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View Color Map and Scene Status?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:23 am
by 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)?
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:38 pm
by 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
ColorMap Maker
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:13 pm
by lajollajoe
Is there a GUI tool I can use to create my own colormaps?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:42 pm
by 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.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:56 pm
by 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...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:54 pm
by 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!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:59 pm
by lajollajoe
Are these hex values? Where I can find a color table or map?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:21 pm
by m2c
They are float, from zero to one. Google images 'Hue Colormap'
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:58 pm
by 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...
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:57 pm
by 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).