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Clearshot DR

False colour scales

Seven colour scales that make faint density changes easier to see.

Under Colour in the Adjust panel, choose a scale. The eye separates colours more easily than greys, so small density differences can stand out.

  • grey: the normal radiograph.
  • bone: grey with a cool blue tint.
  • hot: black through red and yellow to white.
  • ironbow: dark blue through purple and orange to white, like a thermal camera.
  • viridis: purple through green to yellow, even in brightness.
  • rainbow: blue through green to red.
  • thermal: high-contrast heat-map colours (also the Thermal preset).

With a colour scale on, a TIFF export is 8-bit colour as displayed rather than 16-bit grey.