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Re: VectorGen

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From: Scott Ferguson
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:44
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In article <1993Jan20.143702.3470@julian.uwo.ca>, lferjo@gfx.engga.uwo.ca (Lisa Ferjo) writes:
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|> I have a question about VectorGen. I read in 4 data variables using a dscribe
|> module.  By using ChannelSelect I use the 4th data variables to map specific
|> colours onto my image.  I want to use the first three variables as input 
|> to VectorGen.  But I get the error:
|>           Type Mismatch: Input port "Input" of type cxLattice received 
|>                   unexpected data.
|>    INput port wants NUM data Variables : [1..3]
|>    incoming data is Num data Variables: 4
|> Is there any way around this besides creating two dscribe modules, one to 
|> read in the values for colourmap and another for VectorGen.
|> 
|> Thanks Lisa

What you need is a module to extract a vector rather than a single channel,
much like ChannelSelect. Looks like you'll need to write your own at this
point, with mbuilder.

Will there be a module like this in the standard 2.0 module set?

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