IDL and Images

IDL is ideal for working with image data because of its interactive operation, uniform notation, and array-oriented operators and functions. Images are easily represented as two-dimensional arrays in IDL and can be processed just like any other array. IDL also contains many procedures and functions specifically designed for image display and processing. The IDL Workbench provides the Tool Palette in the Visualize Perspective to quickly visualize data without IDL programming. In addition, the iImage tool allows you great flexibility in manipulating and visualizing image data.

To learn more about IDL's image processing capabilities, see Image Processing .

For more information on working with the image tools, see Image Visualizations and Working with Images

For more information on working with images in Direct Graphics, see Displaying Images in Direct Graphics