Release Notes MicroImages, Inc. TNT-Products V. 6.8

New
TNTmips Features
RELEASE OF RV6.8 TNT PRODUCTS
Main or subsections preceded by the asterisk “*” symbol introduce
significant new processes
or features in existing processes released for the first time in TNTmips RV6.8.
System Level Changes.
Custom Color Palettes.
You can now design, save, and reuse your own special color palettes of any number of
custom colors to choose anywhere you can select a color
palette, such as to style your
vector elements, create a new raster, or even for your View window
background color.
Your color palette can be used anywhere in a TNT product
that you need to select and
assign a color from a palette. The attached color plate entitled
Add Vector Color Pal-
ettes via XML illustrates their use in the Style Editor. Color palettes can be selected
from many different places in TNTmips and not all have been updated to allow selection
of XML color palettes.
Look for color selection windows that have a Palette tabbed
panel or a Palette icon to find this new feature.
Color elements for your custom palettes are specified in XML. This same color plate illustrates
the form of the XML file that defines your color palette. All you need to create a
special color palette is a text editor and the color values for each of your colors. Once
you have created an XML color palette, you simply place it in the palettes subdirectory
in the directory where your TNT product is installed. It will then automatically appear on
the list in the Select Palette window presented wherever you can select a palette for
use.
Each palette you create can be given its own descriptive name and color array layout.
Each color can be named and defined in more than one color system (for example,
in
RGB and CMYK). The components of the colors in a your palette can be defined in
several different data ranges such as 8 bits each for RGB color, 16 bits each for RGB,
hexadecimal for RGB, 8 bits each for CMYK, and so on.
Sample
Color Palettes.
The following XML color palette files are copied into your palettes subdirectory when you
install an RV6.8 TNT product. You need to obtain PV6.8 to have access to these pal-
ettes. You can open any
of these files in a text editor to inspect its simple XML setup.
The MicroImages palette is used by default and provides the same colors as in previous
versions of the TNT products.
• MicroImages (Default)
• USGS CMY
• U.S. Geological Survey Color Chart
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Web (Named Colors)
• Land Based Classification Standards (LBCS) Structure
• Land Based Classification Standards (LBCS) Site
• Land Based Classification Standards (LBCS) Ownership
• Land Based Classification
Standards (LBCS) Function
• Land Based Classification Standards (LBCS) Activity
• Canadian Land Inventory Map Series - Ungulates
• Canadian Land Inventory Map Series - Recreation
MICROIMAGES MEMO 48
5 MAY 2003