User's manual

Updated: 12 December 2008

Table of contents

1. Introduction to FESTIVAL

1.1 Layers

1.2 Projections and systems of coordinates

1.3 Data handling

2. The interface

2.1 General principles

2.2 The selection GUI

2.2.1 The search interface

2.2.2 Menus

2.2.2.1 File

2.2.2.1.1 Save
2.2.2.1.2 Load
2.2.2.1.3 Define SOHO/Earth Instruments

2.2.2.2 Options

2.2.2.2.1 Calibration
2.2.2.2.2 Filters
2.2.2.2.3 Projection coordinates
2.2.2.2.4 Visualization Enhancement
2.2.2.2.5 Display Order
2.2.2.2.6 Masking
2.2.2.2.7 Colour Palette
2.2.2.2.8 Grids
2.2.2.2.9 Overlays
2.2.2.2.10 Search Directory Options
2.2.2.2.11 Search Options
2.2.2.2.12 System
2.2.2.2.13 Auto display

2.2.2.3 Help

2.2.2.3.1 Users manual
2.2.2.3.2 About

2.3 The visualization GUI

2.3.1 The tool bar

2.3.1.1 Pan & Zoom
2.3.1.2 Zoom
2.3.1.3 Information
2.3.1.4 Linked Pan & Zoom
2.3.1.5 Autozoom
2.3.1.6 Profiles
2.3.1.7 Print
2.3.1.8 Save image
2.3.1.9 Save sequence

2.3.1.9.1 Time stamps
2.3.1.9.2 Pasting
2.3.1.9.3 Movie encoding

2.3.2 The visualization area

2.3.2.1 Contextual menus

2.3.2.1.1 Window
2.3.2.1.2 Image
2.3.2.1.3 Data
2.3.2.1.4 Grids

2.3.2.1.4.1 Sky coordinates grid
2.3.2.1.4.2 Carrington grid
2.3.2.1.4.3 Stonyhurst grid
2.3.2.1.4.4 Polar Grid

2.3.2.1.5 Overlays

2.3.2.1.5.1 Stars
2.3.2.1.5.2 planets
2.3.2.1.5.3 NOAA active regions

2.3.3 The navigation bar

2.3.3.1 Normal mode
2.3.3.2 Linked mode
2.3.3.3 Compact mode
2.3.3.4 Running difference mode

2.3.4 The data information table

3. Batch mode

3.1 Command line parameters
3.2 Using configuration files

4. Hardware requirements

4.1 Graphics cards compatibility