Re: [matplotlib-devel] Alternative way of specifying plot layout

2015-03-18 Thread jni . soma
I love this layout spec idea! Gridspec is a pain in the ass. Bonus points for actually drawing the letter e.g. on the top left corner of each panel, so that the figures are ready for publication. On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:04 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > I like that. Furthermore, now that we buil

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-03-02 Thread jni
Hi Pierre, Could you please elaborate a bit on this > usecase. I was thinking, naively, that when plotting a grayscale image, > one would simply used a gray colormap. > Using a colormap with hue and saturation gives you better contrast than pure grayscale. For natural images, that is, photographs

Re: [matplotlib-devel] release strategy and the color revolution

2015-03-01 Thread jni
Hi everyone, As someone working with images, I think for displaying images you want a colormap that spans as much as possible of the luminance range. The colormap suggested by Michael Waskom would be quite perfect as-is. (recap: middle colormap here: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfi