Coverting 3D graphics to 2D raster WITHIN Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg41736] Coverting 3D graphics to 2D raster WITHIN Mathematica
- From: "Gareth J. Russell" <gjr2008 at columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 07:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Columbia University
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi All, I have generated an image using Graphics3D primitives, and now I want to acquire the 2D, rendered version of that image (for investiagting some image-matching routines). An easy but slow way is to Export to disk as GIF or similar, and then to Import from disk into a Raster object. Is there a way to do this that avoids the disk? There are suggestions in the Help Browser about exporting to, and importing from, pipes, which sounds like a way to go, but I can't seem to make it work. Gareth Russell Columbia University