[open] Pictures to pool

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• eduard

  December 2015 edited December 2015

  Hi Marina,

  As long as the files are in the same folder as is the experiment, you don't have to drag them into the file pool. When calling exp.get_image(filename), you should be able to access the images. (e.g. like so: (my_canvas.image(exp.get_file('my_image.png'))).

  To pick the right images in a correct way, I recommend using an inline_script and prepare lists with the file names in beginning. That makes it easier to pick the right images later. Something along these lines should work;

  import random
  group1 = ['imagesg11.png','imagesg12.png',...,'last_image.png']
  group2 = ['imagesg21.png','imagesg22.png',...,'last_image.png']
  trials = []
  
  random.shuffle(group1)
  random.shuffle(group2)
  
  no_trials = 400
  for i in range(no_trials):
      trials.append(group1.pop(0)
      trials.append(random.choice(group2))
      trials.append(group2.pop(0))
  

  So, the list trials will contain all the file names for your images. You just have to loop over the list a present every image.

  Does this make sense?

  Eduard

  
• Marina

  December 2015 edited 6:54AM

  Hi Eduard,
  Thank you so much for your response,
  I will try and run it as you suggest and let you know if it is solved.

  Thank you ;;)
• Marina

  December 2015 edited 6:54AM

  Hi Eduard,

  I've been trying to place my pictures in the same folder as the experiment,
  but within the opensesame folder on my computer there are no folders which contain my experiment. Trying to trace the source of the pool folder leads me to C:\Users\User\appdata\Local\Temp
  which is a location I cannot reach on my computer, and within it the program opens
  a temporary folder that disappears as I close the program and does not save any files I add to it, so I cannot use any pictures I place in it.
  Further, since I'm unable to reach the experiment's folders,
  how would I be able to move it to another computer on which I'm supposed to conduct my experiment once it's ready ?

  Sorry, some of this stuff is new to me so I'm a bit confused,
  once again thank you for your support

  Marina
• eduard

  December 2015 edited 6:54AM

  Hi Marina,

  In theory you should be able to save the experiment wherever you want. When you save it, just select the folder you want it to be saved in (Desktop, Documents, whatever). Once it is stored there, you can put the images in there. The default location to save the experiment, might be somewhere in C:\Users\appdata\,,,, but you once you save it to a more accessible location, you should be fine.

  Can you try and tell us whether this solved it?

  Eduard

  
• Marina

  December 2015 edited December 2015

  Hi Eduard,

  so - I placed all the picture files at the correct folder and run them randomly,
  and after some adjustments it started running pretty much as it should.
  the main problem is that after about 50-60 trials the experiment stops
  and gives an 'error: Out of memory ' message is I run it on the quick run window,
  and, strangely, it keeps running much longer if I run it on a full screen mode, but still stops after couple hundred steps.
  following Sebastian's recommendations on former posts I made sure I'm using xpyriment back end (although my experiment is time sensitive), and that I run the experiment in a separate process, but the problem still occurs.
  My experiment contains of 2 target stimuli pictures (square & circle) and 2 frames pictures. on each trial one frame and one target stimuli appears simultaneously , for 600 trials. in addition, on 348 of the trials some other picture appears for a short while before the target stimuli + frame appears. I'm not using the pool and all my pictures are gathered on the same folder where the experiment is.
  Before my block loop I placed this initial_script on the prepare phase :

  import random

  Negative_group = []

  Neutral_group = []

  Negative_folder = "D:\GNG_SST_experiment\All_Negative_ordered\"

  Neutral_folder = "D:\GNG_SST_experiment\All_Neutral_ordered\"

  for i in range (1, 73):

  Negative_group.append("%d.jpg" % i)
  

  for i in range (73, 100):

  Negative_group.append("%d.bmp" % i)
  

  for i in range (100, 213):

  Neutral_group.append("%d.jpg" % i)
  

  for i in range (213, 230):

  Neutral_group.append("%d.bmp" % i)
  

  random.shuffle(Negative_group)

  random.shuffle(Neutral_group)

  and after the trial sequence I placed a second inline_script also on prepare phase:

  print (var.Picture)

  if (var.Picture == "Negative"):

  var.Pic_path = Negative_folder + Negative_group.pop(0)
  
  print(var.Pic_path)
  

  if (var.Picture == "Neutral"):

  var.Pic_path = Neutral_folder + Neutral_group.pop(0)
  
  print(var.Pic_path)
  

  print

  So I'll be grateful for any idea of the cause of failure.
  I added a pic of the experiment's so far (the practice phase is not yet set).
  Additionally, I'm not sure how should I make all the pictures to be presented on the same size without cropping them (some of them are of different sizes and I'd like them all to be presented uniformly)
  should I use PIL ?

  Sorry if some questions are weird, I'm not a pro on this as you can probably tell :]

  Thank you and a happy new year,

  Marina

  

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• Marina

  December 2015 edited 6:54AM

  here's the error message ;

  The experiment did not finish normally for the following reason:

  Unexpected error
  Details

  item-stack: experiment[run].Experimantal_loop[run].Experimemtal_Block[run].Block_loop[run].Trial_sequance_1[prepare].Picture[prepare]
  exception message: Out of memory
  time: Sun Dec 27 20:58:56 2015
  exception type: error
  Traceback (also in debug window)
• eduard

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Hi Marina,

  Sorry for the late response.

  Just from your description, I can't see what the problem could be. Everything seems to be fine. Would you mind uploading the experiment (e.g. to file dropper). Maybe then we can find the problem.

  Thanks,

  eduard