9. Making it pretty

Now that you know how to visualize databases, it is time to learn how to make presentation quality visualizations. This chapter explains what options are available for making professional looking visualizations and introduces new windows that allow you to control annotations, colors, lighting, and the view.

• 9.1. Annotations
  • 9.1.1. Annotation Window
  • 9.1.2. General Annotations
  • 9.1.3. 2D Annotations
  • 9.1.4. 3D Annotations
  • 9.1.5. Annotation Colors
  • 9.1.6. Annotation Objects
• 9.2. Color Tables
  • 9.2.1. Color Table Window
  • 9.2.2. Numerically Controlled Banded Coloring
  • 9.2.3. Better Color Tables
  • 9.2.4. Filtering With Tags
  • 9.2.5. Searching for Color Tables
  • 9.2.6. Color Tables and Saving Settings/Sessions
• 9.3. Lighting
  • 9.3.1. Lighting Window
• 9.4. Rendering Options
  • 9.4.1. Making Lines Look Smoother
  • 9.4.2. Specular Lighting
  • 9.4.3. Shadows
  • 9.4.4. Depth Cueing
• 9.5. View
  • 9.5.1. View Window