New>Image n Create new image or stack New>Text Window shift+n Create new text window New>System Clipboard shift+v Create image from system clipboard Open o Open TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, DICOM, FITS, etc. Open Next shift+o Open next image in folder Open Samples shift+b Opens "Blobs" example image Close w Close the active window Save s Save active image in Tiff format Revert r Revert to saved version of image Print p Print active image Undo z Undo last operation Cut x Copy selection to internal clipboard and clear Copy c Copy selection to internal clipboard Paste v Paste contents of internal clipboard Clear backspace Erase selection to background color Fill f Fill selection in foreground color Draw d Draw selection Invert shift+i Invert image or selection Selection>Select All a Select entire image Selection>Select None shift+a Delete selection Selection>Restore shift+e Restore previous selection Selection>Add to Manager t Add selection to ROI Manager Adjust>Contrast shift+c Adjust brightness and contrast Adjust>Threshold shift+t Adjust threshold levels Show Info i Display information about active image Properties shift+p Display image properties Color>Color Picker shift+k Open Color Picker Stacks>Next Slice > or → ![[new]](../images/new.gif){kind=small}
Go to next stack slice Stacks>Previous Slice < or ← Go to previous stack slice Stacks>Reslice / Reslice stack Stacks>Animation \ Start/stop stack animation Hyperstacks>Channels shift+z Open "Channels" tool Hyperstacks > or → Next hyperstack channel Hyperstacks < or ← Previous hyperstack channel Hyperstacks ctrl+> Next hyperstack slice Hyperstacks ctrl+< Previous hyperstack slice Hyperstacks alt+> Next hyperstack frame Hyperstacks alt+< Previous hyperstack frame Crop shift+x Crop active image or selection Duplicate shift+d Duplicate active image or selection Scale e Scale image or selection Zoom>In + or ↑ Make image larger Zoom>Out - or ↓ Make image smaller Zoom>Original Scale 4 Revert to original zoom level Zoom>View 100% 5 Zoom to 1:1 Smooth shift+s 3x3 unweighted smoothing Repeat Command shift+r Repeat previous command Measure m Display statistics about active image or selection Histogram h Display histogram of active image or selection Plot Profile k Display density profile plot of current selection Gels>Select First 1 Select first gel lane Gels>Select Next 2 Select next gel lane Gels>Plot Lanes 3 Plot gel lanes Macros>Install shift+m Install a macro set Utilities>Capture Screen shift+g Grab screenshot Utilities>Find Commands l List, find and launch commands Show All shift+f Make all windows visible Put Behind tab Switch to next image window ImageJ enter Bring "ImageJ" window to front
Alt Key Modifications
Hold down the alt key to alter the behavior of thefollowing commands and tools as indicated.
File/Open Next: Open Previous
File/Revert: Don't show dialog
Edit/Copy: Copy to system clipboard
Edit/Draw: Draw and label
Image/Adjust/Threshold: Adjusting Min also adjusts Max
Image/Color/RGB Split: Keep original image
Image/Stacks/Add Slice: Insert before current slice
Image/Stacks/Next Slice: Skip nine slices
Image/Stacks/Previous Slice: Skip nine slices
Image/Stacks/Start Animation: Show options dialog
Image/Duplicate: Don't show dialog
Process/Equalize: Do classic histogram equalization
Process/Subtract Background: Show background image
Analyze/Histogram: Show dialog
Analyze/Plot Profile: For rect. selections, generate row average plot
Analyze/Plot Profile: For wide straight lines, display rotated contents
Analyze/Gels/Select First Lane: Assume lanes are horizontal
Analyze/Tools/Analyze Line Graph: Show intermediate image
Analyze/Tools/Roi Manager ("Add"): Name and add selection
Plugins/Utilities/ImageJ Properties: List all Java properties
Plugins/Utilities/Monitor Memory: Simulate 640x480 frame grabber
Plugins/Compile and Run: Display dialog
Any User Plugin: Load using new class loader
Area selection tool: Subtract this selection from the previous one
Polygon selection tool: Alt-click on a node to delete it
Straight line tool: Rotate/resize the line about its center
Segmented line tool: Alt-click on a node to delete it
Point tool: Alt-click on a point to delete it
Color picker tool: Alt-click to "pick up" background color
All tools: Show location and size in pixels
Shift Key Modifications
Hold down the shift key to alter the behavior of thefollowing commands and tools as indicated.
Image/Adjust/Threshold: Adjusting Min also adjusts Max
Image/Zoom/In: Do not enlarge window
Analyze/Histogram: Display log histogram
Analyze/Tools/Roi Manager ("Add"): Draw and add selection
Macros in Plugin menu: Open instead of run
Rectangle and Oval selection tools: Force selection to be square
Area selection tool: Add this selection to previous one
Polygon selection tool: Shift-click on a node to duplicate it
Segmented line selection tool: Shift-click on a node to duplicate it
Point selection tool: Shift-click to add a point
Space Bar Modifications
Any Tool: Temporarily switch to the "hand" (scrolling) tool
Arrow KeysThe four arrow keys move selection outlines one pixel at a time. Resize rectangular and oval selections by holding down the the alt (option) and while using the arrow keys.The up and down arrow keys zoom the image in and out. If there is a selection, you must also hold down either the shift or the control key. (Requires v1.42 or later.) The right and left arrow keys subsitute for "<" and ">" for moving through a stack. If there is a selection, you must also hold down the shift key. With hyperstacks, the right and left arrow keys change the channel. Hold down the control key to move through the slices and the alt key to move through the frames. (Requires v1.42 or later.) |