Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Re: Writing output files with ION/Script
Wayne, the PNG and JPEG format is only for display in the browser. No one prevents you from creating postscript files in ION, which can be downloaded using a download script. I do this all the time. Haje "Wayne Landsman" <landsman@sampa.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message news:csjsl4$poe$1@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov... > The ION page on RSI's website (http://www.rsinc.com/ion/) gives the > wavelet demo ( http://ion.researchsystems.com/IONScript/wavelet/). > One nice feature of this demo is the ability to save the output image as > a postscript (or EPS) file. However, as far as I can tell from the > ION/Script documentation the only available output image formats are > PNG, PNG24 and JPEG24. The source code is not available for this > site -- perhaps they use some non-ION/Script elements to get the > postscript output? > > What I would really like to do is be able to output a binary (FITS) file > after the user has modified an image. > > Thanks, --Wayne Landsman >
Yeah. One can use IDL in ION Script to store the data in *any* file format that IDL can handle. Tian Haje Korth wrote: > Wayne, > the PNG and JPEG format is only for display in the browser. No one prevents > you from creating postscript files in ION, which can be downloaded using a > download script. I do this all the time. > > Haje > > "Wayne Landsman" <landsman@sampa.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote in message > news:csjsl4$poe$1@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov... >> The ION page on RSI's website (http://www.rsinc.com/ion/) gives the >> wavelet demo ( http://ion.researchsystems.com/IONScript/wavelet/). >> One nice feature of this demo is the ability to save the output image as >> a postscript (or EPS) file. However, as far as I can tell from the >> ION/Script documentation the only available output image formats are >> PNG, PNG24 and JPEG24. The source code is not available for this >> site -- perhaps they use some non-ION/Script elements to get the >> postscript output? >> >> What I would really like to do is be able to output a binary (FITS) file >> after the user has modified an image. >> >> Thanks, --Wayne Landsman >>