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General Function Checklist


Click Save Image... in the File menu.


  • Save Image window appears.
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Click on the Save Image icon from the Toolbar.

  • Save Image window appears.
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Click Save As... to save image to your Downloads folder.

  • The image was saved to the Downloads folder that you specified in the Save Image window.
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Restart IGB and click the Save Image icon again.

  • The file path that IGB defaulted to in the Save Image window is the same one that you used to save an image prior to restarting IGB.
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  • PNG, SVG and JPEG is the order for dropdown.


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Export and save images using all of the following permutations (to achieve all permutations use file types option and Preview option):

Note: ensure that a genetic element is selected prior to capturing a sliced view; otherwise, a blank image will be saved. You can open the 'Sliced View' tab at the bottom of the screen to see if any genetic element is being captured in the view.  

  • svg and whole frame

* Windows cannot save a Whole Frame SVG image and will present an error pop-up stating "Unfortunately, IGB Windows users cannot save an SVG image in the Whole Frame setting. Please select another option to save an SVG image".

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  • svg and main view
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  • svg and main view with labels
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  • svg and sliced view with labels
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  • png and whole frame
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  • png and main view
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  • png and main view with labels
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  • png and sliced view with labels
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  • jpeg and whole frame
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  • jpeg and main view
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  • jpeg and main view with labels
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  • jpeg and sliced view with labels
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Change the inches and pixels parameters.

  • Changing width automatically changed height and vice versa.
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Check the file dimensions of one of the images you saved above.

  • The exported image is of the same dimension as used in IGB.
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  1. Open the Save Image window.
  2. Leave the Save Image window open and go back to a different location in IGB.
  3. Come back to the Save Image window and click Update Preview Image.

  • The Preview updated to the new location you navigated to in IGB.
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Click the Home icon on the Toolbar, then click the Save Image icon.

  • IGB allows you to save the IGB landing page as an image.
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