VISTA provides a number of commands for the graphical display of data.
These include image display programs like TV, and a range of plotting
programs:
- TV
- Load and image into the display
- IMPOST
- Make a PostScript hardcopy of an image
- TVRPLOT
- Make a Radial Intensity Plot of an object on the
TV Display
- TVBOX
- Overlay a VISTA box on the image display.
- TVPLOT
- Draw stuff like lines, boxes, text, and so on onto the
TV display
- PLOT
- Plot a row, column or spectrum
- RPLOT
- Make a radial intensity plot of an object in an image
- CONTOUR
- Make a contour plot of an image.
- PLOT3D
- Make a 3-d perspective (mesh) plot
- OVERLAY
- Draw contours over a greyscale image (PostScript)
- HISTOGRAM
- Display a Histogram of Image Pixel Values
- TEXT
- Embed Permanent Text on an Image
Each of these is described in separate help files below. VISTA makes use
of native X11 graphics, the LickMongo plotting package, and PostScript for
all of its graphics.
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