View Color Map and Scene Status?

[lajollajoe]

There are so many color maps and scenes, that I don't really know which is playing when I see it. Is there a way to reveal the status here in text? This way, I can note which are working and then select or deselect them from the slide show listing.

Also, is there a way to set a custom palette (color map)?

[BTT]

Hello lajollajoe

If you press 'H' you will see a list of keyboard commands, there will be one key to turn verbose mode on / off (show the current scene and ColorMap names), or you can simply press the 'L' key at any time.

You can use any ColorMap from G-Force with Aeon which opens up a huge choice of colors.


Regards BTT

[lajollajoe]

Is there a GUI tool I can use to create my own colormaps?

[m2c]

You can make your own colormaps using an image-editing program.

I usually use this: h t t p ://www.gimp.org/

You can start by editing an existing colormap, just add the new colormap to the existing Aeon/Home/ColorMaps directory.

[lajollajoe]

Thank you. The challenge 'm having is that I want to take the "bluetone" colormap and make green, gold, red, etc. versions. Unfortunately, that map is a text file that looks like this:

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// "Bluetone" by Andy

A0=".6"  //".1 + rnd( .8 )"

H="A0"
S=".1 + i^1.3"
V=".85 * ( 1 - i^4 )"


//S=".1 + i^1.5"
//V=".85 * ( 1 - i^2.1 )"


//S=".1 + i^.6"
//V=".85 * ( 1 - i^3.6 )"


Vers=200

As such, I have no idea where to begin...

[m2c]

H is hue [colorwheel], S is saturation [gray->fullcolor], V is value/lightness [0 black, .5 full color, 1 white]. To change the color, set A0 to any value between 0 and 1.0!

Any text after a "//" is a comment and disregarded.

Hope that helps!

[lajollajoe]

Are these hex values? Where I can find a color table or map?

[m2c]

They are float, from zero to one. Google images 'Hue Colormap'

[lajollajoe]

Sorry to be a pain. I assume the number is the H percentage. However, I am not clear how to convert this % number to a float number...

[m2c]

Oh, no worries, I see what you mean now.

The H="A0" line references the line A0=".6", so to change the color you would change the ".6" to another value from 0.0 -> 1.0. This will change A0 which will also change H (A0 is a variable, not a hex value).