| Re: Discrete Color Bars [message #65710 is a reply to message #65685] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 07:11  |
Vince Hradil
Messages: 574
Registered: December 1999
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On Mar 15, 11:17 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Colorbar is a nice program, very useful, etc. But it comes
> up short when you need a color legend with just a handful
> of colors. You have to have fairly specialized knowledge
> to get the underlying Plot command to do what you want it
> to do. And then you almost always have the problem that
> the colorbar annotations do not line up with the actual
> colors.
>
> The problem has come home to roost one time too many
> when I started to need limited color bars on a regular
> basis. Too much fooling around!
>
> So I sat down today and wrote what I wished I had
> written years ago: a discrete color bar program, named
> DCBar. Annotations are centered under the colors, and
> the annotations can be rotated if you need more space.
> The color bar can be displayed either horizontally
> or vertically, and you can specify the colors you want
> to use as color names, color indices into the current
> color table, or as 24-bit integers that can be decomposed
> into RGB colors. The program works with the other suite
> of color programs found in the Coyote Library, and will
> need some of them to work properly.
>
> You can learn more about the program and see examples
> in this article:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/color_tips/discretecb.html
>
> The program itself is provided without a paid subscription
> on my web page. ;-)
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> http://www.dfanning.com/programs/dcbar.pro
>
> Donations, of course, are always appreciated and matched
> by Coyote before being passed on to worthy organizations
> devoted to helping those who need the help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> 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.")
Excellent addition. Thanks David.
Vince
PS. the check's in the mail 8^)
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