How to WRITE/SAVE picture data into BMP format

[Swami]

I can't figure out how to simply write the picturedata I created to a BMP, or whatever format using the picture format tools. It's easy to read a file and make a picture from the flat data.. However I've been trying all kinds of mindwarps to get the bloody picture to write back into a BMP file after making changes to the picture. How can you convert the picture data into flattened data again? The manual is extremely vague on this matter.

[Alberto]

Hi Swami,
to get the 'bloody' thing done you have to use the invoke node (method) GetImage of the picture indicator that returns the picture data.
I enclose a simple vi that lets you load a BMP file into a picture and save it back in a BMP file.
By default I set the image depth to 24.

Good luck,
Alberto

[Swami]

Thanks for the perfect response Alberto,.. I'd never had gotten to this solution myself. Well maybe in 1 year or so 😉

Swami

[Alberto]

Don't give a damn.
I bumped into it almost accidentaly myself.
As you said documentation is lacking!

Alberto