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iTool User's Guide: Working with Images |
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The iImage tool's primary design is to visualize image data, though the tool is capable of much more once the data is displayed. The iImage tool also allows you to manipulate and edit the displays. The first task is to display the image data.
Your options for invoking the iImage tool are:
For more information on accepted arguments and keywords, see IIMAGE.
To visualize image data in the iImage tool:
Open or the File Open icon
at the top left of your iImage window, and the File Open Dialog appears.
examples/data file named afrpolitsm.png. Select the file name and click Open.
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| Note The examples/data subdirectory of your IDL distribution contains a text file named index.txt. This file lists all data files available in the example directory and also lists their dimensions and values. |
You can use the window layout dialog to provide for multiple image display within your window. To add another image to the window containing the image you just visualized:
Layout.
The Window Layout dialog contains these items:
For more information on working with window layouts, see Window Layouts.
Open or the File Open icon
at the top left of your iImage window, and from the File Open Dialog select the examples/data image named africavlc.png and click Open.
IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)