http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/batch-conversion-of-a-folder-tp3696887p3696891.html
Thank you for your time to write the macro. i saved your text as
"directory_convert_tiff.txt" in ij/macros folder and then run it. it
giff, bmp .... format, a plugin for this format is not installed, or
it was not found.". I have the batch converter plugin ( saved in
ij/plugins) which works properly. I had also put the plugin into that
main folder, but the same error came up. all of my images (in the
8-bit tiff. is there something else i am missing to joint this plugin
> Hi Younes,
>
> You need to modify the macro to perform the tasks you want. To get you
> started, here is a version that recursively converts files to TIFF format:
>
> ------
> // Recursively converts files to TIFF starting in a user-specified directory
>
> requires("1.32f");
> dir = getDirectory("Choose a Directory ");
> count = 1;
> prefix = "converted-";
> listFiles(dir);
>
> function listFiles(dir) {
> list = getFileList(dir);
> for (i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
> if (endsWith(list[i], "/"))
> listFiles(""+dir+list[i]);
> else {
> print((count++) + ": " + dir + list[i]);
> open(dir + list[i]);
> // convert all open images to TIFF
> c = 1;
> while (nImages > 0) {
> saveAs("Tiff", dir + prefix + list[i] + "-" + c + ".tif");
> close();
> c++;
> }
> }
> }
> }
> ------
>
> HTH,
> Curtis
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Younes Leysi Derilou <
>
>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Curtis,
> >
> > Thank you for the link. i saved that file as "directory_call.txt" in
> > "imageJ/macros/" folder. i run the macro first through
> > "Menu/plugins/macro/run", which asked me to select the directory, i
> > chose one (for example F:\test_conversion\day5c which had 49
> > subfolders), then i run the batch converter plugin. that plugin just
> > converted the images inside the subfolder that i had chosen, nothing
> > else. i did not see any benefits of running that macro. i have also
> > tried to run macro after that plugin, but nothing happened. is there
> > other procedure that i should follow to joint the macro and plugin
> > together?
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Younes
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Curtis Rueden <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> > > Hi Younes,
> > >
> > > Take a look at the "list files recursively" macro:
> > >
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/ListFilesRecursively.txt> > >
> > > -Curtis
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Younes Leysi Derilou <
> > >
[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello ImageJ Lovers,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to convert 12-bit tiff images to 8-bit tiff images in a
> > > > main folder which has already several sub-folders. the sub-folders
> > > > have thousands of images which can be easily converted one-by-one,
> > > > using the "batch converter" plugin from the following link. the
> > > > problem is that I have to use this plugin for all sub-folders one by
> > > > one and the number of the sub-folders are too much. I am wondering if
> > > > there is a way to run this plugin for the main folder; i.e. ask a
> > > > macro to do the conversion job for all other sub-folders. any
> > > > suggestions are highly appreciated.
> > > >
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/batch-converter.html> > > >
> > > > Truly yours,
> > > > Younes
> > > > --
> > > > Younes Leysi
> > > > "Life is a song, sing it."
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Younes Leysi
> > "Life is a song, sing it."
> >
>