[solved] My sketchpad doesn't have the 'image tool'

JLP17S

I would like to use an image and then register where my participant clicks on the screen. This protocol is used in the online tutorial 'cat faces'. However, when I go to sketchpad I don't have the icon 'image tool' and I can't import images (I have attached a screenshot). I downloaded the recommended version of Open Sesame for my Machine, which was the 'Windows XP/Vista/ 7 installer' version.

Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks a lot,
Jayne

eduard

Hi Jayne,

I can't see the screenshot. Are you sure you attached it? Would you mind posting it again? A link to it, would also be fine.

Thanks,

Eduard

JLP17S

Sorry about that. The screenshot is here:
Thanks for your help!

eduard

Hi,

See my attachment.

This is what you need, right?

eduard

JLP17S

Hello Eduard,

Thanks for your suggestion - but unfortunately that's not what I need. That icon is to draw an image and I want to import an image (a photograph). On the tutorial he selects 'image tool' and then goes to the file pool to find his image. I can find the image I need using the file pool, but I have no way of telling Open Sesame that I want to import it into sketchpad!

eduard

Oh sorry. But then, which tutorial (and which step) do you mean then? Cats, dogs, and capybaras?
The need to import and image new to me. Usually, you just have to make sure they're in the filepool and you should be good to go.

Eduard

JLP17S

It is the video tutorial 'cat faces': http://osdoc.cogsci.nl/tutorials/video-tutorials/ it is at 29.15. The demonstrator obviously has a mac and the layout etc. is different to what I see.

Jayne

eduard

Ah, now I see. The video tutorial is using another OpenSesame version than you downloaded. More precisely, it is an outdated version. However, the functionality of drawing images in a sketchpad didn't change much. So the button, I marked in my previous post, should be able to do the exact same thing as the video describes it, the only difference its the icon and its label.

fyi, the step of putting the images into the filepool, before choosing one of them to be shown in the sketchpad, is actually not related to the sketchpad and its image tool. In the beginning of creating your experiment, you could put all your images into the filepool, without including a single sketchpad. Later, when you're adding images to the sketchpad, they should appear right away in the list.

Does this make sense?

Eduard

JLP17S

Thanks for that, it's good to know that I'm not using an outdated version. But I don't want to draw an item, I want to import a picture, so the 'draw image element' is of no use to me. I can see my pictures in the filepool manager however my only options are to rename the file or to open it, but when I open it - it just opens in Microsoft Office on my computer. What I need to do is open a picture in the sketchpad of open sesame.
Thanks for your help,
Jayne

eduard

Hi Jayne,

But I don't want to draw an item, I want to import a picture

What I need to do is open a picture in the sketchpad of open sesame

Maybe it's me, but these two statements are somewhat contradictory.

If you wanna import an image without showing it ever, you don't need the sketchpad, then you can use the exp.get_file(filename) command from within an inline_script. If you want to open an image in a sketchpad, there is no need to import your images, you just have to follow the instructions of the video tutorial (keeping in mind to use different icons). In fact, under the hood, the sketchpad is retrieving the files from the filepool if you click on the draw_image icon and select an image.

Just to be clear, the sketchpad is no replacement for an image viewer or processer. It's only purpose is to facilitate drawning any kind of stimuli during an experiment.

Do I still misunderstand your problem?

Eduard

JLP17S

Ahhhhh, I see. I need to click the 'draw image element' icon to open my picture. Okay, I have now got this to work. Thank-you so much for all of your help.