ImageWriter

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

#include <vtkBMPWriter.h>
#include <vtkImageWriter.h>
#include <vtkJPEGWriter.h>
#include <vtkPNGWriter.h>
#include <vtkPNMWriter.h>
#include <vtkPostScriptWriter.h>
#include <vtkTIFFWriter.h>
#include <vtkWindowToImageFilter.h>

#include <algorithm>
#include <array>
#include <locale>
#include <string>

namespace
{

/**
*  Write the render window view to an image file.
*
*  Image types supported are:
*    BMP, JPEG, PNM, PNG, PostScript, TIFF.
*  The default parameters are used for all writers, change as needed.
*
*  @param fileName The file name, if no extension then PNG is assumed.
*  @param renWin The render window.
*  @param rgba Used to set the buffer type.
*
*/
void WriteImage(std::string const& fileName, vtkRenderWindow* renWin,
                bool rgba = true);
}

int main(int, char* [])
{

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors> colors =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors>::New();

  // Set the background color. Match those in VTKTextbook.pdf.
  auto SetColor = [&colors](std::array<double, 3>& v,
                            std::string const& colorName) {
    auto const scaleFactor = 256.0;
    std::transform(std::begin(v), std::end(v), std::begin(v),
                   [=](double const& n) { return n / scaleFactor; });
    colors->SetColor(colorName, v.data());
    return;
  };
  std::array<double, 3> bkg{{25, 51, 102}};
  SetColor(bkg, "BkgColor");

  // Create the rendering window, renderer, and interactive renderer.
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> ren = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renWin =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renWin->AddRenderer(ren);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

  // Create the source.
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> source =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  source->SetCenter(0, 0, 0);
  source->SetRadius(5.0);

  // mapper
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapper->SetInputConnection(source->GetOutputPort());

  // actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  // color the actor
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Yellow").GetData());

  // assign actor to the renderer
  ren->AddActor(actor);
  ren->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("BkgColor").GetData());

  renWin->Render();

  std::vector<std::string> ext = {{""},      {".png"}, {".jpg"}, {".ps"},
                                  {".tiff"}, {".bmp"}, {".pnm"}};
  std::vector<std::string> filenames;
  for (auto e : ext)
  {
    filenames.push_back("ImageWriter" + e);
  }
  filenames[0] = filenames[0] + '1';
  for (auto f : filenames)
  {
    WriteImage(f, renWin, false);
  }

  iren->Initialize();
  iren->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace
{

void WriteImage(std::string const& fileName, vtkRenderWindow* renWin, bool rgba)
{
  if (!fileName.empty())
  {
    std::string fn = fileName;
    std::string path;
    std::string ext;
    std::size_t found = fn.find_last_of(".");
    if (found == std::string::npos)
    {
      path = fn;
      ext = ".png";
      fn += ext;
    }
    else
    {
      path = fileName.substr(0, found);
      ext = fileName.substr(found, fileName.size());
    }
    std::locale loc;
    std::transform(ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(),
                   [=](char const& c) { return std::tolower(c, loc); });
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageWriter> writer =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageWriter>::New();
    if (ext == ".bmp")
    {
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkBMPWriter>::New();
    }
    else if (ext == ".jpg")
    {
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkJPEGWriter>::New();
    }
    else if (ext == ".pnm")
    {
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPNMWriter>::New();
    }
    else if (ext == ".ps")
    {
      if (rgba)
      {
        rgba = false;
      }
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPostScriptWriter>::New();
    }
    else if (ext == ".tiff")
    {
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkTIFFWriter>::New();
    }
    else
    {
      writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPNGWriter>::New();
    }
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowToImageFilter> window_to_image_filter =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowToImageFilter>::New();
    window_to_image_filter->SetInput(renWin);
    window_to_image_filter->SetScale(1); // image quality
    if (rgba)
    {
      window_to_image_filter->SetInputBufferTypeToRGBA();
    }
    else
    {
      window_to_image_filter->SetInputBufferTypeToRGB();
    }
    // Read from the front buffer.
    window_to_image_filter->ReadFrontBufferOff();
    window_to_image_filter->Update();

    writer->SetFileName(fn.c_str());
    writer->SetInputConnection(window_to_image_filter->GetOutputPort());
    writer->Write();
  }
  else
  {
    std::cerr << "No filename provided." << std::endl;
  }

  return;
}
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(ImageWriter)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(ImageWriter MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageWriter.cxx )

target_link_libraries(ImageWriter ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

cd ImageWriter/build 

cmake ..

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

make

./ImageWriter