
SmartAlign plug-in for Gatan DigitalMicrograph
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Version 4.0
July 2026

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Contact

General enquiries on the SmartAlign for DigitalMicrograph should be sent to: 
HREM Research Inc.
14-48 Matsukazedai
Higashimatsuyama 
Saitama 355-0055
Japan

email: mailto:support@hremresearch.com
Website: http://www.hremresearch.com /

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Folders and Files
	-GoTo PlugIns
	   - SmartAlign64.gtk: compiled script file
	   - SmartAlign64.dll: dll file
	-GoTo Help
	   - smartalign4dm.pdf: pdf manual
	-Manual
	   - SmartAlign User Manual_v4.0.pdf: pdf manual
	- ReadMe64.txt: this file

[NOTE] IPU plug-in, Acquire Image Series plug-in and HREM Mouse tool plug-in should be also installed to run this plug-in

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Installation
	Installation is straightforward. Just copy the files to following folder.
	Go to \Gatan\Plugins folder: SmartAlign64.gtk , SmartAlign64.dll
	Go to \Gatan\Help folder: smartalign4dm.pdf
	
[NOTE] These Gatan folders may be found at two places, namely in "Program files" and/or "ProgramData" 
of Windows 7.  Since the Program files folder is no longer accessible to regular users, Gatan 
recommends to use the latter ProgramData folder to install the plug-in and help files. 

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Release Notes
4.0    Optimization for non-rigid registration with/without GPU, and addition of SmartSearch feature. 
3.1    "Passes" made selectable; Align Second Signal using non-rigid alignment info made possible without rigid alignment. 
3.0.1  Fix for an image of odd pixels
3.0    New release of the 4D-STEM module and necessary modifications of the SmartAlign 
2.6.3  MF-SI data collection supports new DualEELS data names (EELS LL/HL SI)
2.6.2  Improvement of Repeat Alignment, and revision of the manual for v2.6.2
2.6.1  Further optimization of SI alignment 
2.6    SI alignment optimization
2.5.2  Bugfix
2.5.1  Bugfix
2.5    SmartAlign becomes free from MRC; Addition of new functionalities: Multi-frame SI acquisition, Spike noise removal, xLBJ format; some bug fixes
2.0.1  Update MCR
2.0    Modifications for Template Matching module
1.2.1  New command: Remove Image Ramp
1.2    New command: Setup Stacked Image from Archived Data; Implementation of Transpose data and Reverse frame for Align SI command.
1.1    New feature: ROI capability
1.0.2  Bugfix
1.0.1  Optimization for Rigid and Non-rigid alignment
1.0    The first release
