Re: [ferret_users] [Ferret] creating color palettes

[Jaison Kurian <jaison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Zhen,
           If your ferret_paths file is proper, there should not
be any problem with the new .spk file added to your 
~ferret_v5.81/ppl/ directory. Please check the following lines
in your ferret_paths file : toward the begininng, the defenition
of FER_DIR, it should be

   setenv FER_DIR /home/zhen/ferret_v581

Then towards the end of ferret_paths, FER_PALETTE is defined & it
should be like

  setenv FER_PALETTE          ". $FER_DIR/ppl"

Sometimes in your ferret_paths file, executable will be pointing to 
/home/zhen/ferret_v581/bin and palettes will be to some other old
versions of Ferret. Check it out.

Regarding the "color-friendly-palettes" : All of them should be 
present in the ferret5.81/ppl directory by default. If not get 
fresh tar.Z files from pmel/noaa site and install it again.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Jaison


On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 zhen.li@gsfc.nasa.gov wrote:

> Dear Ferret Users:
> 
> I'd like to create my own color palettes, and I put my own *.spk in 
> the dir ~ferret_v5.81/ppl/*.spk like the
> rest of the color palettes files. But, ferret couldn't find my *.spk 
> file. I wonder what else should I do to ensure that
> Ferret knows the location of my file?
> 
> Another question,  where do I get the color-friendly-palettes 
> mentioned in the FAQ?
>    (http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/FAQ/graphics/color_friendly_palettes.html)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Zhen
> 
> 
>