# write a tif file
**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Tags:** simpleitk
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923 "2022-04-19T09:57:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@assia855](https://discourse.itk.org/u/assia855)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/1 "2022-04-19T09:57:23Z")
Hello, I’m trying to save my processed data in tif format using this code, but all what I got is a black image. any suggestion to solve this error. thanks in advance.
`
writer = sitk.ImageFileWriter()
writer.SetFileName(‘opened\_otsu’+ ‘tif’)
writer.Execute(opened)
`
---
### Author:  [@dchen](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dchen)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/2 "2022-04-19T13:03:16Z")
Are you sure it’s totally black? It could be that the pixels are just all very low intensity. I’d suggest getting a histogram of the image and looking at the values in that. Or load view it in Fiji/ImageJ and window and level the image.
---
### Author:  [@assia855](https://discourse.itk.org/u/assia855)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/3 "2022-04-19T13:32:57Z")
You’re right that it wasn’t completely white, it’s just that it has a very low intensity, but I also changed the extension to nrrd with tif I couldn’t have the same view as I had with myshow3d plot. Any idea please on how can I visualize it on Fiji with tuf format.
---
### Author:  [@dchen](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dchen)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/4 "2022-04-19T13:44:53Z")
I just used SimpleITK’s Show function, and if you have Fiji/ImageJ installed in a known location, SimpleITK will find it. For example:
```
sitk.Show(opened)
```
---
### Author:  [@assia855](https://discourse.itk.org/u/assia855)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/5 "2022-04-19T13:45:45Z")
Thank you, but I would like to save it as well in tif format.
---
### Author:  [@dchen](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dchen)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/6 "2022-04-19T13:47:36Z")
In my case, I just wrote myself a little ‘show’ python script. Then any file on the command line is read by SimpleITK and sent to Fiji.
>
---
### Author:  [@assia855](https://discourse.itk.org/u/assia855)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/write-a-tif-file/4923/7 "2022-04-19T14:02:25Z")
Thanks. I will give it a try