Re: ImageJ splitting 48bit TIFF images by default

Posted by Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E] on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-splitting-48bit-TIFF-images-by-default-tp5006352p5006357.html

On Jan 31, 2014, at 7:27 AM, James Roberts (ABM ULHB - Medical Physics) wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> As an extremely novice user of ImageJ I'm in need of some basic help!
>
> My ImageJ has decided to open 48bit TIFF images into three separate RGB images in a stack by default. They are not true RGB images either as they look identical. See below,
>
> [cid:image001.jpg@01CF1E7F.D4FDB3B0]
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> The last time I used ImageJ with 48bit TIFF images (few months ago) they opened by default in the original format and then I could manually split the channels via the Color menu which resulted in true R, G and B images each of 16bit.
>
> Not sure what has changed?

It is not possible to answer a question like this without seeing an example non-working image. What you should do is use a file sharing service like Dropbox to share one of your 48-bit TIFF images.

-wayne
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