
- Preview Autostarts on the capture screen; falls back to the next source if one won't open
- At launch Nothing touches the camera until you open the capture screen
- Camera settings Open from the same screen
- Drivers Some cameras need the manufacturer's driver package installed before Windows registers them as a DirectShow source; Pixosight lists whatever Windows already has
- Import instead PNG · JPG/JPEG · TIF/TIFF · BMP
Calibrate once per optical setup.
Measure something of known size, enter the real value, name the profile. It belongs to that one magnification, focal distance, and camera — keep the setup and it loads every session after.
Calibration details
- Calibrate from A known length, or a known circle in frame
- Units px · µm · mm · cm · in
- Profiles Named and saved to a gallery — "5× / 1.0", "40× objective"
- Shared Stored machine-wide, so every Windows user on the PC gets them
- Portable Import and export as JSON to move them between machines
Five measurement tools.
Results update as you draw. Each measurement carries its own unit and decimal precision, so a micron feature and a millimetre feature can share one image.
Multilayer measurements get a label each.
Parallel, Concentric, and Ball Crater can each cover several layers, and every layer gets its own label rather than collapsing into one number. Nothing is locked in once placed — select it and adjust.
Label & layer details
- Per-layer Display names and connectors that track the right layer
- Editing Change a Ball Crater's layer count and the geometry reconciles
- Result units Set per measurement, independent of the calibration unit
- Conversions Read other units off the label's context menu
- Precision Up to six decimal places, per measurement
- Cross thickness Set independently of line thickness, down to 0.25
- Copy out Ctrl+C copies measurement text, multi-select included
Annotate the image while you work.
Three markup tools — Arrow, Draw for freehand, and Text Box — anywhere on the canvas alongside the measurements, with undo and redo behind everything.
Canvas details
- Markup Arrow · Draw · Text Box
- History Undo/redo across measurement and settings changes
- Removal Select an item, press Delete
- View Pan, zoom, fit-to-view, reset with Ctrl+0
- Rulers Calibrated overlay, toggleable
- Selection Thin geometry stays easy to grab without thickening exported strokes
Sessions save to a project file.
A .pxst file holds the whole session and reopens exactly as you left it. Pixosight starts on a screen with your recent projects, so yesterday's work is one click away.
Project details
- Format .pxst — one file per session
- Restores Image, viewport, calibrations, measurements, annotations, export notes
- Start screen New Capture · Import Image · Open Project · recent projects
- Portable Open it on any machine running Pixosight
- Name clashes A project's calibration that already exists prompts rename, overwrite, or skip
Export an image anyone can open.
PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or BMP with the measurements and annotations baked in — attach it to a report, email it, drop it in a folder. A scale bar, watermark, and timestamp strip are available, and you can preview the result before writing it.
Export controls
- Scale bar Optional calibrated bar on the exported image
- Watermark Your own image, with placement, opacity, and scale
- Info strip Timestamp and notes as a header or footer, with its own colors, text scale, and padding
- Framing Crop to the annotated area, with an optional border
- Cleanup Hide shape handles so only the finished geometry exports
- Scaling Separate visual scale and stroke scale for the output
- Contents Export the drawing, or the image on its own
- Defaults Save the arrangement and stop setting it up each time
Capability datasheet.
Every supported format, unit, tool, and control in one list — for when you need to check something specific.
Open the full list
System requirements.
30-day free trial.
Connect your camera or open an image and see whether it fits how you work. No charge until the trial ends.