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| The user may define and edit a color palette for use with contours. In the [[SMS:Display Options|''Display Options'']] dialog, on the [[SMS:Contour Options|''Contours tab'']], pressing the '''Color Ramp''' button, opens the [[SMS:Color Options|''Color Options'']] dialog. Inside the ''Color Options'' dialog, selecting the User defined option enables the following options:
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| === User Defined Palettes Frame ===
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| * '''New Palette''' – Create a new color palette. This opens the ''New Palette'' dialog, which is used to define a color ramp palette. The user selects a preset palette and the initial number of colors in the palette. The palette can be fine tuned once it is created in the [[SMS:Color Options|''Color Options'']] dialog.
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| * '''Delete Palette''' – Delete the selected palette.
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| * '''Load Palettes''' – Load palettes from an SMS defined [[SMS:Color Palette Files (*.pal)|palette file]].
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| * '''Save Palettes''' – Save all of the user created palettes to a file using the format shown above.
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| === Current Palette Frame ===
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| The color pallet selected in the ''User Defined Palettes'' frame is displayed. The user can select, edit, and drag colors in the ''Color Palette'' using the following tools:
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| * '''Create a breakpoint''' tool
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| ** Mouse left-click – Creates new breakpoints
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| * Select an individual ''breakpoint'' tool
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| ** Mouse left-click and drag – Changes the value associated with a breakpoint
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| ** Mouse left double-click – Opens the ''Color'' dialog to change the color associated with a breakpoint
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| ** Mouse left-click, then ''DELETE'' key – Delete the selected breakpoint
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| '''Value edit field''' – Change the value of a selected color. Changing a value will move the color inside the color palette window.
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| '''Edit Table''' – This button opens the ''Color Table'' dialog. Values and colors associated with each breakline can be viewed and edited. This dialog is useful for creating a palette with a logarithmic scale. It may be difficult to select colors very close to one another at the lower end of a log scale using the mouse left-click button, but the values can easily be specified in this dialog.
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| * Display Value As – Show the value of each color as:
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| ** '''Percentages (0.0-1.0)''' – A percentage across the palette, with 0.0 being to the left of the palette and 1.0 at the right edge of the palette.
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| ** '''Numerical Values''' – The actual value of each color. Each color will represent a value such as elevation.
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| ===New Palette===
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| [[Image:SMS New Palette.jpg|thumb|250 px|''New Palette'' dialog]]
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| The ''New Palette'' dialog is used to create a new user defined palette. The following palette options can be set:
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| * Initial Color Ramp Type:
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| ** Solid Color
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| ** Intensity Ramp
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| ** Hue Ramp
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| ** Elevation
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| ** Ocean
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| ** Magnitude Difference
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| * Color – Only available for ''Solid Color'' and ''Intensity Ramp''
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| * Number of Colors - Only available for ''Solid Color'', ''Intensity Ramp'', and ''Hue Ramp''
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| * Palette name
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| Once the general options have been set in the ''New Palette'' dialog, the palette can be fine tuned using the tools in the ''Color Options'' dialog.
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| == Related Topics ==
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| * [[SMS:Color Palette Files (*.pal)|Color Palette Files (*.pal)]]
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| * [[SMS:Color Options|Color Options Dialog]]
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