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ND_2_AVI

Volker edited this page Jun 28, 2022 · 1 revision

The tool converts multi-position ND-time-series to avi movies and allows to add a time-stamp to each frame.

Getting Started

You must have the Timebar-plugin installed. Save the file nd_2_avi.ijm into the folder macros/toolsets of your FIJI installation.

Select the "nd_2_avi" tool from the >> button of the ImageJ launcher.

ns2avi_toolbar.png

  • The first button opens this help-page
  • The c-button converts an nd-file to an avi-movie, adds the timestamps and also creates a single tiff-image for each series

Options

Right-click the c-button to open the options-dialog.

ns2avi_options.png

time intervall in seconds
The time between to frames in the time-series in seconds
AVI frame rate
The number of frames per second in the exported avi-movie
offset
The value at which the timestamp starts in the first frame of the movie (usually 0)
thickness
The thickness of the font
font size
The size of the font
color
The foreground color of the timestamp
background color
The background color of the timestamp
location
The location where the timestamp will be added to the frame, if "at selection" is chosen, the image must contain a selection.
time format
The format of the timestamp.
bold
If selected a bold font will be used
hide bar
If selected the progress bar will not be displayed with the timestamp
serif font
If selected a serif font will be used
show units
If selected the time units (days, minutes, seconds, ...) will be displayed

Usage

Press the c-button and in the file-dialog that will be opened, choose the folder containing the nd-file. The result avi and tif-files will be written to a subfolder named converted of the input folder.

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