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Re: odd behavior of loadct [message #11996]

Fri, 19 June 1998 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Joseph B. Gurman (gurman@ari.net) writes:

> The other day, I installed 5.1 on my home Power Center Pro running OS
> 8.1, and a funny thing happened (at least, something that didn't happen
> under 5.0.3): a routine
> that calls LOADCT and then CW_ANIMATE produced only grey-scale movies
> until I set the graphics... option under the Edit -> Preferences menu item
> to "Pseudo (8-bit)."
>
> I can still get any 256 colors I want, but why this change?

To make the Mac and PC's work the way the UNIX platforms work.
It has been done in the name of cross-platform compatibility.
A laudable goal in my view, but in the short term it will be
a pain in the neck until we get used to it. For more details
see the article "Yikes, 24-bit color handling change in IDL 5.1?"
on my web page:

http://www.dfanning.com/documents/tips/24bit_color_idl51.htm l

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Re: odd behavior of loadct By: davidf on Fri, 19 June 1998 00:00
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