Organize LUT menu in subfolders

[wirthvolker]

Hi,
I start having a lot of different LUTs, which I use every once in a
while (especially for displaying data in a presentation, where not all
color behave well etc.). I have them all in the folder "ImageJ/luts"
and they show up in the menu "Image -> Lookup Table".
To tidy the menu up, I would like to have some LUTs grouped in a
subfolder, as it is possible for the plugins. Is there a way to do
that? My ImageJ version is 1.46b on a Mac, if that changes anything.
Thanks for your help!
Best regards,
Volker

[Gabriel Landini]

On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 12:59:49 you wrote:
> I start having a lot of different LUTs, which I use every once in a
> while (especially for displaying data in a presentation, where not all
> color behave well etc.). I have them all in the folder "ImageJ/luts"
> and they show up in the menu "Image -> Lookup Table".
> To tidy the menu up, I would like to have some LUTs grouped in a
> subfolder, as it is possible for the plugins. Is there a way to do
> that? My ImageJ version is 1.46b on a Mac, if that changes anything.
> Thanks for your help!

I wonder if this helps: I have renamed a number of LUTs that I used commonly
with a numeric prefix 001-random.lut, 002-glasbey.lut, etc. so they appear
early in the menu list.

I also made a button LUT tool that gets installed in the startupMacros which  
reads all the luts in the luts folder and applies them sequentially when you
click the button, reset (grey) with alt-click and backwards in the list with
shift-click.

My startupMacros.txt file is here:

www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk/landinig/software/startupMacros.txt

This startup file has what I think is a better pencil tool which can be
enlarged with the shift-drag, select the foreground with ctr-click and draw
with the background colour with alt-click.

Cheers

Gabriel

[wirthvolker]

Dear Gabriel,
thanks for that! That is a cool idea and I have to see that I get it
integrated into my persent StartupMacros.txt (from the MBF plugin
collection), since I do not want to loose the options I am having
there now. (I am still new to fiddling around in ImageJ intestines...)
But like this I also found out something else: I have already a
"Select LUT menu" button, which allows at least easier access to an
easily changeable LUT list. There I can have my favorites, which helps
already a lot.
Best regards,
Volker

2012/1/24 Gabriel Landini <[hidden email]>:

> On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 12:59:49 you wrote:
>> I start having a lot of different LUTs, which I use every once in a
>> while (especially for displaying data in a presentation, where not all
>> color behave well etc.). I have them all in the folder "ImageJ/luts"
>> and they show up in the menu "Image -> Lookup Table".
>> To tidy the menu up, I would like to have some LUTs grouped in a
>> subfolder, as it is possible for the plugins. Is there a way to do
>> that? My ImageJ version is 1.46b on a Mac, if that changes anything.
>> Thanks for your help!
>
> I wonder if this helps: I have renamed a number of LUTs that I used commonly
> with a numeric prefix 001-random.lut, 002-glasbey.lut, etc. so they appear
> early in the menu list.
>
> I also made a button LUT tool that gets installed in the startupMacros which
> reads all the luts in the luts folder and applies them sequentially when you
> click the button, reset (grey) with alt-click and backwards in the list with
> shift-click.
>
> My startupMacros.txt file is here:
>
> www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk/landinig/software/startupMacros.txt
>
> This startup file has what I think is a better pencil tool which can be
> enlarged with the shift-drag, select the foreground with ctr-click and draw
> with the background colour with alt-click.
>
> Cheers
>
> Gabriel

[vbindokas]

Dear All,
     A simple alternative might be to  keep copies of the most used LUT
files on your desktop and then just drag the one you need onto the IJ
toolbar to color the current image.  (The LUT file stays on the
desktop)  Glow or Fire are easily applied this way without need to hunt
through menus.
regards,


On 1/24/2012 8:47 AM, Volker Wirth wrote:

> Dear Gabriel,
> thanks for that! That is a cool idea and I have to see that I get it
> integrated into my persent StartupMacros.txt (from the MBF plugin
> collection), since I do not want to loose the options I am having
> there now. (I am still new to fiddling around in ImageJ intestines...)
> But like this I also found out something else: I have already a
> "Select LUT menu" button, which allows at least easier access to an
> easily changeable LUT list. There I can have my favorites, which helps
> already a lot.
> Best regards,
> Volker
>
> 2012/1/24 Gabriel Landini<[hidden email]>:
>> On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 12:59:49 you wrote:
>>> I start having a lot of different LUTs, which I use every once in a
>>> while (especially for displaying data in a presentation, where not all
>>> color behave well etc.). I have them all in the folder "ImageJ/luts"
>>> and they show up in the menu "Image ->  Lookup Table".
>>> To tidy the menu up, I would like to have some LUTs grouped in a
>>> subfolder, as it is possible for the plugins. Is there a way to do
>>> that? My ImageJ version is 1.46b on a Mac, if that changes anything.
>>> Thanks for your help!
>> I wonder if this helps: I have renamed a number of LUTs that I used commonly
>> with a numeric prefix 001-random.lut, 002-glasbey.lut, etc. so they appear
>> early in the menu list.
>>
>> I also made a button LUT tool that gets installed in the startupMacros which
>> reads all the luts in the luts folder and applies them sequentially when you
>> click the button, reset (grey) with alt-click and backwards in the list with
>> shift-click.
>>
>> My startupMacros.txt file is here:
>>
>> www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk/landinig/software/startupMacros.txt
>>
>> This startup file has what I think is a better pencil tool which can be
>> enlarged with the shift-drag, select the foreground with ctr-click and draw
>> with the background colour with alt-click.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Gabriel

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[Sebastian Rhode-3]

Hi,

What I use all the time is the wonderful ActionBar Plugin.

http://imagejdocu.tudor.lu/doku.php?id=plugin:utilities:action_bar:start

This one also contains an exmaple for an LUT bar, whichs allows you to change LUTs very easily.

Cheers,  Sebi