Image SXM Help

Use the Open command to load and display images (in TIFF, PICT, PICS and MacPaint format), text files, color look-up tables (LUTs) or region of interest outlines. The following file types are supported:

TIFF files created by Image and many other programs. NIH Image will open (as a stack) a TIFF file containing multiple images, but the images must all have the same width and height. NIH Image is unable to open bitmap (1-bit) or compressed TIFF files. TIFF files that were created on other systems, such as an IBM-PC, usually need to be opened using the Import command. 24-bit (RGB) TIFF files are opened into a 3-slice (red, green and blue) stack.
PICT files created by Image and numerous other Macintosh programs.
MacPaint documents.
PICS files created by NIH Image and by many Mac animation programs.
Look-up tables created by NIH Image and by several other Mac programs, including PixelPaint, Canvas and UltraPaint.
Selection outlines created using the Save As command in NIH Image.
Text files, such as macros and convolution kernels, up to 32K in size.