[Paraview] Lighting adjustments not available

[Michael Jackson]

How ironic. I wrote a filter to create really pretty colors and now I  
have to throw those away in order to get a nice "shiny" surface. I  
will just assume that this is area that needs some more work?
--
Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net>

On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:

> Just choose to color by "Solid Color" and those options should be  
> enabled.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Michael Jackson
> <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>> Um.. So how do I get the adjustments back? Do I need a certain type  
>> of Array
>> data or to remove a certain type of array data?
>> --
>> Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net>
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>>> The specular options are disabled when coloring with an array by
>>> design to avoid any interference with the scalar colors which can
>>> result in misinterpretation of the data.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Eric E. Monson  
>>> <emonson at cs.duke.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Mike,
>>>>
>>>> For me, though, even the Sphere Source doesn't have those options  
>>>> if I'm
>>>> coloring by a scalar or vector -- only if I've chosen "Solid  
>>>> Color". I don't
>>>> know if this is how it's supposed to be or not.
>>>>
>>>> -Eric
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Eric E Monson
>>>> Duke Visualization Technology Group
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 19, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a polygonal mesh that I am rendering. I would like to  
>>>>> adjust the
>>>>> specular intensity and focus of the rendered mesh BUT that  
>>>>> section of the
>>>>> "Display" tab is disabled. If I create a simple Sphere source  
>>>>> then the
>>>>> section is enabled. I tried generating point normals for my mesh  
>>>>> but that
>>>>> did not seem to help. I am sure it is something simple. This is  
>>>>> with OS X
>>>>> 10.5.8/ Qt 4.6.2 Cocoa/ intel/ with PV CVS Head.
>>>>>
>>>>> ___________________________________________________________
>>>>> Mike Jackson                      www.bluequartz.net
>>>>> Principal Software Engineer       mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
>>>>> BlueQuartz Software               Dayton, Ohio
>>
>>