Add Scalebar Python Package

Description: Python GUI to add scale bar (and other processing features) to images within a selected folder

Installation

1. Download through PyPi

$ python -m pip install em-add-scalebar

2. Download through Git

$git clone https://git.mpi-cbg.de/scicomp/bioimage_team/tobias_em_app_scalebar.git

Quickstart

1. After downloading the package, the user interface can be accessed by running

python -m add_scalebar

The following window should appear

2. In the window, you can change the following parameters

1. Input Location - Folder containing images to be processed

2. Input File extension - Type of images to be processed. All other image types are ignored

3. Output method - Where to save the images

    - Default Save in Subfolder in parent folder: All new files are saved in a folder at the top level named ImageWithScaleBar
    - Save in Subfolder: A subfolder named ImagesWithScaleBar is created for each folder containing images
    - Save in Same Folder: New images are saved in the same folder as original images 

4. Output file extension - New file extension for saved images

5. Convert images to 8 Bit

6. Automatically adjust the contrast of each image

7. Add Scale Bar to images

8. The font color of the scale bar to be added

3. Press start to begin the process

Example resulting image