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    tina.schweizer Guest

    images show as file names in Direct RT

    I am trying to create a quasi-priming procedure with different types of images. The image files were all jpg to begin with, and I changed them into .bmp format by going through properties. I also resized them to be 640X480 or smaller. The images open fine in other programs such as Microsoft Office Picture Manager, but only display as text names in DirectRT when I run the input file.

    I created a "stim" folder with a few sample pictures and created picture lists corresponding to them (e.g., negpics.txt, pospics.txt, etc.). Inside the text files, I have listed the names of the images (e.g., if the image is 6410.bmp, I have written "6410" in the text file). Everything is saved in the DirectRT folder in the following location on my computer: C:\DirectRT\Persuasion Study 2.2.08. Could where the files are located on the computer be playing a role in the dysfunctioning of the procedure? Or, perhaps it has something to do with the formatting of the images?

    Attached is an example of a stimulus picture, a text file, and the input file.

    Thank you,
    Tina
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    Try it with this version of 1750.bmp. The previous version of 1750.bmp you sent (via email) had not really been converted to a bmp file--it was just renamed .bmp (i.e., it was still a jpeg image). I converted this particular image using a freeware image editor called Irfanview (see www.irfanview.com) but most editors will let you specify the image format when you do a "save as" conversion.
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    tina.schweizer Guest

    Thank you, Jarvis24!

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    Hi Jarvis24,

    Thank you so much for your help! I am not really good with computers. I really appreciate it. You saved -- ----. BIG TIME!

    Best,
    Tina
    Last edited by jarvis24; 02-07-2008 at 02:45 PM.

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    Thanks for the update--glad to hear it helped

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