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Re: thumbnails [message #24000 is a reply to message #23996]

Thu, 01 March 2001 11:55

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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David Fanning (davidf@dfanning.com) writes:

> I just tried it with a screen snapshot:
>
> snapshot = TVRD(True=1)
> Set_Plot, 'PS'
> Device, /Encapsulate, /Preview, Pre_XSize=100, Pre_YSize=100, $
> Pre_Depth=8, Color=1
> TV, snapshot, True=1
> Device, /Close_File
>
> IDL went away for 5-6 several seconds while the file was written.
> But the resulting file was over 17 MBytes in size!

Whoops! Of course, I should have set the Preview keyword to
2, instead of 1. Now the delay is more on the order or 20
seconds and the file is over 24 MBytes in size. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: thumbnails By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 01 March 2001 14:17
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 12:17
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:55
		Re: thumbnails By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:25
		Re: thumbnails By: dirk on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:14
		Re: thumbnails By: R.Bauer on Thu, 01 March 2001 11:16
		Re: thumbnails By: davidf on Thu, 01 March 2001 10:41

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