D3PLOT 22.1
Choosing an X_Windows Visual
Choosing an X_Windows visual
From the above discussion it should be clear that there is no "best" X_Windows visual for D3PLOT, and indeed a high performance 24 bit-plane visual may be a liability if fast animation is required. Therefore D3PLOT release 8.0 allows you to choose any visual supported by your server. When it asks you to give a device type:
You may select one of the following X options:
| X8 |
D3PLOT will use a TrueColor visual if it exists, failing that then PseudoColor and finally StaticColor. Shading and lighting should be acceptable, but dithering will be required to reproduce all shades. |
| X24 |
Using a 24 bit-plane visual for best quality lighting and shading.
D3PLOT will choose a TrueColor or DirectColor visual. Shaded and SI plots will be of good quality, but animation will be slower as three times as much information has to be moved around. |
| XMENU |
Interactive selection of visuals from menu.
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will be adequate for most users, is only justified if you are going to be grabbing screen images and need the higher image quality.
Note that "dithered" laser plots are sent to the screen at the depth of the visual, but are always generated in "true" (effectively 24 bit-plane) colour in the laser file.