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rawsonl  
#1 Posted : Friday, September 21, 2007 8:11:01 AM(UTC)
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I was using the following code:

Code:
    Public Function isWhiteImage(ByVal theImage As System.Drawing.Bitmap) As Boolean

        Dim bitmap As New Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap(theImage)
        Dim data As BitmapData = bitmap.LockBits()

        'Number of rows
        Dim height As Integer = data.Height
        'Number of columns
        Dim width As Integer = data.Width
        Dim countOfWhitePixels As Integer = 0

        Dim i, j As Integer
        For i = 0 To height - 1
            For j = 0 To width - 1

                'Read a single pixel
                Dim color As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Color = data.GetPixel(i, j)
                If (color.GetChannel32(ColorChannel.Red) = color.GetChannel32(ColorChannel.Green)) Then
                    If (color.GetChannel32(ColorChannel.Red) = color.GetChannel32(ColorChannel.Blue)) Then
                        countOfWhitePixels = countOfWhitePixels + 1
                        If countOfWhitePixels > (data.Height / 2) Then
                            i = height - 1
                            j = width - 1
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            Next j
        Next i

        bitmap.UnlockBits(data)
        If (countOfWhitePixels >= data.Height / 2) Then
            Return True
        Else
            Return False
        End If

    End Function

to determine white space but it thinks every image has all white pixels. What would the proper code to do this look like? The example provided here in VB ->

http://www.aurigma.com/d...AccessingtoPixelData.htm

gets an error on Marshal. What is Marshal???

Thanks,

Linda

Edited by user Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:32:32 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Alex Kon  
#2 Posted : Friday, September 21, 2007 2:57:41 PM(UTC)
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Hello Linda,

There is no need to call LockBits() method is you are working via GetPixel(x, y) method of the Bitmap. Here is my version of your code:

Code:
    Public Function MyIsWhiteImage(ByVal bitmap As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Bitmap) As Boolean

        Dim countOfWhitePixels As Integer
        Dim i, j As Integer

        Dim continueLoop As Boolean = True
        While i < bitmap.Height And continueLoop
            j = 0
            While j < bitmap.Width And continueLoop

                Dim color As Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Color = bitmap.GetPixel(j, i)
                Dim r As Integer = color.GetChannel32(Aurigma.GraphicsMill.ColorChannel.Red)
                Dim g As Integer = color.GetChannel32(Aurigma.GraphicsMill.ColorChannel.Green)
                Dim b As Integer = color.GetChannel32(Aurigma.GraphicsMill.ColorChannel.Blue)

                If r = g And r = b Then
                    countOfWhitePixels += 1
                    If countOfWhitePixels > (bitmap.Height / 2) Then
                        Return True
                    End If
                End If

                j += 1
            End While

            i += 1
        End While

        Return False

    End Function
If you are satisfied with the speed of this implementation - I recommend use it. It is the simplest one. But if need more speed (e.g. if you are processing middle or large-size images) - you should use direct access to the pixels as described in the article you've mentioned.

Could you provide me with more detail on Marshar error? What exception did you get, on which line of code? I'll do my best to help you with this task.

By the way, its rather strange method: it counts number of all possible gray pixels (from black to white) - if you are trying to count pure white pixels you should check that values or all channels are not only equal, but also they should be maximal. And another strange point - this method stops counting pixels when finds just (height / 2) pixels. This means that for 800x600 image which contains 480000 pixels it stops after 300 found pixels... Maybe it will be better find at least (width * height / 2) white pixels to identify image as white?

Edited by user Monday, December 17, 2007 12:38:55 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

rawsonl  
#3 Posted : Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:33:09 PM(UTC)
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Thanks Alex.

In the example there is this line:

Marshal.Copy(pointer, pixel, 0, pixelSize)

I have the following import

Imports Aurigma.GraphicsMill

It does not find Marshal. What library is it located in? Is it new to version 4.0 of the software???

Thanks,

Alex Kon  
#4 Posted : Sunday, September 23, 2007 4:11:50 PM(UTC)
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Hello Linda,

Marshal is .NET Framework class which provides methods for interaction with unmanaged code. You should import System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace or specify full name of the class.

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