Tom, This is a bug. It looks like I completely forgot about handling alpha when I rewrote the colorbar code. I will try to get it fixed in the next few days. Thanks for the report.
Eric Tom Denniston wrote: > When I use contourf with an alpha argument and the "hot" color scheme. > The alpha causes the colors to come out lighter but the colorbar does > not adjust accordingly. Is this a bug or do I simply need to adjust the > colorbar in some manner? > > > > Below is an adaptation of pcolor.py from the screenshots page and > attached is the output I see. > > I am using matplotlib 0.87.7: > > In [3]: matplotlib.__version__ > Out[3]: '0.87.7' > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > from __future__ import division > from pylab import * > > def func3(x,y): > return (1- x/2 + x**5 + y**3)*exp(-x**2-y**2) > > dx, dy = 0.025, 0.025 > x = arange(-3.0, 3.0, dx) > y = arange(-3.0, 3.0, dy) > X,Y = meshgrid(x, y) > > Z = func3(X, Y) > > > cset = contourf(Z, arange(-1.2,1.6,0.5), > origin='lower', > extent=(-3,3,-3,3), alpha=.5 > ) > > > axis('off') > hot() > colorbar() > title('Some like it hot') > show('example') > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users