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Openlab is a camera capture software for Apple Macs. I don't recommend learning to use Openlab if you are a new user because development of the software stopped in 2010. The software still works on Macs running OSX up to and including version 10.6.8 but not newer versions, so if a computer running Openlab is replaced or if the version of OSX is upgraded then Openlab will stop working. In that situation you would then need to learn how to use another capture software. Any data you have in Openlab format can still be opened and converted into other formats using Fiji and other software.This is intended as a quick guide to getting started in Openlab. More information can be found in the Openlab user guide.

Make sure the camera is switched on before opening Openlab, then click the Openlab icon in the dock.

Clicking on the little arrow on the right of a layer in the Layers palette opens a drop-down list where you can pick a colour from red, green and blue to apply to the layer. Once colours have been applied a new merge layer can be made by selecting the layers you want to merge and dragging them to the New button at the top of the palette or selecting Merge to RGB from the Layers menu.

A bright field image can be merged with fluorescence by placing it above the fluorescence layer in the palette, changing its opacity and then selecting Merge to Composite from the Layers menu. Colours other than RGB can be applied using the colour swatch in the document window tool bar.