[Paraview] Automatically scale color map

[Cory Quammen]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
wrote:

> Alex,
>
> I'd like to supplement Cory's answer (which is totally correct) with some
> caution. There is a reason why the functionality you are looking for is
> hidden in the Settings dialog. Making animations where the color map
> rescales every time step can be very misleading. Use this option with
> caution.
>

Yes, couldn't agree more.

Cory

Rather than change the color map scaling every time step, it is better to
> set a static range that is valid for all time steps (if possible). Assuming
> your data is not huge (and it sounds like it is not), you can try hitting
> the "Rescale to data range over all timesteps" button. (It is in the color
> map editor to the right of the color bars with the "t" on it.) That will
> look at your data over all time and set the color scale to the min/max over
> all.
>
> -Ken
>
> From: ParaView <paraview-bounces at paraview.org> on behalf of Cory Quammen <
> cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 2:55 PM
> To: Alex Lindsay <adlinds3 at ncsu.edu>
> Cc: ParaView <paraview at paraview.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Automatically scale color map
>
> Alex,
>
> Rescaling on Visibility Changes only rescales when an object changes from
> visible to invisible or vice versa (hence visibility change).
>
> To do what you want, see Edit -> Settings. In the Settings dialog, click
> the General tab and find the "Transfer Function Reset Mode". You can change
> this to "Grow and update every timestep" to expand the range as time moves
> on (range never shrinks) or "Clamp and update every timestep" to shrink the
> range every timestep.
>
> HTH,
> Cory
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Alex Lindsay <adlinds3 at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the barrage of questions guys. I've used Paraview a lot for 1D
>> visualization, but now am wading into 2D... Based off Utkarsh's description
>> here
>> <https://blog.kitware.com/using-the-color-map-editor-in-paraview-the-basics/>,
>> I would think that toggling "Rescale on Visibility Changes" (text a little
>> different from previous versions of Paraview) would lead to automatic
>> scaling of my color map when I change time steps. However, that doesn't
>> appear to be the case. What am I missing?
>>
>>
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