Thermal "exposure" settings.

  • Videogamer555
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Since FLIR thermal cameras can have their exposure either manually set, or autoset, or full dynamic range, I think one should be able to set the thermal view mode of the powder toy.

    Full Dynamic Range: Dark Blue = coldest possible TPT temperature, Pink = hottest possible TPT temperature (the same way it has always been in TPT)

    Autorange: Dark Blue = coldest point on the image, Pink = hottest point on the image

    Manual: Dark Blue = minimum displayed temp set in a dialog box, Pink = hottest displayed temp set in a dialog box



    Also a selectable Palette for thermal mode would be nice. Current used palette in TPT is called Rainbow by FLIR. Other common palettes used in the thermal camera industry are
    Blackbody: gradient starting at Black, and going through Red, Orange, Yellow, and ending at White
    Ironbow: gradient starting at Black, and going through Blue, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow,  and ending at White
    White Hot: Linear gradient from black to white
    Black Hot: Linear gradient from white to black


  • Neospector
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I'm not sure what you're talking about...what on earth is FLIR? This particle does not exist within the latest beta or official.
    Is FILR thermal cameras your suggestion? What is going on?
    What are these used for? Is the mode anything different then Heat gradient or Heat view? What are you suggesting?
  • keperitan
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Neospector (View Post)
    He means that he would like TPT to change the standard temperature palette used to display Heat view or have an option to select between them.
  • Videogamer555
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Also (in addition to selecting palettes) one should be able to select the range of used temperatures like a user-set setting that would let you type max and min temps to display. For example make any temperature below 1000C show as min temperature (dark blue in default palette), and any temperature over 2000C show as hottest temperature (reddish pink in the default palette). Also it should be possible for the user to set a setting that would allow TPT to autodetect the range to use, whereby the hottest temperature currently onscreen would automatically be mapped to the hottest thermal palette color, and the coldest temperature currently onscreen would automatically be mapped to the coldest thermal palette color.
  • ristovski
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Could be set using Console, but, we don't need it.
  • cctvdude99
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Videogamer555 (View Post)
    This has no uses.
    End.
  • Jallibad
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @cctvdude99 (View Post)
    I think that this would be pretty cool, and as for it having no uses, well, do any of the displays have uses? By that argument we mind as well get rid of all the displays except for one...
  • disturbed666
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    no why don't use the heat mode view. this shouldn't be an option since you can see it already.....
  • Videogamer555
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Actually I KNOW there is a heat mode. I'm talking about options in the options menu that would allow me to change how the heat display shows the heat. There are many ways that the heat display mode itself could be altered by options, to use different color palettes, etc.
  • cctvdude99
    4th Nov 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Jallibad (View Post)
    You seriously derp'd up big time there. Be ashamed.

    I mean, we have a heat view, so these modes are useless.
    Heat view has uses, this addition doesn't.