Image sequanece save where i want

[gg82]

Hi everybody,
I am doing the following think to a big batch of images stack
1 - Convert to 8 bit
2 - Save as a sequence of tiff
3 - Close

Using the record command i got
macro "Macro Biofilm [m]" {
        run("8-bit")
        run("Image Sequence... ", "format=TIFF name=getname start=0 digits=3 saveAs(.tiff)=[C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\]");
close();
}

This will save the sequence on the desktop and will always use the same name.

How can I modify this very crude macro to do the following
A - Use the name from the original stack name
B - Ask me where to save. IF possible by adding a fixed portion of the address at the beginning say  C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\ then let me choose further from here.
There must be an easy way but with all the command get directory get name so on I am getting mad.

Thank you very much in advance.

[George Patterson]

Hi,
Please see the answers below and a modified version of your macro.
Also check out the Macro Functions website.
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html#S

How can I modify this very crude macro to do the following
A - Use the name from the original stack name
B - Ask me where to save. IF possible by adding a fixed portion of the
address at the beginning say  C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\ then let me choose
further from here.


A. Use "File.nameWithoutExtension"
B. Use getDirectory("Where to save the files?");


macro "Macro Biofilm [m]" {
dir0=getDirectory("Where to save the files?");
filename=File.nameWithoutExtension;
        run("8-bit")
        run("Image Sequence... ", "format=TIFF name="+filename+" start=0
digits=3 saveAs(.tiff)=["+dir0+".tif]");
close();
}



On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:31 AM, gg82 <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> I am doing the following think to a big batch of images stack
> 1 - Convert to 8 bit
> 2 - Save as a sequence of tiff
> 3 - Close
>
> Using the record command i got
> macro "Macro Biofilm [m]" {
>         run("8-bit")
>         run("Image Sequence... ", "format=TIFF name=getname start=0
> digits=3
> saveAs(.tiff)=[C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\]");
> close();
> }
>
> This will save the sequence on the desktop and will always use the same
> name.
>
> How can I modify this very crude macro to do the following
> A - Use the name from the original stack name
> B - Ask me where to save. IF possible by adding a fixed portion of the
> address at the beginning say  C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\ then let me choose
> further from here.
> There must be an easy way but with all the command get directory get name
> so
> on I am getting mad.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
>
>
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