Re: [Matplotlib-users] No color scaling when using plot_surface. Please help

2010-07-05 Thread Jae-Joon Lee
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jeremy Conlin wrote: > Essentially my question is: how can I get a nice color distribution > while at the same time avoid the extreme scaling issues associated > with some data being zero (while all the other data is ~16)? It seems that plot_surface method does h

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Animation with an image in the backgroud

2010-07-05 Thread Benjamin Root
I should first note that the way to do animations in matplotlib will probably be improved soon, the current methods should still be valid. Ok, the way how I understand how blitting works is that a copy of the static background is made before any of the "sprites" are drawn. That static background

[Matplotlib-users] installation of matplotlib on OS X 10.5 with python.org Python 2.6

2010-07-05 Thread Stephen T .
Hi, I am having trouble installing matplotlib. I have OS X 10.5 with Python 2.6 downloaded and installed from python.org. (10.5 came with Apple Python 2.5). I've also installed NumPy and SciPy for Python 2.6. I've tried EasyInstall, svn, and dmg. The dmg expects Apple Python 2.6 so that's out

[Matplotlib-users] Animation with an image in the backgroud

2010-07-05 Thread German Ocampo
Good morning I have a question regarding to animation in matplotlib using Blit.How can I modify the example animation_blit_qt4.py that is in the matplotlib website, in order to animate data, but instead of a white background I want to have an image (tif or jpg)? Many thanks for your help German