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The Palette Editor assists you in creating color schemes for certain layers in Weather Defender which make use of the contouring effects.
Most notably, these layers include Radar, Temperature, Wind Speeds, Pressure Lines (Isobars), Wave Heights, and others.
Launching the Palette Editor
The Palette Editor can be access from the Map tab of the main toolbar, in the Layer section. You may also press F4 from the main window.
Editing an Existing Palette
To edit the colors of an existing palette, select the name of the Palette from the list in the upper-left portion of the window.
 The Palette Editor |
The palette, along with all of its color and value settings will be loaded into the Editor, along with a preview of all the colors contained in the palette.
Modify values and/or colors associated with the values in the lower-left part of the screen.
The palette preview will update as modifications are being made.
When the changes are to your liking, click the
Save Changes button. Any layers using this Palette will refresh with the new color scheme at the next layer update.
Creating a New Palette
To create a new palette, click the
New button located beneath the palette list in the upper-left.
Next, enter a name for your new palette.
The new palette is seeded with two color values. You may modify these and add more by entering the value in the field where it says
new value, then the selecting the associated color, then clicking
Add.
Your new color value(s) will appear in the listing along with previously-entered color values.
When all values have been added and you have customized the colors to your liking, click the
Save Changes button to store your new palette.
You may assign your new palette to a layer from the Effects tab of the layer's properties. See the topic on Layer Properties for more help.
Importing Palettes
Advanced Options
Filter
Labels
Line Width
Outlines
Transparency
Using Palettes with Layers