Re: frame-by-frame processing of large stacks?

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Nov 21, 2007; 8:38pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/frame-by-frame-processing-of-large-stacks-tp3697953p3697954.html

With ImageJ 1.39k and later, you can frame-by-frame convert a large
TIFF by opening it using File>Import>TIFF Virtual Stack and saving it
using File>Save As>AVI, File>Save As>Gif (animated GIF) or File>Save
As>QuickTime Movie. Set the frame rate in the Image>Stacks>Animation
Options dialog.

-wayne

On Nov 20, 2007, at 4:30 PM, John R. Frank wrote:

> Is there a way to convert a large stack into a .avi or .mov without
> loading the whole thing into RAM?  Perhaps some command line call to
> imagej that allows it to process it frame-by-frame?
>
> I have multipage TIFFs that are a >1.5GB, so the 32-bit JVM limits
> prevent
> me from making a movie from them with ImageJ's GUI.  I hope there is
> another way.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Yours,
> John
>
>
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