Converting Field to gif or jpeg

["David V. Olivier" <dolivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I see that the gif adapter facilitates conversion from a gif to a flat 
field.  What about the other direction?  I saw on the mailing list that 
someone was using Display.getImage() and then converting it from there.  Is 
this the most straightforward method?

The desired image would contain just a 2d representation of the data 
itself, no axis, units, or background.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,

David Olivier