Plotting and visualization

Plotting raw images and masks

METIS only uses single-tone color palettes for plotting raw images and masks. Given that the raw images depict photon counts and that, in masks, all the pixels are either 1 or 0, there is not a lot of need for fancy color options. It is easiest to interpret these images with monotone palettes.

The color scheme for raw image and mask plots is set using the ♦metis→color configuration parameter. If you set ♦metis→color to “surprise”, METIS will pick a color at random when you start the program.

Here are your color choices:

_images/color_grey_raw.png

A raw image in gray.

_images/color_grey_mask.png

A mask in gray.

_images/color_green_raw.png

A raw image in green.

_images/color_green_mask.png

A mask in green.

_images/color_blue_raw.png

A raw image in blue.

_images/color_blue_mask.png

A mask in blue.

_images/color_orange_raw.png

A raw image in orange.

_images/color_orange_mask.png

A mask in orange.

_images/color_purple_raw.png

A raw image in purple.

_images/color_purple_mask.png

A mask in purple.

_images/color_red_raw.png

A raw image in red.

_images/color_red_mask.png

A mask in red.

Surface plots of RXES

Here is a summary of all the options for visualizing the RXES surface plot. METIS does not provide tools for fine tuning the color distribution, but there are an awful lot of built-in options. The palette name is the value of the ♦metis→splot_palette_name configuration parameter.

There is more information about the palettes, where they come from, and what the names mean at the Graphics::Gnuplot::Palettes github page.

These figures are all of an XES image rather than an RXES plane, but serve well enough to show off each of the color palettes.

Some of these palettes are completely inappropriate for RXES surface plots. The “Qualitative” and “cyclical” palettes and the various kinds of “rainbow” are all poor choices for this kind of data. They are shown here for the sake of completeness.

_images/AFMHot.png

The AFMHot palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/BentCoolWarm.png

The BentCoolWarm palette from the Moreland palette group.

_images/BlackBody.png

The BlackBody palette from the Moreland palette group.

_images/C_grey.png

The C_grey palette from the CET palette group.

_images/C_mrybm.png

The C_mrybm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/C_mygbm.png

The C_mygbm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/C_wrwbw.png

The C_wrwbw palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_I_cjm.png

The D_I_cjm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_I_cjo.png

The D_I_cjo palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_L_bjr.png

The D_L_bjr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_L_bjy.png

The D_L_bjy palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_RB_bgymr.png

The D_RB_bgymr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_bkr.png

The D_bkr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_bky.png

The D_bky palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_bwr.png

The D_bwr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_cwm.png

The D_cwm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_gwr.png

The D_gwr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/D_gwv.png

The D_gwv palette from the CET palette group.

_images/Diverging_BrBG.png

The Diverging_BrBG palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_PRGn.png

The Diverging_PRGn palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_PiYG.png

The Diverging_PiYG palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_PuOr.png

The Diverging_PuOr palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_RdBu.png

The Diverging_RdBu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_RdGy.png

The Diverging_RdGy palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_RdYlBu.png

The Diverging_RdYlBu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_RdYlGn.png

The Diverging_RdYlGn palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Diverging_Spectral.png

The Diverging_Spectral palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/ExtendedBlackBody.png

The ExtendedBlackBody palette from the Moreland palette group.

_images/ExtendedKindlmann.png

The ExtendedKindlmann palette from the Moreland palette group.

_images/GRV.png

The GRV palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/Grey.png

The Grey palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/Hot.png

The Hot palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/I_cgo.png

The I_cgo palette from the CET palette group.

_images/I_cm.png

The I_cm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/Jet.png

The Jet palette from the Matlab palette group.

_images/Kindlmann.png

The Kindlmann palette from the Moreland palette group.

_images/L_bgyw.png

The L_bgyw palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_blue.png

The L_blue palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_bmw.png

The L_bmw palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_bmy.png

The L_bmy palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_gow.png

The L_gow palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_green.png

The L_green palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_grey.png

The L_grey palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_kry.png

The L_kry palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_kryw.png

The L_kryw palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_ternary_blue.png

The L_ternary_blue palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_ternary_green.png

The L_ternary_green palette from the CET palette group.

_images/L_ternary_red.png

The L_ternary_red palette from the CET palette group.

_images/Ocean.png

The Ocean palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/Parula.png

The Parula palette from the Matlab palette group.

_images/Pm3d.png

The Pm3d palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Accent.png

The Qualitative_Accent palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Dark2.png

The Qualitative_Dark2 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Paired.png

The Qualitative_Paired palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Pastel1.png

The Qualitative_Pastel1 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Pastel2.png

The Qualitative_Pastel2 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Set1.png

The Qualitative_Set1 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Set2.png

The Qualitative_Set2 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Qualitative_Set3.png

The Qualitative_Set3 palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/RB_bgyr.png

The RB_bgyr palette from the CET palette group.

_images/RB_bgyrm.png

The RB_bgyrm palette from the CET palette group.

_images/Rainbow.png

The Rainbow palette from the Gnuplot palette group.

_images/Sequential_Blues.png

The Sequential_Blues palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_BuGn.png

The Sequential_BuGn palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_BuPu.png

The Sequential_BuPu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_GnBu.png

The Sequential_GnBu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_Greens.png

The Sequential_Greens palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_Greys.png

The Sequential_Greys palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_OrRd.png

The Sequential_OrRd palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_Oranges.png

The Sequential_Oranges palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_PuBu.png

The Sequential_PuBu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_PuBuGn.png

The Sequential_PuBuGn palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_PuRd.png

The Sequential_PuRd palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_Purples.png

The Sequential_Purples palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_RdPu.png

The Sequential_RdPu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_Reds.png

The Sequential_Reds palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_YlGn.png

The Sequential_YlGn palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_YlGnBu.png

The Sequential_YlGnBu palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_YlOrBr.png

The Sequential_YlOrBr palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/Sequential_YlOrRd.png

The Sequential_YlOrRd palette from the Brewer palette group.

_images/SmoothCoolWarm.png

The SmoothCoolWarm palette from the Moreland palette group.



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