bconvert        Convert image formats

 

image format: many

USAGE:        bconvert
                
        .Input file: image001
        [Enter the name of the input file. Note, that if you do not
        provide an extension the data code will be attached.]
                 
        .Output file: converted001.mrc
        [Enter the name of the output file. It is a good idea if the
        extension is provided and matches the file type. In any case
        the output file will get this name independent of the format
        of the content.]
                 
    The program will write:
        Current input file extension: st1
        [Assuming that .st1 was your data code for this session,
        and thus the extension of the input file.]
        
        .Enter extension that specifies the file format or  or ?: spi
        [Enter an extension that describes the input file format. You may hit 
        return if the extension matches the format. If you enter "?" you
        get a list of all possible answers/formats.]

    The program will write:
        Current output file extension: mrc
        [Lists the extension you used for the output file.]
        
        .Enter extension that specifies the file format or  or ?: mrc
        [Enter an extension that describes the input file format. You may hit 
        return if the extension matches the format. If you enter "?" you
        get a list of all possible answers/formats.
        NOTE: THE FORMAT SPECIFICATION WILL NOT CHANGE THE OUTPUT FILE NAME
        EXTENSION. THIS WILL BE THE ONE YOU USED IN THE ANSWER TO "OUTPUT FILE"]
	
	SEE NOTE TO MRC FILES!!

Programs: em_bconvert.py, bconvert.c and suport programs from BSOFT.

Authors: M. Radermacher (python), B. Heyman et al. bconvert and support programs. 

Remarks: This command uses the unchanged version of bconvert from BSOFT.
         The decision, that the file format specification does not change the specified filenames
         was made, because the SPIDER image extension can be any 3 letter combination and does 
         not specify the file format, but the data set. Therfore there can be a mismath between
         format and extension in either the input ot the output file. (If you want to confuse
         yourself you could use tif as the spider data extension. This does not make the content
         tif files.)         
         
File formats supported (if not please contact B. Heyman):
                         
        FORMAT:                         EXTENSIONS:

        ascii                           asc txt
        Biorad                          pic
        BRIX                            brx brix
        Broohaven STEM                  dat
        CCP4                            ccp map
        Digital Instruments atomic force  di
        Digital Micrograph (GATAN):     dm
        Alwyn Jone's map format         omap dsn6 dn6
        EM system format                em
        Peter Goodford's GRID files     pot
        Basel GRD map file format       grd

        HKL file typically produced
        with MTZDUMP from X-ray
        crystallographic structure      hkl
        factor files in the CCP4 package.

        IMAGIC                          img hed
        Digitabis image plate reader    ip
        JPEG:                           jpg jpeg
        text kernel file:               krn

        3D file "What If" molecular
        dynamics package.               mif mff

        MRC format(including IMOD ext.) mrc stk st ali rec
	IMPORTANT: THE EXTENSIONS ARE INTERPRETED. IF YOU WANT TO 
	CONVERT AN MRC STACK (E.G. .ali) INTO A SPIDER VOLUME YOU 
	MUST FIRST RENAME THE INPUT FILE TO .mrc
	
        Bsoft default format            pif sf
        PIC package, NIH                bp bq
        Portable Network graphic        png

        portable bitmap, grey map,
        pixel map                       pbm pgm ppm

        Princeton Instruments CCD
        image file format.              spe

        spider                          spi
        suprim new format               spm sup f
        Tiff: 8bit only                 tif

        XPLOR map or structure          xpl cns rfl
        factor file formats.