Posted by
Joachim Wesner on
Mar 06, 2008; 8:51am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/save-as-jpg-tp3696972p3696977.html
Hi list,
> So yes, please produce software that interfaces with IJ.
> Rather than plugins that put up a dialog with buttons where one has to
click
> to capture, we need functions to control the camera which can be called
from
> IJ macros/plugins. If that is available, then one can create and modify
the
> capture software and capture images programmatically.
Exactly, I myself are now planning for already some time to write an Image
Acquisition plugin for the Matrox MIL,
so that it should work with a large number of different framegrabbers and
hence cameras
(however, too busy with other things).
One problem that considerably "slows down" the development process is that
I have not yet come down with
a good (minimum) set of generic functions such a plugin should support and
how. Also, in many cases, some
possibility to - if needed - also have a "live" preview window (likely
within a second thread) with buttons etc. without
too much extra programming would be very nice too.
While I also see the absolute need for full "remote control", there
definitely MUST not be a obligatory TWAIN window
that pops up for every image that you want to grab.
So my point here is, could we, the people working or interested in such
plugins probably agree on a common standard
of ImageJ callable methods and the corresponding functionality to base
future plugins on? This would help me, other
users (that again built grabbing plugins based on those standards) and
manufacturers like Wayne Brown.
Any suggestions how to start this?
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Joachim Wesner
Projektleiter Optik Technologiesysteme
Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH | GmbH mit Sitz in Wetzlar | Amtsgericht
Wetzlar HRB 2432
Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Traeger | Dr. Wolf-Otto Reuter | Dr. David Roy
Martyr | Colin Davis
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