# How to Create and Export En Face Images in 3D Slicer?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-and-export-en-face-images-in-3d-slicer/43021>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** oct\
**Created:** [May 21, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-and-export-en-face-images-in-3d-slicer/43021 "2025-05-21T14:32:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ahmed\_Raza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ahmed_raza/32/79766_2.png) [@Ahmed\_Raza](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Ahmed_Raza)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-and-export-en-face-images-in-3d-slicer/43021/1 "2025-05-21T14:32:50Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m working with volumetric OCT data in **3D Slicer** and would like to generate **en face images**.

Could someone please guide me on:

1. **How to create en face views** from a 3D volume?
2. How to extract or export these en face slices as 2D images (e.g., PNG)?

Any advice or recommended extensions/modules would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Deep\_Learning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/deep_learning/32/15345_2.png) [@Deep\_Learning](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Deep_Learning)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-create-and-export-en-face-images-in-3d-slicer/43021/2 "2025-05-21T19:01:38Z")

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There is more than one way. Look at the top for this button.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/f/4/f4e555c5f26a34387aad37c7124d43f348b71ab0.png)  
Click on it and then the upside down triangle next to it.  
Then select intersection. Now in the red, green, .. views you can move the lines and perform a reformat to en face. Then you can export to png. Another way is to reformat the whole volume.