| Re: Plotimage and non-byte images [message #75376] |
Wed, 02 March 2011 13:56 |
wlandsman
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On Wednesday, March 2, 2011 2:06:43 PM UTC-5, le.d...@tiscali.it wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am trying to plot images using "plotimage". Nevertheless, images are
> "non-byte scaled" and the appearence is always quite weird. I have to
> spend a huge amount of time trying to find the best suited "range"...
> Do you have a smart (=quick) solution for that?
> Thanks in advance!
Have you been using the RANGE keyword to PLOTIMAGE and setting it to the minimum and maximum of the image values? Or more directly first using BYTSCl on your image?
Sometimes using the image minimum and maximum is a poor choice (e.g. if the maxima are due cosmic ray spikes in a CCD image). In that case you might want to use a histogram and select a data range such as in http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pro/tv/sigrange.pro
If you have a large dynamic range you might consider logarithmic scaling
( http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~mperrin/IDL/sources/alogscale.pro )
--Wayne
P.S. For a long time I would switch back and forth between using Craig Markwardt's PLOTIMAGE and David Fanning's CGIMAGE (formerly TVIMAGE) because each had features that I wanted. Now with one exception CGIMAGE has all the features of PLOTIMAGE, and I hope to convince David to add the equivalent of the IMG[X/Y]RANGE keyword (to first subset the image to a specified pixel range) when he finds the time ;-)
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| Re: Plotimage and non-byte images [message #75381 is a reply to message #75376] |
Wed, 02 March 2011 11:17  |
David Fanning
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le.davide@tiscali.it writes:
> I am trying to plot images using "plotimage". Nevertheless, images are
> "non-byte scaled" and the appearence is always quite weird. I have to
> spend a huge amount of time trying to find the best suited "range"...
> Do you have a smart (=quick) solution for that?
Sure,
http://www.idlcoyote.com/store/
Traditional IDL Graphics: Using Familiar Tools Creatively.
Everything you ever wanted to know about graphics, including
how to use contrast stretches (XStretch) to solve these kinds
of problems. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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