[GRASS5] color in GRASS

[Richard Greenwood]

Michael Barton wrote:

> As part of my menu updating, I've added some ways to more easily get 
> GRASS output into other programs. This involves using the cell driver, 
> coupled with r.out.tiff, and the PNG driver. These work well, but the 
> output leaves something to be desired. It seems primarily due to a very 
> minimal color-depth supported by both of these routines. I've seen a bit 
> of discussion on this recently, but nothing definitive.
> 
> How difficult is it to at least get 24bit color (or perhaps even get 
> wild with 32bit) to these output routines? It would be nice to include 
> GRASS output that looks as nice as the displays do. Currently, my only 
> option for doing this is via xwd.
> 
> Michael Barton


I think both r.out.tiff, and the PNG driver support 24 bit color output. 
Glynn recently pointed out that the PNG driver in 5.0 must be compiled 
with GD 2.x in order to support 24 bit color. I am not familiar with the 
cell driver you refer to.

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Richard Greenwood
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