SaveImage (Save File)

SaveImage plugin

Save images to output files.

Plugin Type: Global

SaveImage is a global plugin. Only one instance can be opened.

Usage

This global plugin is used to save any changes made in Ginga back to output images. For example, a mosaic image that was created by the Mosaic plugin. Currently, only FITS images (single or multiple extensions) are supported.

Given the output directory (e.g., /mypath/outputs/), a suffix (e.g., ginga), an image channel (Image), and a selected image (e.g., image1.fits), the output file will be /mypath/outputs/image1_ginga_Image.fits. Inclusion of the channel name is optional and can be omitted using plugin configuration file, plugin_SaveImage.cfg. The modified extension(s) will have new header or data extracted from Ginga, while those not modified will remain untouched. Relevant change log entries from the ChangeHistory global plugin will be inserted into the history of its PRIMARY header.

Note

This plugin uses the module astropy.io.fits to write the output images, regardless of what is chosen for FITSpkg in the general.cfg configuration file.

It is customizable using ~/.ginga/plugin_SaveImage.cfg, where ~ is your HOME directory:

#
# SaveImage plugin preferences file
#
# Place this in file under ~/.ginga with the name "plugin_SaveImage.cfg"

# Default output parameters. Can also be changed in the GUI.
output_directory = '.'
output_suffix = 'ginga'

# Include channel name in the suffix.
# If False, only output_suffix is used regardless of channel.
include_chname = True

# Clobber existing output files or not
clobber = False

# Only list modified images from the channel
modified_only = True

# Maximum mosaic size to allow for writing out.
# This is useful to prevent super large mosaic from being written.
# Default is 10k x 10k
max_mosaic_size = 1e8

# Maximum number of rows that will turn off auto column resizing (for speed)
max_rows_for_col_resize = 5000