Exporting and Saving Data

IDL iTools provide different ways to save data from visualizations: the Save As function and the Export functions.

Save As — Saves the contents of the iTools window - including information in the annotation layer, such as text annotations, titles, colorbars, etc.

Export Image — Saves only the image. Does not include anything contained in the annotation layer.

Export to IDL — Exports data variables to the current IDL session.

Saving Data Using Save As

You can export the contents of an entire iTool window into a single image or data file using Save As. By default, the iTools Save As... menu option allows you to save data in the following formats:


iTools State (ISV)	JPEG2000 (J2K)
Windows Bitmap (BMP)	Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Encapsulated Postscript (EPS)	Macintosh PICT
EMF (Windows only)	Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPG)	Tag Image File Format (TIFF)

For example, to Save an iTools visualization as a .png file:

Select File → Save As.

The Export Image dialog appears:

In the File name field, enter the file name you want.

In the Save as type field, click the down arrow to select the type of file you want for the file.

Click Save.