Text Overlays

[alexwatson]

I am trying to create a plug-in with an option to add multiple TextROIs to an image.  I want the ROIs to be able to be moved independently of each other.  I want it to be like the text tool, except I would like to make the text remain movable and editable.  Does anyone know an easy way?

[Albert Cardona-2]

2011/7/11 alexwatson <[hidden email]>:
> I am trying to create a plug-in with an option to add multiple TextROIs to an
> image.  I want the ROIs to be able to be moved independently of each other.
> I want it to be like the text tool, except I would like to make the text
> remain movable and editable.  Does anyone know an easy way?


Use Inkscape, Illustrator, Gimp, Photoshop, or the ImageJ plugin
TrakEM2. All of them can do already what you'd like to do.

Albert


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[Michael Schmid]

Hi Alex,

Image>Overlay>To ROI Manager makes individual ROIs from the text  
overlays.
You can then move them (check 'Edit Mode') and, using the Text tool,  
delete from the end or append to the end of the text currently selected.

I have not figured out whether one can convert the list of ROIs back  
to overlays with a single command - a simple macro looping through  
the ROI Manager items should do.

Michael
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On 11 Jul 2011, at 21:48, alexwatson wrote:

> I am trying to create a plug-in with an option to add multiple  
> TextROIs to an
> image.  I want the ROIs to be able to be moved independently of  
> each other.
> I want it to be like the text tool, except I would like to make the  
> text
> remain movable and editable.  Does anyone know an easy way?

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

On Jul 12, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Michael Schmid wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Image>Overlay>To ROI Manager makes individual ROIs from the text  
> overlays.
> You can then move them (check 'Edit Mode') and, using the Text tool,  
> delete from the end or append to the end of the text currently selected.
>
> I have not figured out whether one can convert the list of ROIs back  
> to overlays with a single command - a simple macro looping through  
> the ROI Manager items should do.

You can convert a list of ROIs in the ROI Manager to an overlay by using the Image>Overlay>From ROI Manager command.

-wayne


> On 11 Jul 2011, at 21:48, alexwatson wrote:
>
>> I am trying to create a plug-in with an option to add multiple  
>> TextROIs to an
>> image.  I want the ROIs to be able to be moved independently of  
>> each other.
>> I want it to be like the text tool, except I would like to make the  
>> text
>> remain movable and editable.  Does anyone know an easy way?