http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Stack-Problem-on-Vista-Bioimageformats-tp3691826p3691829.html
Thanks Curtis. At Wayne's suggestion, I traced the problem to Java
malfunction and the Jave distributed with MBF. Here is the resolution
I have an NVidia GEForce 6150SE video adaptor. The driver is 7.15.11.7516
datated 5-2-2008 and according to an "update check" is current. This leaves
z-stack. This Java is presumably part of the MBF Windows installation
directory of ImageJ. The plugin folder was a copy from the MBF folder
above. It opens .zvi z-stacks fine.
> Hi Rob,
>
> Does the behavior happen with only ZVI files, or with all images in
> ImageJ?
> (Try File > Open Samples) If all images, I am inclined to agree that it
> might be a bug with your video hardware. You can turn down the video's
> hardware acceleration (
>
http://www.pixelmetrics.com/Tips/VidBlank/GlobalAcceleration.php) to see
> if
> that helps.
>
> Another thing to try: if you double-click on loci_tools.jar, it should
> launch an ImageViewer application. Choose File > Open from the menu, and
> open your ZVI. Does it look scrambled there? If so, it is probably a bug
> in
> Bio-Formats, in which case we would like to obtain a sample nonworking
> dataset from you, so that we can fix the problem. If you are willing to
> send
> us a file but need somewhere to upload, let us know and we will pass along
> our FTP server information.
>
> -Curtis
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Robert W. Baer, Ph.D.
> <
[hidden email]>wrote:
>
>> I tried Wayne's suggestion of updating LOCI using both today's daily
>> build
>> and the 2008 stable build to no avail.
>>
>> I have the following behavior that may provide the more knowledge with
>> insight. If I load a .zvi image stack into ImageJ with load into
>> Image5D
>> selected instead of standard ImageJ selected I still get the scambled
>> image
>> displayed. If I now switch from grayscale to ovl on the right the first
>> frame of the stack is displayed completely properly. If I now move the
>> z-slider to a subsequent frame, I get a scrambled view of that frame.
>> Moving
>> to color or grayscale and back to ovl make this subsequent frame appear
>> normally. Finally, moving the slider back to frame1 produces a scrambled
>> view of Frame1. After using the ovl trick to get a normal image,
>> performing
>> other ImageJ operations such as Image->Adjust->Brightness and contrast
>> causes the frame to scramble.
>>
>> Any additional insights.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert W. Baer, Ph.D."
>> <
[hidden email]
>> >
>> To: <
[hidden email]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:48 AM
>> Subject: Stack Problem on Vista/Bioimageformats
>>
>>
>> I have been experiencing some strange behavior when opening .zvi phase
>> z-stacks with ImageJ 1.43b on a Vista Machine. The individual frames of
>> the
>> stack have scrambled squares that each represent a small fraction of the
>> normal image, but with no particular order to the squares. The squares
>> repeat maybe 4 times and don't together represent the entire image.
>> Scrolling through the stack causes the frames to progress through the
>> z-plane focus, but each frame is made of scrambled squares.
>>
>> Strangely, the (mis)behavior is not 100% consistent. I can occasionaly
>> get
>> the stacks to open like normal stacks. I have superstiously attributed
>> this "normalcy" to running ImageJ update, opening as a hyperstack,
>> rebooting
>> the computer, but in the end, none of thes seem to produce a consistent
>> fix.
>>
>> The version of ImageJ that is doing this was downloaded from
>> MacBiophotonics site. I have installed and reinstalled this to no avail.
>> Interesting, I have an older imageJ on the same machine that will open
>> the
>> same Image Stack completely normally even as the MacBiophotonics 1.43b
>> version is stuggling.
>>
>> Of course this could be a pure Vista or Video driver problem, but I am at
>> a
>> loss as to how to debug the problem. Any suggestions or ideas why this
>> is
>> happening?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> ---------------------
>> Robert W. Baer, Ph.D.
>> Professor of Physiology
>> Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicne
>> A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
>> 800 W. Jefferson St.
>> Kirksville, MO 63501
>>
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