Re: add/edit a comment and store it with an image?

Posted by Albert Cardona-2 on Dec 20, 2010; 5:20pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/add-edit-a-comment-and-store-it-with-an-image-tp3685672p3685678.html

2010/12/20 Michael Schmid <[hidden email]>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> though I consider myself a seasoned ImageJ user, a beginner's question
> (sorry if I have overlooked something trivial)
>
> Is there a way to have a comment or some other text that I can edit, have it
> stored with the image (in the .tif or .zip file), retrieve it later? (and
> maybe edit it, store the image again...)
>
> Of course, I could write a plugin for this, adding a String to the image
> metadata, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel.
> (The TIFF 'description' tag seems to be in use already, storing calibration,
> min&max)

Michael,

There's the ImagePlus properties, to which one may add more. They are
saved in the TIFF file header.

Albert

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