Adding Colorfunction causing poor plot quality
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- Subject: [mg101274] Adding Colorfunction causing poor plot quality
- From: Porscha Louise McRobbie <pmcrobbi at umich.edu>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:28:12 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
I want to understand why adding a ColorFunction seems to worsen the
resolution of my graphics. I have two side-by-side animations, one of
which is a complex function Psi, where the shape is the square modulus
and the ColorFunction is Arg[Psi].
I have the following:
Clear[Psi, X, anima, dx0, dk, k0]
DynamicModule[{dk, k0, Psi, anima}, dk = .5; dx0 = 0.5/dk;
Psi[x_, k0_, t_] :=
1/((4 Pi^2 dk^2)^(1/4)) (
2 E^((k0^2 t - 2 k0 x - 2 I dk^2 x^2)/(2 I - 4 dk^2 t))
Sqrt[Pi])/Sqrt[1/dk^2 + 2 I t];
anima[x_, k0_] :=
Animate[
GraphicsRow[{Plot[Abs[Psi[x, k0, t]]^2, {x, -20, 20},
PlotRange -> {{-20, 20}, {0, 1.1}}, Filling -> Axis,
ColorFunction -> (Hue[(Arg[Psi[#1, k0, t]])/(2 Pi)] &),
ColorFunctionScaling -> False, PerformanceGoal -> "Quality",
PlotPoints -> 10, MaxRecursion -> 3],
Show[
Plot[Sqrt[1 + T^2/(4 dx0^4)], {T, 0, t},
PlotStyle -> {Thick, Blue}, PlotRange -> {{0, 15}, {0, 7.5}}],
Plot[dk T/dx0, {T, 0, 15},
PlotStyle -> {Black, Dashed, Thick}]]}, ImageSize -> 600],
{t, 0.0001, 15}, AnimationRunning -> False];
Manipulate[anima[x, k0],
Style["Wavepacket Center", Bold,
16], {{k0, 0,
Style["\!\(\*SubscriptBox[\"k\", \"0\"]\)", 14]}, -1.25, 1.25,
Appearance -> "Labeled", ImageSize -> Small},
ControlPlacement -> Left, SaveDefinitions -> True]]
The resolution on both plots isn't great. I've tried adjusting both
PlotPoints and MaxRecursion, but it doesn't seem to improve the
quality at all, it only makes the animation controls (Play/Pause) more
slow to respond when clicked. I see the same problems if I change the
ColorFunction to something simpler like "Rainbow".
However, if I remove the options ColorFunction and
ColorFunctionScaling, the plots are not jagged, the resolution is
great, and the animation smoother.
1. Is there another way to add a ColorFunction to such a filled plot?
2. Why should adding a colorfunction to the first element of my
GraphicsRow (which worsens the resolution), also worsen the resolution
of the second element of my GraphicsRow?
Thanks in advance,
Porscha