Re: "Adjust Size" vs "Scale"

Posted by Joel Sheffield on Aug 18, 2009; 9:40pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Adjust-Size-vs-Scale-tp3691455p3691457.html

Thanks, Wayne

Joel


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 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
>

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