Re: "Adjust Size" vs "Scale"

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Aug 18, 2009; 8:55pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Adjust-Size-vs-Scale-tp3691455p3691456.html

On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:49 PM, JOEL B. SHEFFIELD wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I must confess to some confusion.  For a long time, I have noticed
> that the
> Image>scale command only adjusts in the X and Y dimension, but does not
> change the Z spacing.  Thus, if I wish to rescale a z-series, I have
> to go
> through an additional step of changing the Z distance in the properties
> dialog.
>
> Now, according to Wayne, quoted below, the Image>Adjust>Size command
> will
> allow changes in all three dimensions.
>
>
>> You can do this with the v1.43f daily build using the
>> Image>Adjust>Size
>> command, which now has the ability to resize in the Z dimension.
>
>
> I can see that the two commands are different, in that "scale" allows a
> function, while "Size" allows a pixel number.  However, only one of
> them
> allows a Z change.  Is this a bug or a feature?

The Image>Scale command, in a few days, is going to be able to scale in
the Z dimension.

-wayne