Imatest Master and Imatest IT Acquisition library support direct acquisition from a wide range of frame grabbers and cameras, as well as industry standard interfaces like CameraLink, GigE Vision, and USB through DirectShow (Windows) or QuickTime (OS X). Direct image acquisition cuts out several steps in the image quality testing process and allows for in-the-loop testing with Imatest.
Is your device not supported? See: How to get support for your image acquisition hardware.
Note: As of Imatest 5.0 image acquisition capabilities were added to Imatest Master and Imatest IS was phased out of our product lineup.
Note: Imatest 2020.2 (October 2020): There has been a tremendous speedup for modules that use direct image acquisition (Rescharts, Color/Tone, and Uniformity Interactive). The speedup enables realtime analysis of sharpness. Learn more in Using direct image acquisition.
Supported devices
The tables shown below briefly list the supported vendors and interfaces. Before acquiring, please install the manufacturer’s device drivers. Note that on Windows some devices and interfaces require that a third-party installer is run before the device can be recognized.
If there is a device or vendor that is not supported, but should be, or if you have questions about the support status of a specific device, please contact support@imatest.com.
Frame grabbers
| Vendor | Minimum Imatest version | OSX | Windows 64-bit | Windows 32-bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitflow | 4.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Blackmagic Design[1] | 4.2 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data Translation | 4.0 | X | X | ✓ |
| Epiphan | 3.10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Imperx | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matrox | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| National Instruments | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teledyne DALSA Sapera | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teledyne DALSA IFC | 4.0 | X | X | ✓ |
[1] Support for the DeckLink product line only.
Cameras
| Vendor | OSX | Windows 64-bit | Windows 32-bit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adimec | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Allied Vision Technologies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automation Technology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basler | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Baumer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cohu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FLIR | ✓[1] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hamamatsu | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hitachi | ✓[2] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Imperx | ✓[2] | ✓ | ✓ |
| JAI | ✓[2] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lumenera | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matrix Vision | ✓[4] | ✓[4] | ✓[4] |
| Microsoft | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Point Grey | ✓ [1] | ✓ | ✓ |
| QImaging | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sony[5] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teledyne Dalsa | ✓[2] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Toshiba Teli | ✓[1] | ✓ | ✓ |
| VRmagic | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| XIMEA | ✓[3] | ✓ | ✓ |
[1] GigE Vision and DCAM IEEE 1394b interfaces only
[2] GigE Vision interface only
[3] DCAM IEEE 1394b interface only
[4] GigE Vision and USB interfaces only
[5] Consumer cameras are not supported
Note: cameras with an interface other than GigE, IEEE 1394b, and USB will require an appropriate frame grabber.
General interfaces
| Interface | Minimum Imatest version | OSX | Windows 64-bit | Windows 32-bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android Camera Interface | 4.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CameraLink | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| GigE Vision | 4.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GenICam | 4.0 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| DCAM IEEE 1394b | 4.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OS Generic Video
(DirectShow, Quicktime) |
4.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB Webcams (UVC) | 4.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Sensor evaluation boards
| Vendor | Minimum Imatest version | OS X | Windows 64-bit | Windows 32-bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON Semi | 3.6 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Omnivision | 3.10 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Toshiba | 3.6 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| STMicroelectronics | 3.9 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Graphin EasyLab | 3.6 | X | ✓ | ✓ |
Tested hardware
Below is the list of hardware that has been tested in-house and is known to work well with Imatest IS.
| Vendor | Model | Device type | Interface(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adimec | 2000m | camera | CameraLink |
| Allied Vision Technologies | Prosilica GC750 | camera | GigE Vision |
| Google/LG | Nexus 5 D820 | camera | Android Camera Interface |
| Omnivision | OV8830 | camera sensor | Omnivision OVTAPantherM |
| Omnivision | OV3640 | camera sensor | Omnivision OVTAPantherM |
| Omnivision | OV00-0026 | sensor evaluation board | Omnivision OVTAPantherM |
| Omnivision | OV538 | sensor evaluation board | Omnivision OVTAPantherM |
| Blackmagic Design | DeckLink Studio 4K | frame grabber | SD/HD/Ultra HD 6G-SDI, HDMI 1.4b |
| Epiphan | DVI2PCI | frame grabber | DVI |
| National Instruments | PCIe-1427 | frame grabber | CameraLink |
| Teledyne Dalsa | Xcelera-CL PX4 | frame grabber | CameraLink |
Third-party installers
Some third-party installers must be run in order to enable support in for direct acquisition. If you are using a device from any of the following vendors or interfaces, please run the installer and restart Imatest IS before acquiring.
| Imatest 32-bit | Imatest 64-bit | |
|---|---|---|
| DCAM IEEE 1394b | x86 | x64 |
| National Instruments | x86 | x64 |
| Point Grey | x86 | x64 |
| QImaging | x86 | x64 |
| GenICam | x86 | x64 |