 This research presents a comprehensive guide to a multimodal ultra-fast high-resolution X-ray microscope that utilizes synchrotron X-ray diffraction-based imaging and X-ray free electron lasers to map deeply embedded structural elements in solid materials with NM resolution and 100 FS resolution, respectively. The study shows initial data demonstrating two timing strategies to study associated reversible or irreversible lattice dynamics. This article was authored by Liora E. Dresselhouse-Marais, Bernard Kozioziemski, Theodore S. Holstad, and others.