Keeping overlay and label settings after opening new files

[Ralph Albuquerque]

Hi everyone,

I'm making some simple linear measurements on some pictures and I would
like to save a version of the picture with the actual lines measured on
them, so I can come back in the future and see what was actually measured.

I'm doing this by checking the box "add to overlay" under: Analyze -> Set
Measurements
and also checking the boxes "show labels", " use names as labels" and "
draw background".
By having all these checked, every time I draw a line and and click
"measure", the line is numbered and showed permanently over the picture and
the hole thing (picture and lines) can be saved as a JPEG file.

The problem is, every time I open the next file to be analyzed I have to
check all those boxes again. Is there a way to save these preferences so
they'll remain after I reopen ImageJ or another file?

Thank you!!
Ralph.​​

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Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology Program
https://sites.google.com/site/ralphlalbuquerque/

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[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On May 9, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Ralph Albuquerque <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm making some simple linear measurements on some pictures and I would
> like to save a version of the picture with the actual lines measured on
> them, so I can come back in the future and see what was actually measured.
>
> I'm doing this by checking the box "add to overlay" under: Analyze -> Set
> Measurements
> and also checking the boxes "show labels", " use names as labels" and "
> draw background".
> By having all these checked, every time I draw a line and and click
> "measure", the line is numbered and showed permanently over the picture and
> the hole thing (picture and lines) can be saved as a JPEG file.
>
> The problem is, every time I open the next file to be analyzed I have to
> check all those boxes again. Is there a way to save these preferences so
> they'll remain after I reopen ImageJ or another file?

In the latest ImageJ daily build (1.51b5), “Show labels” in the Image>Overlay>Labels dialog box is automatically enabled when “Add to overlay” is enabled in Analyze>Set Measurements. Add

    setOption("Add to overlay”, true);

 to the Edit>Options>Startup dialog box to have “Add to overlay” always enabled when you restart ImageJ.

You can upgrade to the latest daily build by using the Help>Update ImageJ command and selecting “daily build” from the drop down menu.

-wayne




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[Ralph Albuquerque]

Thank you very much, Wayne!
Problem solved.

I got I little confused when I saw the available versions at the upgrade
menu (version 1.51) are different than the ones on the website (version
1.60), but my problem is fixed with version 1.51b5, so I'm happy!

Cheers,
Ralph.

2016-05-09 15:23 GMT-07:00 Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E] <
[hidden email]>:

> On May 9, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Ralph Albuquerque <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm making some simple linear measurements on some pictures and I would
> > like to save a version of the picture with the actual lines measured on
> > them, so I can come back in the future and see what was actually
> measured.
> >
> > I'm doing this by checking the box "add to overlay" under: Analyze -> Set
> > Measurements
> > and also checking the boxes "show labels", " use names as labels" and "
> > draw background".
> > By having all these checked, every time I draw a line and and click
> > "measure", the line is numbered and showed permanently over the picture
> and
> > the hole thing (picture and lines) can be saved as a JPEG file.
> >
> > The problem is, every time I open the next file to be analyzed I have to
> > check all those boxes again. Is there a way to save these preferences so
> > they'll remain after I reopen ImageJ or another file?
>
> In the latest ImageJ daily build (1.51b5), “Show labels” in the
> Image>Overlay>Labels dialog box is automatically enabled when “Add to
> overlay” is enabled in Analyze>Set Measurements. Add
>
>     setOption("Add to overlay”, true);
>
>  to the Edit>Options>Startup dialog box to have “Add to overlay” always
> enabled when you restart ImageJ.
>
> You can upgrade to the latest daily build by using the Help>Update ImageJ
> command and selecting “daily build” from the drop down menu.
>
> -wayne
>
>
>
>
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>

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Graduate Student at University of California, Riverside
Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology Program
https://sites.google.com/site/ralphlalbuquerque/

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