DitheringMethod Property

Summary

Gets or sets the default dithering method, referenced by some internal LEADTOOLS methods.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

Java

Python

public RasterDitheringMethod DitheringMethod { get; set; }

@property (nonatomic, assign) LTRasterDitheringMethod ditheringMethod

public RasterDitheringMethod getDitheringMethod(); 
public void setDitheringMethod( 
   RasterDitheringMethod rasterDitheringMethod 
);

public: 
property RasterDitheringMethod DitheringMethod { 
   RasterDitheringMethod get(); 
   void set (    RasterDitheringMethod ); 
}

DitheringMethod # get and set (RasterImage)

Property Value

The default dithering method used.

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Core; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color; 
using Leadtools.Dicom; 
using Leadtools.Drawing; 
using Leadtools.Controls; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
 
 
public void StartDitheringExample() 
{ 
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
   // Load an image that has BottomLeft ViewPerspective 
   RasterImage image = codecs.Load(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "IMAGE1.CMP")); 
 
   RasterColor[] Palette = RasterPalette.Fixed(256); 
 
   // Create the new palletized image. 
   RasterImage destinationImage = new RasterImage(RasterMemoryFlags.Conventional, image.Width, image.Height, 8, image.Order, image.ViewPerspective, Palette, IntPtr.Zero, 0); 
 
   // Set the dithering method. 
   image.DitheringMethod = RasterDitheringMethod.StevensonArce; 
 
   // Initialize the dithering process. 
   image.StartDithering(Palette, 256); 
 
   // Allocate the output buffer for 8-bit data. 
   byte[] InBuffer = new byte[image.Width * 3];// Buffer to hold the input row. 
   byte[] OutBuffer = new byte[image.Width];// Buffer to hold the output row. 
 
   // Use DitherLine method to process each row in the image. 
   image.Access(); 
   destinationImage.Access(); 
   for (int i = 0; i < image.Height; i++) 
   { 
      image.GetRow(i, InBuffer, 0, image.BytesPerLine); 
      image.DitherLine(InBuffer, 0, OutBuffer, 0); 
      destinationImage.SetRow(i, OutBuffer, 0, destinationImage.BytesPerLine); 
   } 
   destinationImage.Release(); 
   image.Release(); 
 
   // End the dithering process. 
   image.StopDithering(); 
 
   codecs.Save(destinationImage, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "IMAGE1_DitherLine.BMP"), RasterImageFormat.Bmp, 0); 
 
   image.Dispose(); 
   destinationImage.Dispose(); 
   codecs.Dispose(); 
} 
 
static class LEAD_VARS 
{ 
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\LEADTOOLS23\Resources\Images"; 
}