Hi Matthew, Thanks for your response. Yes, it seems that just renaming it to .txt is ok. That now I can input this .txt as a regressor to SPM (SPM can take a .txt format for regressors). Thanks, Joelle On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Matthew Webster < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > The par file should just be a standard ASCII text file. > > Kind Regards > Matthew > > > An additional question to my previous ones - does anybody know how to > convert the .par file to a .txt file? (so that I can input to SPM). Can't > seem to find anything on the web. > Thanks, > Joelle > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Joelle Zimmermann < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm working with the .par file from mcflirt, which I understand are the 6 >> (3 rotation and 3 translation) parameters. >> >> My end goal is to use the .par file as a regressor for motion in an SPM >> analysis. I need to figure out if the .par file (FSL mcflirt) and the >> rp.txt file (from SPM realignment) are comparable. >> >> The important question is: which columns come first in the .par file? Are >> the first 3 columns rotation and the last 3 translation? Or the other way >> around? >> >> Thanks, >> Joelle >> > > >