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Re: Annotation on an 8-bit grayscale image

Posted by Joel Sheffield on Sep 22, 2009; 2:50pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Annotation-on-an-8-bit-grayscale-image-tp3691022p3691026.html

Hi,

The problem is that the appearance of an 8 bit image is controlled by
the LUT.  If the LUT contains gray values from 0 to 255, every
"color" will appear as gray.

There are two possible solutions.
1.  change your LUT from gray scale to gray scale with either the 0
or the 255 value set at a color that you like.  Then set the
foreground color either to 0 or 255.  You can do this by going to
Image>Colors>Edit LUT.  Of course, if you do this, you will lose
access to the 0 or 255 value pixels in your original image.

2.  Change your image to RGB.  Image>type>RGB

> >Hi,
> >
> >When I annotate on an 8-bit grayscale image in Imagej, annotations
> are
> >displayed in gray color. Can anybody tell me what should I do If I
> want to
> >
> >see the annotations in a color other than gray.
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> Phanikanth
>
> If you mean the "Text Tool", then you simply have to change the
> foreground color as with every other application.
>
> HTH
> --
>
>                    Herbie
>
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