Turning Thermal Data Into Insight
Every thermal investigation begins with data. FLIR RESEARCH STUDIO helps transform that data into meaningful insight through powerful analysis, intuitive workflows, and tools designed around the way you work. One platform to capture, analyze, and trust thermal data—from a single camera on the bench to a multi-camera range test.

Explore The Latest Features
Research Studio is designed to help researchers move from observation to understanding with greater clarity, confidence, and efficiency.
New features in the latest update of Research Studio include:
- Imagery View & Visual Clarity
- Advanced Image Processing
- Workflow & Export Improvements
- Multi-Camera Streaming
- Multi-Window Workspace
- Non-Destructive Data .ATS
- Run Count & Recording
- Analytics & Data Trust
Discover What's New in Research Studio 2026
Explore the latest capabilities introduced in Research Studio 2026, designed to improve image quality, workflow efficiency, analytical confidence, and collaborative working tomorrow.
Imagery View & Visual Clarity
Designed Around the Way You Work
Every workflow is different. Every investigation follows its own path.
Research Studio is designed to adapt to the way modern thermal professionals work, bringing together imagery, analysis, collaboration, and reporting within a single connected environment.
Helping you move seamlessly from observation... to interpretation... to confident decision-making.

Clarity
Advanced Image Processing
Breakthrough discoveries often begin with seeing what others miss.
Research Studio's patented VividIR® technology combines super resolution, sharpening, and advanced denoising to deliver up to 3× higher resolution, helping reveal fine thermal details that can be difficult to detect in standard imagery.
The result is clearer visualization, greater confidence in interpretation, and a stronger foundation for analysis, reporting, and decision-making.
Compare before-and-after images to see how VividIR transforms thermal data into sharper, more actionable insight.

Trust
Analytics & Data Trust
The best decisions are built on trusted evidence.
Research Studio combines temporal plots, statistical analysis and dropped-frame visualization to provide greater visibility into the integrity of your thermal data.
Helping you validate recording performance, build confidence in your analysis, and make decisions based on data you can trust.

Continuity
Run Count & Record Organization
Progress depends on understanding what came before.
Research Studio’s Run Count & Recording Organization tools provide a clear, organized view of your thermal recordings, helping you manage experiments, compare results, and build confidence across long-term research.
The result is a more connected workflow, where every recording contributes to deeper insight and more informed decision-making.

Preservation
Non-Destructive Data .ATS
Every discovery builds on the one before it.
Research Studio’s non-destructive .ATS workflow preserves the integrity of your original radiometric data, giving you the freedom to explore, enhance and reanalyze thermal recordings without ever compromising the source information.
As new questions emerge and analytical capabilities continue to evolve, your original data remains unchanged—ready to reveal new insight, build greater understanding, and support confident decision-making long into the future.

Flow
Workflow & Export Improvements
Every step between observation and understanding should feel effortless.
Research Studio’s Workflow and Export improvements simplify the journey from thermal capture to meaningful insight through a more intuitive interface, streamlined navigation and enhanced export tools.
By removing unnecessary complexity, Research Studio allows researchers to stay focused on exploration, analysis, and confident decision-making.
Stay connected to progress.
Keep up with the pace of innovation. Subscribe and get new capabilities added throughout the year, one platform from capture to insight, and a license model that fits how your team works.
Licensing Designed Around You
Some teams require advanced analysis every day. Others need the flexibility to scale across projects, departments, or research programs. Research Studio offers flexible licensing designed to support the way your organization works today while continuing to evolve for tomorrow.
Annual subscription options provide ongoing access to the latest software innovations, ensuring your team can take advantage of new capabilities, enhanced workflows, and continuous improvements as they become available.


Flexible Licensing Options
Choose the licensing model and installation method that best aligns with your organization's needs, deployment strategy, and long-term objectives.
Annual Subscription Options
Annual subscription options provide ongoing access to the latest software innovations, ensuring your team can take advantage of new capabilities, enhanced workflows, and continuous improvements as they become available.
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Perpetual License Options
A one-time purchase that never expires but comes with no feature updates beyond the existing year. Available as an online download or USB dongle for air-gapped or security-restricted environments.



