problems with Batch Converter

Posted by Lars Damgaard on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/problems-with-Batch-Converter-tp5002705.html

Hi all,

I hope someone can help me understand this:
I have a folder with 40 zvi files that I want to convert to jpg files. I figure from searching documentation that I should use Batch Converter. When I select Batch Converter, I get a Batch Convert dialog as expected that allows me to select input and output folder, Output format, Interpolation, and Scale factor.
However, when I press the Convert button, I get a Bio-Formats Import Options dialog, which has a lot of options.
If I try to choose options and press OK, this dialog is followed by a Bio-Formats File Stitching dialog.
If I OK this File Stitching dialog, I can see in the status bar that ImageJ apparently is working its way through all files, but then the Bio-Format Import Options dialog re-appears, followed by the Bio-Formats File Stitching dialog. Depending on my choices I also get an Import Data dialog. For each file, I get a log window that writes:
IJ.openImage() returned null: C:\Users\lrd\Desktop\zvi-files\Position(1).zvi
IJ.openImage() returned null: C:\Users\lrd\Desktop\zvi-files\Position(10).zvi
...
etc.
In the end, no matter if I OK or cancel any of the dialogs, some open files are created in ImageJ, but my output folder is empty. I have not managed to make my selections so that the open created files are the simple jpg files I want, rather they are separated out in color channels or other advanced views, but in any case I was expecting that the zvi files were batch converted and the resulting jpgs would go to the output folder.
Any suggestions as to how to achieve this?

Lars

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