[Paraview-developers] Changes coming to ParaView's color legend

Andy Bauer andy.bauer at kitware.com
Fri Aug 5 17:04:26 EDT 2016


I'm having a tough time judging between the two without my normal context
(i.e. having some geometry in the images). Also, having the same lookup
table bounds and increments would make it easier for me to compare. I'm not
as visually imaginative as Ken to fill in the rest of the details on my own
:)

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:

> I personally like the thinner one (on the right). Does anyone else have an
> opinion?
>
> -Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory Quammen [mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 2:29 PM
> To: Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
> Cc: ParaView Developers <paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Changes coming to ParaView's
> color legend
>
> > If it is not trouble, can you make one minor change? Can you make the
> new color bar a little bit thinner? I think it makes the bar look a bit
> more slick.
>
> Ken,
>
> Yes, it is very easy to change the default color bar thickness.
> Attached is an image with two thinner scalar bars. Which do you prefer?
>
> Thanks for the suggestion,
> Cory
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paraview-developers
> > [mailto:paraview-developers-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Cory
> > Quammen
> > Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 9:58 AM
> > To: ParaView Developers <paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Changes coming to
> > ParaView's color legend
> >
> > For a small preview of how the new implementation compares to the
> current one, please see the attached screenshots of the current and new
> color legend. The files ending in "Current.png" are from ParaView 5.1,
> while files ending in "New.png" are from the new color legend not yet in
> ParaView.
> >
> > - Cory
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> There are a number of issues with ParaView's current color legend.
> >> Here are a few:
> >>
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15875
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=16000
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15379
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15074
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15864
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15862
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15851
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15637
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15319
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=14980
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=15049
> >> http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=14146
> >>
> >> You get the idea...
> >>
> >> To address most of these issues and to make future fixes hopefully
> >> more straightforward, I have been working on a new implementation of
> >> ParaView's color legend. Key improvements in the implementation
> >> include:
> >>
> >> - numerous bug fixes
> >> - ability to specify precisely the values to label
> >> - improved automatic "human-readable" values for the tick labels
> >> - font size controls that offer precise control over font properties.
> >> Size can be arbtitrary, for exampld
> >> - precise control over the color bar thickness
> >> - uses VTK's charts API, so making future improvements to the scalar
> >> bar is easier than in the current implementation
> >>
> >> While the color legend will look similar to the current color legend,
> >> you will likely see some differences once this change lands in master.
> >> Any baseline image used by testing infrastructure for ParaView or
> >> ParaView-based applications with a color legend will probably need to
> >> be updated.
> >>
> >> Note that these changes are in ParaView only and do not affect the
> >> scalar bars in VTK.
> >>
> >> I plan to put together a blog post on the Kitware web site showing
> >> off the new color legend in the near future. In the mean time, please
> >> let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Cory
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cory Quammen
> >> R&D Engineer
> >> Kitware, Inc.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cory Quammen
> > R&D Engineer
> > Kitware, Inc.
>
>
>
> --
> Cory Quammen
> R&D Engineer
> Kitware, Inc.
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