Exporting Graphics Data :: Data Import and Export (Programming)

Programming

Exporting Graphics Data

To export data from the MATLAB workspace using one of the standard graphics file formats, use the imwrite function. Using this function, you can export data in formats such as the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), and Portable Network Graphics (PNG). For a complete list of supported formats, see the imwrite reference page.

The following example writes a multidimensional array of uint8 data I from the MATLAB workspace into a file in TIFF format. The class of the output image written to the file depends on the format specified. For most formats, if the input array is of class uint8, imwrite outputs the data as 8-bit values. See the imwrite reference page for details.

whos I
  Name      Size                           Bytes  Class

  I       650x600x3                      1170000  uint8 array

Grand total is 1170000 elements using 1170000 bytes
imwrite(I, 'my_graphics_file.tif','tif');

Note imwrite supports different syntaxes for several of the standard formats. For example, with TIFF file format, you can specify the type of compression used to store the image. See the imwrite reference page for details.

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