Picture/
showimage.pro
Show the contents of a graphics file in the current window.
The input formats supported are:
GIF 8-bit with color table,
BMP 8-bit with color table or 24-bit true-color,
PICT 8-bit with color table,
TIFF 8-bit with color table or 24-bit true-color,
JPEG 24-bit true color,
Any conversions necessary to translate 8-bit or 24-bit files
to 8-bit or 24-bit images on-screen are done automatically.
showimage Input/Output.
showimage, FILE, DITHER=DITHER, CURRENT=CURRENT
Parameters
FILE
in
required
Name of the output file (format is identified automatically).
Keywords
DITHER
default: no dithering
Set this keyword to dither the input image when displaying
24-bit images on an 8-bit display.
CURRENT
Set this keyword to display the image in the current window
(default is to create a new window sized to fit the image).
Examples
$
IDL> showimage, filepath('rose.jpg', subdir='examples/data')
Version history
Version
$Id: showimage.pro 136 2006-07-10 15:20:19Z pinsard $
History
Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Known issues
Restrictions
The color table is modified.
Requires IDL 5.2 or higher (image QUERY functions).
Produced by IDLdoc 2.0 on Tue Aug 29 14:49:31 2006.
