From fa080de7afc95aa1c19a6e6fc0e0708ced2eadc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joseph Hunkeler Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- pkg/proto/vol/README | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pkg/proto/vol/README (limited to 'pkg/proto/vol/README') diff --git a/pkg/proto/vol/README b/pkg/proto/vol/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b92c2da6 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/proto/vol/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +The VOLumes package is a possibly temporary collection of tasks related to +manipulating and viewing 3d or in some cases 4d "volume" images, and a few +other things. + +IMJOIN joins sets of N-dimensional images together along a specified axis. +IM3DTRAN performs 3d image transposes; if appropriate [*,-*,*] type image +sections are given as input, it also accomplishes rotates. Tasks such as +these may later be integrated into a standard IRAF package. + +PVOL projects through volume images, casting rays onto a set of output +2d images distributed along a great circle around the volume image. When +the output images are displayed or recorded onto video and played back, +the volume image appears to rotate. Various translucency and opacity +algorithms are employed. + +I2SUN is a temporary task for converting IRAF images into Sun rasterfiles, +primarily to take advantage of a Sun-specific MOVIE utility for viewing +digital movies on a workstation screen; it will no longer be necessary when +the IRAF image display servers can display movies. + +# Not currently distributed: +#VIDRECORD is an NOAO-specific IRAF script that is used to display successive +#images from template or datacube on a display device connected to a recorder. +#The recorder is assumed to be connected via rs-232 to a port on some IRAF node. +#Other sites may wish to modify the associated host-level task that sends the +#device-control commands to the rs-232 port. -- cgit