I would like to use the BIMP plugin* to overlay my (hundreds of!) images in the following way. My images are named in this fashion:

Blah blah 1 - A.tif
Blah blah 1 - B.tif
Blah blah 2 - A.tif
Blah blah 2 - B.tif
Blah blah 3 - A.tif
Blah blah 3 - B.tif

I would like to create the files:

Blah blah 1 - C.tif
Blah blah 2 - C.tif
Blah blah 3 - C.tif

by overlaying image A on B using the 'Divide' image option.

The BIMP plugin is utilised via File > Batch Image Manipulation. Then, in the 'Manipulation Set' section, I click 'Add' and select 'Other GIMP procedure'. None of the many procedures contain the string 'overlay' or 'divide'. Can I procede with BIMP or doesn't it do what I'd like to do? Would writing a Fu-Script be trivial (I've never programmed a computer before, apart from once when I made a turtle move around a screen in some laughable school IT exercise).

Thanks a batch.

Edit: apparently my "post looks too spamy for a new user, [please remove off-site URLs]" so, I'm going to try and phase this link through the SPAM shield, because my post is clearly not SPAM of any sort.
*w WOAH, NELLY! ww.alessandrofrancesconi.it/projects/bimp/

Thanks. I copied my query over, but given that there are only 10 threads and some have been unanswered for over a year, my expectations aren't too high

I am not saying that it is impossible with BIMP but really that plugin is meant for single images.

The author does respond and quickly, I reported a bug once and it was acted on straight away. For various (linux) reasons I am stuck in a time warp on version 0.5 so maybe latest will do what you want.

I would say for batch processing ImageMagick would be a better bet



is equivalent to two layers with the top in divide mode.

example (helps if the 2 images are the same size)

http://i.imgur.com/54oTiSO.jpg

Top is gimp with the top layer mode = divide
and the bottom is IM applied to the same images

Obviously you would need a batch/bash file depending on OS. Worth asking at the IM forum

Or you could use a bespoke script...



EDITED because I originally had B atop A.

Hi everyone, thanks for your replies.

I think I'll probably end up using ImageMagick but what about that script?; I saved it in C:\Users\Sean\.gimp-2.8\scripts as 'Auto Merge Divide.scm'. Should it appear in the GIMP filters menu?

It should appear as the command "Merge TIF files per THX1138" at the bottom of your File menu. It has only two options. You can choose whether the top image is centered relative to the bottom image (which does not matter if the two images are the same size). And you can choose the directory containing the TIF files.

How does it know which files to merge and what to name them afterwards? The reality is a lot more complicated than the problem as I introduced it


My file names are things like:

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Brightfield - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV green - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - UV red - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif

The outputs would be:

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - With Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif

Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 1 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 2 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-G - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif
Exp.SS.4.4.167 - DF1 cells - Without Antibiotic - Sample 1 - Merged B-R - Field 3 - 2012-05-23.tif



Is that easy to do with a script? The filenames are basically WILDCARD - Brightfield - WILDCARD, WILDCARD - UV green - WILDCARD, and WILDCARD - UV red - WILDCARD?

Could you download and try the updated script at the location below?

http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/rep ... dc193c91f8

Hi, I get the following error when I try to run the script on a folder:

Edit, as a new user, I'm not permitted to post images. I will try to circumvent this with cunning:
i.imgur.co m/JlQalU9.jpg

Incidentally, I've found that I prefer the result of using 'overlay' with the brightfield image as the bottom layer.

I'm not sure if this is the cause of the error but it's worth noting that in this case I didn't have any "UV green" images. Some times it's the other way around, and sometimes I do have both.

Here is a screenshot of the error message (for any lookie-lous in the audience):


I don't understand this. The only line using "DIVIDE-MODE" has it in all caps.


Did you perchance do a search and replace on the file (while trying different modes)? If so, make sure that the chosen -MODE is in all capital letters.

lol, I totally did that man; I messed with the code! Sorry! I'll try this again tomorrow!

Edit: Hi Saul. The script works great but it does produce errors for some reason (that don't seem to interfere with the process). The error says "C: cannot open" and repeats for every image set in the targeted folder. Is it relevant that I'm using Win 7?

bump

It also seems to fail if the images are on my D: partition instead of C:

I get this error:



and the script halts. If I copy and paste the images to my desktop then it works (except Windows won't move all the files across because it makes the file path too long).

Does anyone else know how to fix the script that Saul made for me?