# Saving a 3D image

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-a-3d-image/28938>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-a-3d-image/28938 "2023-04-16T02:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Roro1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Roro1](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Roro1)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-a-3d-image/28938/1 "2023-04-16T02:50:36Z")

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Hi everyone, we have currently a project in which we have to create a 3D-image of a bone. The fact is that I would like to export the created 3D-picture in order to turn it without being in the application. However, when I go to “file” → “save data” I only have a .png (and thus I can’t turn the image on my laptop as I wish). Is it possible to extract a 3d-rotating-image?  
Thank you very much for your help^^

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/83011_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-a-3d-image/28938/2 "2023-04-16T04:38:07Z")

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You have couple options:

1. You can use the `Screen Capture` module to make a simple mp4 animation of rotating 3D bone that you can include in papers and presentations.
2. You can export your bone as a 3D model (e.g., as a OBJ file), upload somewhere on the web (e.g., dropbox), and then use 3d Viewer net to share with anyone. [Online 3D Viewer](https://kovacsv.hu/3dviewer.net/)  
As long as you have internet access and a web browser, you can rotate/zoom/pan your model.

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**Author:** ![Roro1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Roro1](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Roro1)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/saving-a-3d-image/28938/3 "2023-04-16T08:48:06Z")

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The first option worked. Thank you so much and have a nice week-end^^