Sheri, The main thing is you need is to tell the export operation to export the image, rather than the view. Something like this: idImage=(*pState).oTool->FindIdentifiers("*image",/VISUALIZATIONS) oExport = OBJ_NEW('IDLitopExportData') oExport->SetExportParameters,0, $ idImage,FileName, $ '/REGISTRY/SETTINGS/FILE WRITERS/JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERTS GROUP', 1.0 oExport->DoAction1,(*pState).oTool You should be aware that the IDLitOpExportData class has changed in 6.2: it no longer contains a ::SetExportParameters method. Instead, these values can be set via the ::SetProperty method. So, if you upgrade to 6.2, you would do something like this: pro test iimage,dist(300) filename="test.jpg" idImage=oTool->FindIdentifiers("*image",/VISUALIZATIONS) idExport=oTool->FindIdentifiers("*file/export",/OPERATIONS) idWriter=oTool->FindIdentifiers("*Joint Photographic Experts Group",/FILE_WRITERS) oOpExport=oTool->GetByIdentifier(idExport) oOpExport->SetProperty,$ DESTINATION=0, $ ; 0 = export to file FILENAME=filename, $ ITEM_ID=idImage, $ SCALE_FACTOR=1.0, $ SOURCE=0, $ ; 0 = use the specified ITEM_ID WRITER_ID=idWriter,$ SHOW_EXECUTION_UI=0 result=oTool->DoAction(idExport) oOpExport->SetProperty,SHOW_EXECUTION_UI=1 end Dave