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Re: Creating a GIF file from a graphics window in IDL [message #20385 is a reply to message #20381]

Wed, 21 June 2000 00:00

Michael Asten
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Registered: March 1999

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Liam Gumley wrote:

> <ykadkh1@uic.edu> wrote in message news:394EA050.1C70A2DB@uic.edu...
>> I was wondering if anyone knows how to write a GIF or JPEG file in IDL
>> using the image that appears in a window. Otherwise, it would also be
>> helpful If there was a way to create an array from the window's
>> contents. Thank you.
>
> Try SAVEIMAGE:
> http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley/imagetools.html

Or (with less sophisication) use the native idl commands
write_gif,filename.gif,tvrd()
write_jpeg,filename.jpg,tvrd()

I regularly use these from the idl command line (or within a program) to
grab an image and then insert the resulting "picture file" into a WORD
report or powerpoint presentation.

Regards,
Michael Asten

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