Changing Raster Layer Style

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==Render type: multiband file==
 
==Render type: multiband file==
# Click the {{button|text=Open Data Source Manager}} [[Image:QGIS_3.0_datasource.png|30px]] and then {{button|text=Add raster layer}} [[Image:QGIS_2.0_addrast.png|20px]] and select a virtual stack or the file ''/geodata/lucc/s2/Subset_S2A_MSIL2A_20170619T_MUL.tif''.
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# Click the {{button|text=Open Data Source Manager}} [[Image:QGIS_3.0_datasource.png|30px]] and then {{button|text=Add raster layer}} [[Image:QGIS_2.0_addrast.png|20px]] and select a virtual stack or a multiband raster file.
 
# After clicking {{button|text=Open}}, the raster layer appears on the QGIS canvas.
 
# After clicking {{button|text=Open}}, the raster layer appears on the QGIS canvas.
 
# Right click the layer name in the Layer Panel and select {{mitem|text=Properties --> Symbology}}.
 
# Right click the layer name in the Layer Panel and select {{mitem|text=Properties --> Symbology}}.
 
# Change the assignment of Red, Green, Blue to band numbers and create color composites.  
 
# Change the assignment of Red, Green, Blue to band numbers and create color composites.  
Attention: usually the assignment refers to the original spectral band numbers. Pick the corresponding band number in the multiband file.
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Attention: usually the assignment refers to the original spectral band numbers which might be a different rank in the multiband file. Pick the corresponding No. according to the rank in the multiband file.
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[[File:Qgis_band_assign.png|thumb|left|400px]]
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* True Color composite.
 
* True Color composite.
 
** Red band: Original B4, BandNo. 3
 
** Red band: Original B4, BandNo. 3
 
** Green band: Original B3, BandNo.2
 
** Green band: Original B3, BandNo.2
 
** Blue Band: Original B2, BandNo. 1
 
** Blue Band: Original B2, BandNo. 1
In case of the Sentinel-2 example file this is a typical True Color composite.  
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In case of the Sentinel-2 example file this is a typical True Color composite.
[[File:Qgis_band_assign.png|thumb|left|400px]]
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Try other band combinations and produce false color composites.
 
Try other band combinations and produce false color composites.
Band numbers refer to the original Sentinel-2 band names:
 
* Natural Colors: (B4, B3, B2)
 
* False-Color Infrared: (B8, B4, B3)
 
* False-Color Urban: (B12, B11, B4)
 
* Agriculture: (B11, B8, B2)
 
* Atmospheric Penetration: (B12, B11, B8A)
 
* Healthy Vegetation: (B8, B11, B2)
 
* Land/Water: (B8, B11, B4)
 
* Natural with Atmospherical Removal: (B12, B8, B3)
 
  
# The color composites may be enhanced in the Style menu by unfolding the '''Load min/max values''.  Select {{button|text=Stretch to MinMax}}. As default a tail clip of the lower 2% and upper 2% counts of the cumulative band histograms is activated. Activate the checkbox ''Clip extent to canvas''. Only the values inside the image extent shown in the map canvas are now taken into account. Click on {{button|text=Load}} and {{button|text=Apply}}. The image display is now enhanced.
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[[File:Qgis_linear_contrast_stretch.png|400px]]
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* Natural Colors: (B4, B3, B2) = (3,2,1)
# Select the radio button {{button|text=Mean +/- standard deviation x}} radio button. After adjusting the standard deviation factor (a value between 1 and 2), click {{button|text=Load}} and confirm with {{button|text=Apply}}. Evaluate the image display in the map canvas.  
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* False-Color Infrared: (B8, B4, B3) = (7,3,2)
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* False-Color Urban: (B12, B11, B4) = (10,9,3)
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* Agriculture: (B11, B8, B2) = (9,7,1)
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* Atmospheric Penetration: (B12, B11, B8A) = (10,9,8)
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* Healthy Vegetation: (B8, B11, B2) = (7,9,1)
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* Land/Water: (B8, B11, B4) = (7,9,3)
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* Natural with Atmospherical Removal: (B12, B8, B3) = (10,7,2)
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Color composites and single band raster files may be enhanced in {{mitem|text=Layer --> Layer Properties --> Symbology}}. Unfold the '''Min / Max Value Settings'''. As default a tail clip of the lower 2% and upper 2% counts of the cumulative band histograms is activated. Choose the '''Statistics extent''' {{button|text=Current canvas}}. Only the values inside the cuurent image extent shown in the map canvas are now considered. For '''Accuracy'''  choose {{button|text=Actual (slower)}}. The image display is enhanced by a linear stretch with tail clipping adopted to the histogram of current map canvas.
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[[File:Qgis_linear_contrast_stretch.png|600px]]
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# Select the radio button {{button|text=Mean +/- standard deviation x}} radio button. Adjust the standard deviation factor (a value between 1 and 2), confirm with {{button|text=Apply}}. Evaluate the image display in the map canvas.  
 
Note, same effects but much faster can be reached by using the Raster Toolbar of the main Menu:
 
Note, same effects but much faster can be reached by using the Raster Toolbar of the main Menu:
 
#*[[File:Qgis_cum_stretch.png]] Linear stretch using 2% cumulative count
 
#*[[File:Qgis_cum_stretch.png]] Linear stretch using 2% cumulative count
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:'' '''Pseudocolor''' is not to be mistaken for  [[Color  composites|'''false color''']], the latter one being a composite of  three bands.'' See also: [[Wikipedia:Pseudocolor#Pseudo-color|Pseudocolor in Wikipedia]]
 
:'' '''Pseudocolor''' is not to be mistaken for  [[Color  composites|'''false color''']], the latter one being a composite of  three bands.'' See also: [[Wikipedia:Pseudocolor#Pseudo-color|Pseudocolor in Wikipedia]]
  
Pseudocolor is a way to display a raster map in which the color scale is derived from a single [[grayscale]] band.  
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Pseudocolor is a way to display a raster map in which the color scale is derived from a single [[grayscale]] band. It can be a good alternative to grayscale if it comes to display metric data like spectral indices, elevation or temperature.
It can be a good alternative to grayscale if it comes to display metric data like elevation or temperature.
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To change map color and symbology, again select the layer in the [[TOC]] with a right click and select {{mitem|text=Properties --> Style}}. From the pulldown menu {{button|text=Render type}}, select {{button|text=Singleband pseudocolor}}.
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A different menu will come up, where you may select the style of the color map in the section {{button|text=Generate new color map}}. Click {{button|text=classify}} and confirm with {{button|text=Apply}} or {{button|text=OK}}. The map should now appear in the selected style ('''figure C''').
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[[Image:RemSens_Exercise01_3.png|450px|thumb|center|'''Figure C''': Landsat map displayed in pseudocolor]]
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To change map color and symbology, select the layer (e.g. a single band Sentinel-2 image) in the [[TOC]] with a right click and select {{mitem|text=Properties --> Symbology}}. From the pulldown menu '''Render type''', select {{button|text=Singleband pseudocolor}}.
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A different menu will come up, where you may select different '''Color ramps'''. Click {{button|text=Classify}} and {{button|text=OK}}. The single band raster should now appear with the selected color table ('''figure C''').
  
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[[Image:RemSens_Exercise01_3.png|600px|thumb|center|'''Figure C''': Sentinel-2 single band B03 displayed in pseudocolor]]
  
 
==Set Transperancy==
 
==Set Transperancy==
  
 
[[Category:Working with Raster Data]]
 
[[Category:Working with Raster Data]]

Latest revision as of 11:36, 27 October 2021

Display of raster data in the map canvas can be enhanced using linear histogram stretching. Useful Raster tools are not activated by default. Right click on the main QGIS menu and activate the checkbox as seen on the screenshot. A new Raster Toolbar is now available on the main menu.

Qgis Activate Raster Toolbar.png.

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[edit] Render type: multiband file

  1. Click the Open Data Source Manager QGIS 3.0 datasource.png and then Add raster layer QGIS 2.0 addrast.png and select a virtual stack or a multiband raster file.
  2. After clicking Open, the raster layer appears on the QGIS canvas.
  3. Right click the layer name in the Layer Panel and select Properties --> Symbology.
  4. Change the assignment of Red, Green, Blue to band numbers and create color composites.

Attention: usually the assignment refers to the original spectral band numbers which might be a different rank in the multiband file. Pick the corresponding No. according to the rank in the multiband file.

Qgis band assign.png
  • True Color composite.
    • Red band: Original B4, BandNo. 3
    • Green band: Original B3, BandNo.2
    • Blue Band: Original B2, BandNo. 1

In case of the Sentinel-2 example file this is a typical True Color composite.

Try other band combinations and produce false color composites.


  • Natural Colors: (B4, B3, B2) = (3,2,1)
  • False-Color Infrared: (B8, B4, B3) = (7,3,2)
  • False-Color Urban: (B12, B11, B4) = (10,9,3)
  • Agriculture: (B11, B8, B2) = (9,7,1)
  • Atmospheric Penetration: (B12, B11, B8A) = (10,9,8)
  • Healthy Vegetation: (B8, B11, B2) = (7,9,1)
  • Land/Water: (B8, B11, B4) = (7,9,3)
  • Natural with Atmospherical Removal: (B12, B8, B3) = (10,7,2)

Color composites and single band raster files may be enhanced in Layer --> Layer Properties --> Symbology. Unfold the Min / Max Value Settings. As default a tail clip of the lower 2% and upper 2% counts of the cumulative band histograms is activated. Choose the Statistics extent Current canvas. Only the values inside the cuurent image extent shown in the map canvas are now considered. For Accuracy choose Actual (slower). The image display is enhanced by a linear stretch with tail clipping adopted to the histogram of current map canvas.

Qgis linear contrast stretch.png

  1. Select the radio button Mean +/- standard deviation x radio button. Adjust the standard deviation factor (a value between 1 and 2), confirm with Apply. Evaluate the image display in the map canvas.

Note, same effects but much faster can be reached by using the Raster Toolbar of the main Menu:

    • Qgis cum stretch.png Linear stretch using 2% cumulative count
    • Qgis stdev stretch.png Linear stretch clipping the mean +/- 2 * standard deviation

[edit] Render Type: Singleband gray

[edit] Render Type: Singleband pseudocolor

Pseudocolor is not to be mistaken for false color, the latter one being a composite of three bands. See also: Pseudocolor in Wikipedia

Pseudocolor is a way to display a raster map in which the color scale is derived from a single grayscale band. It can be a good alternative to grayscale if it comes to display metric data like spectral indices, elevation or temperature.

To change map color and symbology, select the layer (e.g. a single band Sentinel-2 image) in the TOC with a right click and select Properties --> Symbology. From the pulldown menu Render type, select Singleband pseudocolor. A different menu will come up, where you may select different Color ramps. Click Classify and OK. The single band raster should now appear with the selected color table (figure C).

Figure C: Sentinel-2 single band B03 displayed in pseudocolor

[edit] Set Transperancy

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