Getting started

Installing Microscopy Nodes

You can download and install the add-on on the Blender extensions platform or by searching for Microscopy Nodes in the Extensions in your Blender preferences. For installing with earlier Blender versions than 4.2, follow the legacy install instructions.

The add-on will then show up as a window in the Scene Properties.

Using Microscopy Nodes

Load any tif or zarr file by inputting the path or URL in the appropriate window in the Microscopy Nodes panel. This will read out metadata and prompt you to define how you want to load the data.

• generic options

  • axis order
  • pixel size in µm
  • dataset (for pyramidal Zarr data)
  • reload data

• per-channel load options:

  • load volumetric data
  • load Blender isosurface
  • load labelmask

• per-channel visuzalization options:

  • emission
  • surface resolution

• extra options

  • data storage location
  • overwrite existing local files
  • preset environment

Video tutorials

See the video introductions to the microscopynodes add-on on youtube. There's multiple playlists on the account, and they'll show you how to go from installing to rendering a presentation-ready video for fluorescence and electron microscopy.