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Offline crossmaker69

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Color Tables
« on: October 20, 2009, 08:27:00 PM »
Is there another site that offers color tables other than grlevelstuff?

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 08:37:00 PM »

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 09:10:11 PM »
I'm using the free trial,I will purchase next week...

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 10:31:30 PM »
I dont know then. ...stuff is where I got most of my stuff from.
Hope its back soon, I need a winter table.

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 05:50:37 PM »
Any one recommend a favored winter color table? It's definitely getting that time of year.


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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 06:44:49 PM »
Can anyone please create a color table like this, for smoothing?

  http://usawx.com/twccolortable.png

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 06:49:39 PM »
If you want to try yourself you can always use the RGB editor in paint. Just mark down your values and edit the .pal file.
It will probably take a while but it will hold you over until you purchase.
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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 11:02:36 PM »
Ok, I'll have to go with that....Thanks.

Also, are we allowed to post palettes here?
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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2009, 03:33:15 AM »
Ok, I'll have to go with that....Thanks.

Also can we allowed to post palettes here?

Yes you can.
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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2009, 04:14:43 AM »
This is the default table used in RadarLab HD....

Units: DBZ
Step: 5

; color: startvalue start_rgb
Color:  5 0 144 144
Color: 10 0 240 240
Color: 15 128 224 80
Color: 20 100 184 64
Color: 25 72 144 48
Color: 30 44 104 32
Color: 35 16 64  16
Color: 40 240 192 16
Color: 45 240 128 32
Color: 50 240 16  32
Color: 55 144  0   0
Color: 60 176 32 128
Color: 65 202 64 160
Color: 70 229 96 192
Color: 75 225 128 224

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2009, 04:21:47 AM »
I dont know then. ...stuff is where I got most of my stuff from.
Hope its back soon, I need a winter table.

Andrew
You could try this one,I have it and it looks good.

Units: DBZ
Step: 5

SolidColor:   0     0    0    0
SolidColor:   5   239  239  255
SolidColor:  10   207  207  255
SolidColor:  15   175  175  255
SolidColor:  20   143  143  255
SolidColor:  25   111  111  255
SolidColor:  30    95   95  255
SolidColor:  35    63   63  255
SolidColor:  40   255  239  255
SolidColor:  45   255  207  255
SolidColor:  50   255  175  255
SolidColor:  55   255  143  255
SolidColor:  60   255  111  255
SolidColor:  65   255  191  191
SolidColor:  70   255  127  127
SolidColor:  75   255   47   47
SolidColor:  80   255   47   47

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2009, 10:04:24 PM »
Good evening.   I been wanting to ask this question for some time but figured the answer might be to technical for me.

I see people post color tables like the ones above, but don't know how to use them.

Is there an easy way to do something with these numbers to create color tables in my GR3 software?

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2009, 02:10:33 AM »
I do not know if you still do not know, but what you do with those numbers is....


1)  Copy
2)  Paste in Word or Notepad
3)  Save it as Youchoose.pal   
4) Go into GR and go to view, set color table, and select what you saved.

To create your own you can come up with the RGB's yourself using a program like colorcop. You can get that here: http://colorcop.net/

You choose your units...which varies from product to products on radar....

KTS: Spectrum Width and Velocity
dBZ: Reflectivity
kg/m2: VIL
kg/m3: VILD
in: Storm total, MEHS
%: POSH
KFT: ET
NROT: NROT


So with that you make you first line:

Units: dBZ

Then you choose your step, which is how often a number will show up on the scale on the side of your radar display. I would say typical for velocity is 10, reflectivity is typically 5 from what i see most people use...you can mess with that all you want. So then you have your second line:

step: 5

Then you add your colors using RGB. Thats where you can use colorcop or paint and get colors RGB values. For example:

Black would be: 0 0 0
White is: 255 255 255
Red is: 255 0 0

You have two options for color statements in GR3 and 3 options in GR2AE.

In GR3 and GR2 you can use:

solidcolor: R G B
 or
color: R G B

in AE there is a 3rd option for transparency, it is

color4: R G B A

A is your alpha, the opacity of the color.


Color statement gives you a smooth gradient, solidcolor statement give you a solid color for your specified amount of units. You then can add your main part:


Color:  80   128 128 128
Color:  75   255   255   255
Color:  65   255     0   255    128   90  128
Color:  50   255     0     0    128    0    0
Color:  35   255   255     0    255   96    0
Color:  20     0   255     0      0  128    0
Color:   0     0   255   255      0    0  255
color: -30 0 0 78      112 112 112

Notice with that table each color statement has 2  sets of RGB values, That will give you a smooth gradient for the specified amount of units and break sharply into the next color statement.

For velocity you will want to add a Rangefold color...i like to use 255 0 255...but many use a darker color.

All together it looks like:

Units: dBZ
Step: 5

Color:  80   128 128 128
Color:  75   255   255   255
Color:  65   255     0   255    128   90  128
Color:  50   255     0     0    128    0    0
Color:  35   255   255     0    255   96    0
Color:  20     0   255     0      0  128    0
Color:   0     0   255   255      0    0  255
color: -30 0 0 78      112 112 112


Any questions along the way let me know. Also if there is a color table you want made for you I can do that.





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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2009, 11:04:07 AM »
Thanks Jason.  I printed that answer out.

I kept seeing these color tables and could never make sense of them.  Now at least I know what to do.  As soon as Christmas season is over and I can catch my breath I will play around with them. 

Our 12 year old Sony 53 inch projection TV went out a few weeks ago...guess who is buying all new High Definition equipment  \:D/

Thanks again.

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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2010, 03:32:28 PM »
Does anybody know what NROT is? I've never seen it before, and it isn't in GRLevel 3 trial.  :?:
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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2010, 03:37:18 PM »
Does anybody know what NROT is? I've never seen it before, and it isn't in GRLevel 3 trial.  :?:

I don't  have NORT, but I do have NWRT....


;NWRT phased array radar

Units: DBZ
Step: 5

color: 0 030 030 030 100 100 100
color:10 120 120 120 160 160 160
color:20 051 204 255 001 064 245
color:30 000 127 000 010 255 010
color:40 255 255 000 198 085 009
color:50 255 000 000 125 000 000
color:60 140 000 140 255 051 204
color:70 255 100 215 255 155 230
color:75 250 250 250 250 250 250
color:80 250 250 250
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Re: Color Tables
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2010, 04:23:40 PM »
Does anybody know what NROT is? I've never seen it before, and it isn't in GRLevel 3 trial.  :?:

I don't  have NORT, but I do have NWRT....


;NWRT phased array radar

Units: DBZ
Step: 5

color: 0 030 030 030 100 100 100
color:10 120 120 120 160 160 160
color:20 051 204 255 001 064 245
color:30 000 127 000 010 255 010
color:40 255 255 000 198 085 009
color:50 255 000 000 125 000 000
color:60 140 000 140 255 051 204
color:70 255 100 215 255 155 230
color:75 250 250 250 250 250 250
color:80 250 250 250

I found NROT here:

http://www.grlevelxstuff.com/index.php?categoryid=14&p13_sectionid=76



Edit: It turns out NROT is Normalized ROTation in GRLevel2 Analyst.
« Last Edit: March 15, 2010, 04:27:13 PM by Chris H. »
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