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Absolutely, without doubt ImageJ is a great tool. But just as one
ImageJ has never even pretended to be a layout program. Even though
different as a hacksaw and a hammer. Always use the right tool for the
> Since ImageJ is an image analysis program and not an image editing
> program,
> I don't think it works well for creating figures. If you want
> something
> roughly along the lines of Photoshop without the hefty price tag,
> The GIMP
> is suitable.
>
> Justin
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Johannes Schindelin <
>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>