Imaging with overlay planes ? [message #4639] |
Tue, 27 June 1995 00:00 |
Frank J. �ynes
Messages: 17 Registered: February 1995
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Hi All,
I was wondering,
is it possible to use overlay planes in IDL?
I.e. have an image using some of the bitplanes
and keep e.g. landcontours in other planes for
easy on/off switching of the visibility of the
landcontours - without affecting the underlaying
image.
Is it at all possible, or do I have to stop
using IDL for displaying my images?
Frank.
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Re: Imaging with overlay planes ? [message #4644 is a reply to message #4639] |
Tue, 27 June 1995 00:00  |
afl
Messages: 51 Registered: December 1994
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In article <3sp480$nb5@nms.telepost.no>, "Frank J. �ynes" <frank@spacetec.no>
writes:
|> Hi All,
|>
|> I was wondering,
|> is it possible to use overlay planes in IDL?
|> I.e. have an image using some of the bitplanes
|> and keep e.g. landcontours in other planes for
|> easy on/off switching of the visibility of the
|> landcontours - without affecting the underlaying
|> image.
|>
|> Is it at all possible, or do I have to stop
|> using IDL for displaying my images?
|>
|> Frank.
|>
If I am not mistaken, use of the Z-buffer pseudo-device will
accomplish this for you. This feature should be documented,
and I hope it does for you what you wish.
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Andrew F. Loughe email: afl@cdc.noaa.gov
University of Colorado, CIRES voice: (303) 492-0707
Campus Box 449 fax: (303) 497-7013
Boulder, CO 80309-0449 USA
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