Introduction

The IDL iImage tool displays your data in image form. The iImage tool then allows you great flexibility in manipulating and visualizing image data. To use iImage, from the IDL Command Line, type iImage. An empty iImage tool appears. You can then import image data using any of several data import methods. For more information importing image data see Importing and Exporting Data.

Note
For more information on accepted arguments and keywords, see "IIMAGE" (IDL Reference Guide).

The iImage tool can be launched in many different ways:

Through the File → Open File menu or dragging an image variable onto the Image icon of the Visualization Palette.

At the IDL Command Line without arguments or keywords

At the IDL Command Line with arguments or keywords

Through the File → New → iImage menu option in an iTool

Common image file formats accepted are listed in Importing Image Data.

Note
Windows OLE functionality works for image file types. If you have image file types associated with an image editor, dragging an image from the Project Explorer to the Workbench Editor opens the file in the associated image editor. (See File Formats and the Editor for more information.)