# Save figure as PNG or PDF

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-figure-as-png-or-pdf/3088
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-figure-as-png-or-pdf/3088 "2020-04-18T14:04:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Jaouane](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jaouane/32/1739_2.png) [@Jaouane](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Jaouane)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-figure-as-png-or-pdf/3088/1 "2020-04-18T14:04:24Z")

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Dear Sir / Madam  
I am beginner in vtkplotter.dolfin by using Python. How I can save a figure as PNG or PDF format  
Thank you in advance for your help

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### Author: ![embeddedmz](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/embeddedmz/32/12_2.png) [@embeddedmz](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/embeddedmz)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/save-figure-as-png-or-pdf/3088/2 "2020-04-18T18:48:21Z")

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Hi,

There’s aleady an example here : [https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Python/Screenshot](https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Python/Screenshot)

Regards.