Export Color Bar

The Color Bar from an image can be exported by itself to compare images in a presentation, publication, or lab notebook.

Example of a Color Bar:

Color Bar Example

To export a Color Bar:

  1. Ensure the Color Bar is visible next to the image.

    In the Show group of the Analysis tab, select Color Bar to make the Color Bar appear next to the image.

  2. Click the Image Studio Application button, point to Export, and then point to Additional Options.

  3. Click Color Bar.

    The Export Color Bar dialog will open.

    Export Color Bar Dialog with annotations

  4. In the Export Color Bar dialog, the font size, bar width, bar length, and horizontal or vertical orientation of the bar can be adjusted. A resolution, image format, and name for the exported color bar image must also be chosen.

    • Select the box next to the desired format for the exported image.
    • The TIFF format is better for print publications. The PNG and JPEG formats use less file space and are convenient for digital media applications.

    Image Formats to learn about TIFF, JPEG, and PNG image formats and their uses.

    • Select the box next to the desired resolution (in dots per inch) for the exported image. The chosen resolution will remain the same even if the image size is modified in the Size section of the dialog.
    • Use 150 dpi for digital media and 300 or 600 for print.

    Click the Edit Name button to open the Edit File Name dialog.

    Image Studio 5.0 Edit File Name dialog

    • Type the desired file name at the beginning of the Edit Name text field.
    • Any unwanted characters that may already appear in the File Name: text field can be deleted.

    Image Studio 5.0 use the Insert button to insert values from the Images Table into an exported file name

    1. Click the dropdown menu to the right of the Insert button to insert a column value from the Images table.
    2. Click the desired value once to highlight it.
    3. Click Insert.
    4. A variable representing the Images table value is inserted into the File Name: text field preceded by a tilde (~).
    5. How the file name will appear after export is shown in the Example File Name box at the bottom of the Edit File Name dialog.
    6. Multiple variables can be added to the file name.
    7. To remove unwanted variables in the File Name: box, place the cursor in the text field and manually delete the variable name including the tilde.

  5. Click Browse to find the folder where the image will be exported.

    The Single Image View Export dialog will open.

    Image Studio 5.0 Single Image View Export dialog

  6. In the Single Image View dialog, double click to open the folder where the image should be exported and click Save.
  7. Click Save in the Export Color Bar dialog and the Color Bar image will be exported.