====== Convert image file series ======


===== Introduction =====

Typical diamond anvil cell beamlines generate series of diffraction files in various formats, which are not the [[fileformat:edf|EDF]] format used in further processing. The tools here can be used to convert the files into the proper format.

Data collected at step scans have a starting ω position, an end ω position, and a step size δω. Diffraction are collected at each ω and save in files such as ''name-0000.tif'', ''name-0001.tif'', etc. For instance, if you collect data from -2° to +2° with a step size of 1.0°, starting from image 5, with a stem ''mydata'', you will save the following data files
  * ''mydata-0005.tif'' for a scan between ω = -2.0° to -1.0° with an average ω of -1.5°,
  * ''mydata-0006.tif'' for a scan between ω = -1.0° to -0.0° with an average ω of -0.5°,
  * ''mydata-0007.tif'' for a scan between ω = +0.0° to +1.0° with an average ω of -0.5°,
  * ''mydata-0008.tif'' for a scan between ω = +1.0° to +2.0° with an average ω of -1.5°.

The scripts ''timelessTiff2edf'' and ''timelessMccd2edf'', which are both part of the [[software:timelesstools|TIMEleSS tools]], are meant to convert such file series into series of EDF files.

Watch out! You can generate vast amount of data! You may want to include such scripts into larger scripts as you develop your data processing strategy.

===== timelessTiff2edf =====

<code>
timelessTiff2edf -h

usage: timelessTiff2edf -f from -t to -s step -n stem -i first image [OPTIONS]

Creates a list of EDF files based on a collection of TIFF files This is part
of the TIMEleSS project http://timeless.texture.rocks

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FROM, --from FROM  Start for omega scan (in degrees, required)
  -t TO, --to TO        End for omega scan (in degrees, required)
  -s STEP, --step STEP  Omega step (in degrees, required)
  -n STEM, --stem STEM  Stem for images files (required)
  -i IMAGEFIRST, --imagefirst IMAGEFIRST
                        Number of first image file in series (required)
  -p TIFFIMAGEPATH, --tiffimagepath TIFFIMAGEPATH
                        Path to tiff images. Default is ./
  -e EDFIMAGEPATH, --edfimagepath EDFIMAGEPATH
                        Path in which to save edf images. Default is ./
  -x EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION
                        Extension for tiff files. Default is tif
  -d NDIGITS, --ndigits NDIGITS
                        Number of digits for file number. Default is 4
</code>


===== timelessMccd2edf =====

<code>
timelessMccd2edf -h

usage: timelessMccd2edf -f from -t to -s step -n stem -i first image [OPTIONS]

Creates a list of EDF files based on a collection of MarCCD files This is part
of the TIMEleSS project http://timeless.texture.rocks

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FROM, --from FROM  Start for omega scan (in degrees, required)
  -t TO, --to TO        End for omega scan (in degrees, required)
  -s STEP, --step STEP  Omega step (in degrees, required)
  -n STEM, --stem STEM  Stem for images file (required)
  -i IMAGEFIRST, --imagefirst IMAGEFIRST
                        Number of first image file in series (required)
  -p MCCDIMAGEPATH, --mccdimagepath MCCDIMAGEPATH
                        Path to MarCCD images. Default is ./
  -e EDFIMAGEPATH, --edfimagepath EDFIMAGEPATH
                        Path in which to save edf images. Default is ./
  -x EXTENSION, --extension EXTENSION
                        Extension for MarCCD files. Default is mccd
  -d NDIGITS, --ndigits NDIGITS
                        Number of digits for file number. Default is 4
</code>