Hi,
Maybe this has already be covered, but can there be more control over adding text/labels to images?
For example:
- Remove the '1 of 1' label with the time (right now it's all or nothing)
- Put the same label on many frames (in the same spot)
- Not have the 'drawing control' label seen
- Being able to have the data set seen, changing font, size, centering, etc.
See attached.
Thanks,
TJS
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Re: Labels
Hi Tim,
Thanks for giving us another example showing this limitation. This issue is on the MUG's todo list and will require a significant development effort.
Rick
Thanks for giving us another example showing this limitation. This issue is on the MUG's todo list and will require a significant development effort.
Rick
Re: Labels
Along the same line as TJS's request, would it be possible to get a FRMLABEL like simplicity in adding text labels for Imagery. Right now we can get the %longname% and %shortname%, but in some cases, neither are the format desired. It would be nice for the user to be able to specify the display label in a similar way as McIDAS-X. For instance, if I am displaying Band 16 from GOES-16, I would like to specify something like %satellitename% Band=%Band% %wavelength% %timestamp% Right now, the field short name will be something like 186_Band16_Temp. In addition, if I load that image from a non-conventional route like using "Formulas>Miscellaneous>Change Unit>Image Display over Topography", the short name is "Change Unit."
We have learned that we can customize the %timestamp% through Edit>Preferences>Formats & Data and then change the timestamp format under "Formats>Date Format," but in cases where McIDAS-V is on a shared account, it would change it for following sessions. Is there a way to customize the timestamp for only the current session? Assume that we would forget to restore the default preferences at the end of the session, because that is a good bet. Perhaps the controls for the %timestamp% could be similar to changing the font for the display label through View>Properties>Main (Display List Subcategory) As far as I can tell, this changes the font for the current session only rather than changing it for every session in the Edit>Preferences>Display Window (Layer List Properties subcategory).
We have learned that we can customize the %timestamp% through Edit>Preferences>Formats & Data and then change the timestamp format under "Formats>Date Format," but in cases where McIDAS-V is on a shared account, it would change it for following sessions. Is there a way to customize the timestamp for only the current session? Assume that we would forget to restore the default preferences at the end of the session, because that is a good bet. Perhaps the controls for the %timestamp% could be similar to changing the font for the display label through View>Properties>Main (Display List Subcategory) As far as I can tell, this changes the font for the current session only rather than changing it for every session in the Edit>Preferences>Display Window (Layer List Properties subcategory).