Application Note: SGI3000

Platform: Silicon Graphics

Title: SGI Colormap Problems

Date: March 12, 1995


Problem:

After Pixel!FX is started and the cursor is placed in the Pixel window, the screen changes colors and it is difficult to see the menu bar.

Cause:

SGI machines that have high resolution video boards ( Z buffer ) will experience this problem.

Solution:

In the user resource file : $PIXELFXDIR/Pfx the following modifications can be made in the Image Display related resources area :

Uncomment ( take out the ! ) in both of the following lines.

Pfx.visualClass : TrueColor

Pfx.imageDepth : 24

Save the file. Pixel!FX will now use TrueColor.


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