Changing file save name

I have 10 images (collages), within each image there is anywhere from 20-200 smaller images. In total there are 3000 images between all 10 images.

Currently my code crops the small images from the collages and I know have 3000 images. When I save each of the small cropped image is saves it like... NAME%collage1%001, NAME%collage1%002,...,NAME%collage10%200.

I would like to save each of the small cropped images as... NAME%001, NAME%002,..., NAME%3000.

sum_blob = sum(numberOfBlobs) % I use this to get the sum of the number of blobs on each of the 10 collage images
message = sprintf('Would you like to crop out and save each individual images?');
reply = questdlg(message, 'Extract Individual Images?', 'Yes', 'No', 'Yes');
% Note: reply will = '' for Upper right X, 'Yes' for Yes, and 'No' for No.
if strcmpi(reply, 'Yes')
   for n = 1 : non_binary_images
       for k = 1 : numberOfBlobs(n)      % Loop through all blobs.
           % Find the bounding box of each blob.
           thisBlobsBoundingBox  = blobMeasurements{n}(k).BoundingBox;  % Get list of pixels in current blob.
           % Extract out this zoop into it's own image.
           subImage = imcrop(OG_images{n}, thisBlobsBoundingBox); 
           % Saving the cropped image
           folder = 'folder';
           thisBaseFileName = sprintf('NAME%4d_%03d%.tif', n, k);
           thisFullFileName = fullfile(folder, thisBaseFileName);
           imwrite(subImage, thisFullFileName,'tif');   
       end
   end
end

Answer 1

[dpb]

Just add a counting variable that is incremented inside the inner loop--

...
j=0;
for n = 1 : non_binary_images
  for k = 1 : numberOfBlobs(n)      % Loop through all blobs.
    j=j+1;
    ...
    thisBaseFileName = sprintf('NAME%04d%.tif', j);    
    ...

[no zoop]

This is great! Thank you.

I did however find when using

'NAME%04d%.tif'

the second % ended up saving the images as a file instead of a tif, I fixed this by removing the second %.

'NAME%04d.tif'

[dpb]

Yeah, just a typo in cleaning up existing format string...