# Acquiring Images - Manual Vs. Continuous

Image acquisition is one of the most complex areas of both VisionPro QuickBuild and Designer. Since QuickBuild's Job approach is slightly different than Designer's Task and Task approach, this section tries to summarize the ideal scenarios that should be used in Designer.

Note: For more tips and tricks related to image acquisition, see the following section: How To... Images.

There are two basic scenarios for acquisition:

1. An image is acquired manually (by pressing a button, for example).
2. Images are acquired continuously.