| Re: polyfill with transparent colors [message #60795] |
Fri, 13 June 2008 13:43  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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cgoethel@igpp.ucla.edu writes:
> I have a linear plot that I would like to draw a polygon on top of,
> but still be able to see the underlying plot. Currently, the polygon
> is drawn on top of the existing plot, but the color is not transparent
> so you cannot see the data that is below the polygon. I cannot draw
> the polygon first and then redraw the plot using oplot (the routine to
> draw the plot is not mine, complex, so can't be modified to use oplot
> rather than plot). Any suggestions?
Here is an article that describes the technique:
http://www.dfanning.com/code_tips/transpoly.html
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: polyfill with transparent colors [message #60798 is a reply to message #60795] |
Fri, 13 June 2008 12:18  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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cgoethel@igpp.ucla.edu writes:
> I have a linear plot that I would like to draw a polygon on top of,
> but still be able to see the underlying plot. Currently, the polygon
> is drawn on top of the existing plot, but the color is not transparent
> so you cannot see the data that is below the polygon. I cannot draw
> the polygon first and then redraw the plot using oplot (the routine to
> draw the plot is not mine, complex, so can't be modified to use oplot
> rather than plot). Any suggestions?
Roll your own alpha channel image. Here is an example
of how you can do it. You will need a couple of Coyote
Library programs to run the code:
http://www.dfanning.com/programs/coyoteprograms.zip
Cheers,
David
;----------------------------------------------------------- -------
PRO Transparent_Polygon
; Create some data.
signal = LoadData(1)
time = Findgen(N_Elements(signal)) * 6.0 / N_Elements(signal)
; Create some windows.
Window, Title='Data Window', XSIZE=400, YSIZE=400, /FREE
dataWin = !D.Window
Window, XSIZE=400, YSIZE=400, /FREE, /PIXMAP
pixmapWin = !D.Window
; Draw plot in data window.
WSet, dataWin
Plot, time, signal, BACKGROUND=FSC_Color('ivory'), $
COLOR=FSC_Color('navy'), $
/NODATA, XTitle='Time', YTitle='Signal Strength'
OPLOT, time, signal, THICK=2, COLOR=FSC_Color('cornflower blue')
OPLOT, time, signal, PSYM=2, COLOR=FSC_Color('olive')
; Take a snapshot.
win1 = TVREAD(TRUE=3)
; Copy data window and draw a polygon in the pixmap window.
WSet, pixmapWin
DEVICE, COPY=[0,0,400, 400, 0, 0, dataWin]
POLYFILL, [0.3, 0.65, 0.5, 0.25, 0.30], $
[0.27, 0.32, 0.75, 0.62, 0.27], /NORMAL, $
COLOR=FSC_COLOR('deep pink')
; Take a snapshot of this window, then delete it.
win2 = TVREAD(TRUE=3)
WDelete, pixmapWin
; Use a half-transparent alpha.
alpha = 0.5
Window, Title='Transparent Window', XSIZE=400, YSIZE=400, /FREE
TV, (win2 * alpha) + (1 - alpha) * win1, TRUE=3
END
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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