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[What is ImageJ?](#Introduction) [What is Fiji?](#Fiji) [What does ImageJ provide?](#Functions) [How do I get started?](#Getting started)
![ImageJ]({{"/images/icons/48px-Imagej2-icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.left}
ImageJ is an open source image processing program for multidimensional image data with a focus on scientific imaging.
![Fiji]({{"/images/icons/48px-Fiji-icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.left}
Fiji Is Just ImageJ—a "batteries-included" distribution of ImageJ which includes many useful plugins contributed by the community.
| :---: | :---: | | ![Techniques]({{"/images/icons/techniques_icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.table} | Image processing, colocalization, deconvolution, registration, segmentation, tracking, visualization and much more. | | ![Plugins]({{"/images/icons/plugins_icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.table} | A powerful mechanism for extending ImageJ in all kinds of useful ways. | ![Extend]({{"/images/icons/extend_icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.table} | Automated, reproducible workflows via scripts and macros, including headless on a remote server or cluster. | | ![Forum]({{"/images/icons/forum_icon.png" | relative_url}}){: .image.table} | A vibrant, diverse, and helpful user community that gives rise to insightful scientific exchanges. |
ImageJ's extensibility is the root of its effectiveness: many advanced image-processing methods are not provided by the core application, but rather are plugins written by specialists in specific fields, made available via update sites.
- Get ImageJ from the Downloads page.
- Read the Getting started tutorial.
- Then peruse the User Guides, additional tutorials, and presentations.