# Exporting a plot without drawing it

I'm trying to create a rather big 3D image and export it. Currently, I create the image then display using Show, then use Export. The problem is that drawing the 3D image as an interactive object is absolutely caning my little laptop, and I don't really need it - I just want a jpeg output. Any way to do this?

What I am doing is basically along the lines of

Show[{object list}, options]
Export["name.jpeg",%,options]


So as an example, if I wanted an image of a Sin[x] graph without Mathematica first "drawing" it, how would I do it?

Thanks

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I think the following will do the job: plot=Show[...]; Export["name.png",plot] –  Kuba Jul 19 '13 at 10:41
That did the job, thank you. –  Jonathan Thurgood Jul 19 '13 at 11:15
Maybe reading about semicolon will help. –  Jens Jul 19 '13 at 18:11

Export["name.jpeg", Show[{object list}, options], exportoptions]

which returns only the file name of the exported graphics. Another common thing is, as Kuba suggested, to suppress the output with ;
plot = Show[{object list}, options];