[vtkusers] vtkActor2D to vtkImageData* Possible ?

[Toon Huysmans]

Hi Glenn,

You could use vtkWindowToImageFilter wich takes a window as input and generates a snapshot of the windows contents

Toon.


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>> Hi
>> 
>> I have written some code that exports some images with
>> 
>> vtkImageShiftScale *scaler = vtkImageShiftScale::New();
>> scaler->SetInput(view->GetOutput());
>> scaler->SetOutputScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
>> 
>> vtkPNGWriter* writer = vtkPNGWriter::New();
>> writer->SetInput(scaler->GetOutput());
>> writer->SetFileName((filename).c_str());
>> writer->Write();
>> writer->Delete();
>> 
>> 
>> However, what I really need to achieve is the export of a vtkXYPlotActor
>> but I can not find anyway to convert a vtkActor2D to vtkImageData*
>> that the  vtkPNGWriter requires for input.
>> 
>> 
>> I would be most grateful for any advice.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Glenn
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