The software interface includes a schematic overview of all imaged plates or Petri dishes, which allows the user to instantly navigate to and preview at high resolution any individual well or dish. Up to 4 multi-well plates may be analyzed simultaneously. Detected colonies are highlighted on the image by red markers and the count displayed in a summary panel. Simple zoom in/out and position controls simplify image navigation and close-up verification of colonydetection.

The novel 'Optimizer' utility provides the user with absolute control over algorithm 'sensitivity' and allows the user to specify absolute cut-off values for colony diameter, optical density and colony shape parameters. The effect of any such adjustments can be quickly previewed and parameters optionally stored for re-use in future experiments, prior to being applied to the main image. GelCount achieves outstanding counting proportionality by objective and consistent application of these user-defined settings.

Not only does ColCount automatically detect and count colonies but it is also capable of calculating and presenting in histogram format a unique set of statistical distributions per well or dish, such as for colony diameter, colony density, nearest neighbour distance and more. Colony statistics can be exported to and histograms recreated in Microsoft Excel®.

GelCount's data storage options are plentiful, from basic colony counts and mean per-well/dish colony statistics to full digital image archiving and per-colony raw data exportation.

Summary data including colony counts and mean colony statistics are exported directly into Microsoft Excel®..