On Feb 13, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Eik Schumann wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> using the latest Version of IJ I observe an error when using the "merge
> channels" command in BatchMode.
> Each time I merge three open images (3 threads) I get an RGB image plus
> the source images (4 threads) instead of just one resulting RGB (one
> thread).
> Without BatchMode everything works fine. The option for keep source
> images is not acrivated, of course.
This bug is fixed in the ImageJ 1.46g daily build.
-wayne
> Batch processing several thousands of images I get more and more open
> threads, as can be seen with the "Monitor Memory" command.
> I`m sure that the addiitional threads are created at this step. I went
> through the macro step by step watching the number of open threads
> Finally I run out of memory.
>
>
> Channel names are stored in an array "chan". This array is used to name
> the correct images.
>
> setBatchMode(true);
> //.......
>
> run("Merge Channels...", "red="+chan[3]+" green="+chan[2]+"
> blue="+chan[1]+" gray=*None*");
>
> selectWindow(chan[3]); close();
> selectWindow(chan[2]); close();
> selectWindow(chan[1]); close();
>
>
>
> Unfortunately I can`t reproduce the behaviour by using just this piece
> of code.
> I found a workaround by explicitely deleting the source images after the
> merge. Now memory is no longer a problem.
>
> I hope this is of help to find the problem.
>
> Regards
>
> Eik