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Is it possible to save the figure file in .PNG format directly in IDL? [message #90349]

Wed, 25 February 2015 01:27

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atmospheric physics
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Registered: June 2010

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Hello,

I am using Coyote library in IDL. Is there a direct way to save the figure file in .PNG format instead of saving first in .PS format and then converting to a .PNG format?

cgPS_Open, FigFile

...
...
...

cgPS_Close
cgPS2Raster, FigFile, /PNG

Thanking you in advance,
Regards,
Madhavan

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Re: Is it possible to save the figure file in .PNG format directly in IDL? [message #90351 is a reply to message #90349]

Wed, 25 February 2015 05:55

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Madhavan Bomidi writes:

> I am using Coyote library in IDL. Is there a direct way to save the figure file in .PNG format instead of saving first in .PS format and then converting to a .PNG format?
>
> cgPS_Open, FigFile
>
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> cgPS_Close
> cgPS2Raster, FigFile, /PNG

cgPlot, data, Output='myfile.png'

You can find the on-line help for these routines here:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/idldoc/cg/index.html

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: Is it possible to save the figure file in .PNG format directly in IDL? [message #90361 is a reply to message #90349]

Wed, 25 February 2015 18:25

Phillip Bitzer
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Registered: June 2006

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On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 3:27:52 AM UTC-6, Madhavan Bomidi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Coyote library in IDL. Is there a direct way to save the figure file in .PNG format instead of saving first in .PS format and then converting to a .PNG format?
>
> cgPS_Open, FigFile
>
>
> cgPS_Close
> cgPS2Raster, FigFile, /PNG
>

There are options that can control what happens to the PS file, if that's your concern.

The question is _why_ you don't want the PS file first.

While we're here, this is a little more succinct:

cgPS_Open, FigFile
...
...
cgPS_Close, /PNG

which calls cgPS2Raster under the hood.

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Re: Is it possible to save the figure file in .PNG format directly in IDL? [message #90412 is a reply to message #90361]

Mon, 02 March 2015 06:43

atmospheric physics
Messages: 121
Registered: June 2010

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Thank you David & Philip. The reason why I don't require PS file first is that it is occupying more space and the file size is big sometimes.

Thanking you once again,
Regards,
Madhavan

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