| iTool User's Guide: Working with Images |

## 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.

The iImage tool can be launched in many different ways:

- At the IDL Command Line without arguments or keywords

- At the IDL Command Line with arguments or keywords

- Through the File New Visualization iImage menu option in the IDL Development Environment

- Through the File New iImage menu option in an iTool

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

IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)