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Re: drawing in ImageJ

Posted by Tony Collins-2 on Mar 17, 2006; 2:41pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/drawing-in-ImageJ-tp3703324p3703333.html

Hi Joseph,

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're after, but it sounds like
you need to use the "Pencil" tool from the toolbar.

This started life as a standalone macro (2003?) but is now included
(along with brush, eraser, spray and flood-fill) in the StartUpMacros.
This should be included in new installations but old installtions can be
updated by downloading this:
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/macros/StartupMacros.txt
to "imagej/macros" folder.

Double clicking the toolbar button allows you to change the "width" for
these tools.

Regards,

Tony



Joseph Vandergracht wrote:

> I use ImageJ for processing tasks but still use NIH Image for precision drawing tasks.  I exploit the
> ability to draw on a small (e.g. 128 by 128 pixel image window) and I use the ability to draw at the
> pixel level.  I also like to use image processing tasks (e.g. skeletonize, thresholding, etc.) as part
> of the object creation task.
>
> ImageJ lags far behind NIH Image in drawing capabilities and I believe Wayne has indicated that
> this is not destined to be an area of development in ImageJ.  I can certainly appreciate that it is not
> a priority for most users and I have just gotten used to using NIH Image for object creation and
> ImageJ for analysis.
>
> Unfortunately, the new Intel macs will not support 'Classic' applications like NIH Image, so down
> the road I see a problem.
>
> My questions are:
>
> Are there others who will be crippled by this and might that spur someone to further develop
> drawing plug-ins for ImageJ?
>
> Is it reasonable to believe that there will be ways of running 'Classic' apps in the next year or so on
> an intel Mac?
>
> Or might it be possible in the futuer  to run the WIndows version of NIH Image on an Intel Mac?  (It
> is painfully slow in emulatin on a current Mac).
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or comments are welcome.
>
> thanks

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