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Re: photoshop style layering

Posted by dscho on May 13, 2009; 4:24pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/photoshop-style-layering-tp3692542p3692543.html

Hi,

On Wed, 13 May 2009, John Alexander wrote:

> I'm making a figure and I realize that I use imageJ for everything
> except for assembling the final figure layout.  That's because imageJ
> does not have an easy layer style approach to moving objects around on
> an image.
>
> For example, in photoshop, I can paste an image down, and position it.  
> I can then paste a second image down and position it.  It is easy to
> switch between the first and second images, and adjust their positions
> accordingly.  This goes on and on - and ultimately I have a PSD file
> with dozens of layers that I can easily move around.
>
> In imageJ, once I paste something, I can move it around, but, when I'm
> done it's position is set in stone.
>
> I realize that imageJ does have the components to act like photoshop -
> in essence, a multi-layer tiff as the layers and a z-projection as the
> final image.  What would be needed is a "layer view" and a "z-projection
> view" in parallel.  with an easy way to "add layer" and to move layers
> around.
>
> does anyone know of a simple way of accomplishing this in imageJ?  I'd
> really prefer to use it for all my needs.

You can (ab)use TrakEM2 for that...

Ciao,
Dscho