I was trying to open a 3D image of which the suffix is .tif in paraview. The original image is in RGB color, however paraview automatically applied color mapping on my image, that is, my image is changed to a scalar image with only 1 number per pixel, instead of 3 per pixel. I checked paraview tut…

[image] I can't find an option/parameter/control in a dialog, or tab (such as the Properties tab) FAQ Make sure to enable the advanced option by clicking on the gear icon: [2020-05-24-111301_31x30_scrot]

Thank you for your response! While I did successfully disable map scalars by opening the advanced settings, there was an error shown in “Output Messages” tab saying “the data must have either 2 or 4 components”. [mmexport1754877476526] So I checked further about map scalars, and I found this sec…

[image] Tao Tian: My data is an unsigned char containing 3 components ranging from 0 to 255. Please share your data

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mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware)) August 8, 2025, 8:38am 2