pcraig@maths.tcd.ie (Peter Craig) (09/01/88)
Anyone out there know a lot about this ? I have been trying together with others to understand the animation procedures. IM V is a far from complete explanation. However I usually expect to be able to figure the rest out by trying things. Maybe there are some tech. notes that put a bit of flesh on the skeletal bones. Does anyone have any ? Here's the problem: I have a program which displays images (satellite derived) in multiple windows. Because I'm well-behaved and read my manuals I want to be civilised in what I do to the color environment. Hence I use the Palette Manager to do the color setups. What I want to be able to do is some animation in one window at a time (the front window). The idea is to be able to do things like thresholding (all sufficiently dark colors map to black) quickly and interactively. Therefore I need a palette of animating colors. So, I allocate a palette containing the colors I want with the usage field set to animation, attach it to the window and activate it. Then I redraw the image into the window using copybits (I'd like to avoid doing that but I figure its necessary to do it to make sure the animating colors are actually used, right ?). Now I ought to be able to animate that palette and see changes in the window. At least thats how I read the manual. But, NOTHING happens. HELP ME PLEASE, I'M GOING EVEN MORE INSANE THAN USUAL !! (Are you listening, Apple ?) Thanks in advance, everybody. Peter. Peter Craig, Dept. of Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland pcraig@maths.tcd.ie 353-1-772941 (x1203 or x2048) *** No disclaimer - I get paid to have my own ideas ***