# Export as image

PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a popular lossless format to store images. The export menu offers you two options to export your element view as PNG:

- Export As PNG: to export the view of the element that is being currently displayed. This option exports the image with the current graphical settings.
- Export All as PNG: to export the views of each element in the dataset into PNG files (one PNG per element). This option allows you to configure the graphical settings that will be applied to the exported images.

By clicking the Export As PNG, a new dialog will appear allowing you to select:

- File: the file where the image will be stored. By default, this file is element.png in your home folder.
- Size: width and height of the image.

Export As PNG dialog

By clicking the Export All as PNG, a new dialog will appear allowing you to select:

- File: the directory where the data will be stored. By default, this directory is your home folder.
- Interpolation level: the interpolation level used to generate the images.
- Color map: the color map used to generate the images.
- 3D view: whether images are 3D or not.
- Scale: the scaling factor. Note that it only applies if 3D option is enabled.
- View point: the camera angle in degrees.
- Show color bar legend: whether color bar legend must be visible or not.
- Show axes: whether axes must be visible or not.
- Show tick lines: whether axes tick lines must be visible or not.
- Range mode: the color map range mode.
- Range: if Custom range mode is selected, the color map range.
- Size: width and height of the image.

Export All as PNG dialog