A prototype IRAF color image display package, COLOR, is now available.
Currently this package provides conversion of 3 bandpass IRAF images
to a
Sun 24-bit RGB rasterfile format, a 24-bit to 8-bit compression algorithm
and Floyd-Steinberg dithering, and an RGB 8-bit pixel dithering algorithm.
The Sun rasterfiles are displayed using non-IRAF tools and the others
use
only IRAF images and SAOimage or IMTOOL. These tasks are usable
with the
currently common 8-bit color workstations and are provided for those
users
which don't have more capable hardware such as 24-bit workstations,
IIS
displays, and 24-bit addon cards. Addtional functionality will
be added to
the COLOR package in time.
rgbdisplay - Display an RGB image
rgbdither - Create an 8-bit RGB dithered
image
rgbsun - Create a
Sun 24-bit RGB rasterfile
rgbto8 - Create an
8-bit RGB image with special color map
ADDITIONAL TOPICS
package - Guide to color
image display
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