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Mid Infrared Spectromicroscopy (Mid-IR)
Mid Infrared Spectromicroscopy (Mid-IR)

Getting Started

Where to begin

So you find yourself with beautiful data from your beam time at Mid-IR, now what?

Quasar is an excellent program for viewing and analyzing your data whether this is your first time with infrared data or you're a seasoned pro.

Quasar offers spectral processing routines including baseline subtraction, normalization, FFT, EMSC, peak analysis, differentiation and smoothing which can be quickly and easily applied to a dataset.

Installing Quasar (preferred)

The preferred installation method is to use the pre-built Quasar installers.

Quasar Download & Installation Guide

  1. Download Quasar from: https://quasar.codes/download/

  2. Run the installer & follow prompts

    1. The installer includes the opusFC and orange-spectroscopy packages by default!

  3. On to Science!!

Installing from Orange (alternative)

If you are already using Orange or prefer to use it instead of Quasar

Orange Download & Installation Guide

  1. Download Orange from: https://orange.biolab.si/download

  2. Run the installer, which will also install the miniconda python distribution.

  3. Install orange-spectroscopy by going to "Options" "Add-ons..." and choosing "Orange-Spectroscopy".

  4. If you want to read OPUS files, you must manually install the opusFC package:

    1. Go to Options / Add-ons

    2. Click the "Add more..." button

    3. Enter "opusFC" into the text box

    4. Check the box next to "opusFC" and click OK to install

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