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The langauge file is a mapping from signals to meanings (stimuli). The images are not stored in the experiment file, but loaded directly from the web when the experiment starts.
You can load a language file by creating a tab-separated file of signals and URLs of images. The meaning url is relative to YOURSERVERHOME/ILMServer/images. Existing images can be browsed by following the link.
A typical langauge file might look like this, with the \t character representing a tab:
renana\tmyMeanings/redTriangle.png
kiki\tmyMeanings/blueTriangle.png
That is, there are two labels (‘renana’ and ‘kiki’) that refer to images stored in the subfolder myMeanings.
The images are not stored in the experiment file, but directly from the web. New images can be uploaded and organised using FTP or SCP clients (such as Fugu for mac). Supported image types include png, jpeg/jpg and bmp. Don’t use uncompressed formats such as bmp! Many uncompressed images can take up lots of memory and slow the program or even stop it from working.