GrayscaleCommand Class

Summary

Converts a 1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit image to an 8-bit, 12-bit, or 16-bit grayscale image.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++

Java

public class GrayscaleCommand : RasterCommand

Public Class GrayscaleCommand  
   Inherits RasterCommand

@interface LTGrayscaleCommand : LTRasterCommand

public class GrayscaleCommand extends RasterCommand

public ref class GrayscaleCommand : public RasterCommand

Remarks

Support for 12 and 16-bit grayscale images is available only in the Document/Medical Imaging editions.

The resulting image can be an 8-bit, 12-bit, or 16-bit grayscale image. Once the function is complete, the RasterImage.GrayscaleMode property will indicate the type of grayscale image.

When converting to 12-bit or 16-bit grayscale, the RasterImage.GetLookupTable is not used. When converting to 8-bit grayscale, the RasterImage.GetLookupTable is used to get the RGB for each input pixel. The grayscale value corresponding to that RGB triple is used in the destination image.

For more information, refer to Introduction to Image Processing With LEADTOOLS.

For more information, refer to Grayscale Images.

Example

This example will load a 24-bit image then convert it to a grayscale image with 8, 12 and 16 bits/pixel

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using LeadtoolsExamples.Common; 
 
public void GrayscaleCommandExample() 
{ 
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
 
   string srcFileName = Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Image1.cmp"); 
   string destFileName8 = Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Image1_grayscale8.jpg"); 
   string destFileName12 = Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Image1_grayscale12.jpg"); 
   string destFileName16 = Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Image1_grayscale16.jpg"); 
 
   // Load the source image from disk as 24-bits/pixel 
   RasterImage image = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1); 
 
   // Check the grayscale mode 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode of original image = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
 
   // Convert to 8-bit grayscale 
   GrayscaleCommand command = new GrayscaleCommand(); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 8; 
   command.Run(image); 
 
   // Check the grayscale mode 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 8 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
 
   // Save it to disk 
 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2; 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName8, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 8); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // Load the image again this time grayscale to 12-bits/pixel 
   image = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 12; 
   command.Run(image); 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 12 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2; 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName12, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 12); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // Load the image again this time grayscale to 16-bits/pixel 
   image = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 16; 
   command.Run(image); 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 16 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
 
   // When saving 16-bit jpegs, you must use lossless quality factor 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 0; 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName16, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 16); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // Clean Up 
   codecs.Dispose(); 
}

Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing 
 
Public Sub GrayscaleCommandExample() 
   Dim codecs As RasterCodecs = New RasterCodecs() 
 
   Dim srcFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1.cmp") 
   Dim destFileName8 As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1_grayscale8.jpg") 
   Dim destFileName12 As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1_grayscale12.jpg") 
   Dim destFileName16 As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Image1_grayscale16.jpg") 
 
   ' Load the source image from disk as 24-bits/pixel 
   Dim image As RasterImage = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1) 
 
   ' Check the grayscale mode 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode of original image = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
 
   ' Convert to 8-bit grayscale 
   Dim command As GrayscaleCommand = New GrayscaleCommand() 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 8 
   command.Run(image) 
 
   ' Check the grayscale mode 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 8 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
 
   ' Save it to disk 
 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName8, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 8) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' Load the image again this time grayscale to 12-bits/pixel 
   image = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1) 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 12 
   command.Run(image) 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 12 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName12, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 12) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' Load the image again this time grayscale to 16-bits/pixel 
   image = codecs.Load(srcFileName, 24, CodecsLoadByteOrder.Bgr, 1, 1) 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 16 
   command.Run(image) 
   Console.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 16 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
 
   ' When saving 16-bit jpegs, you must use lossless quality factor 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 0 
   codecs.Save(image, destFileName16, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 16) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' Clean Up 
   image.Dispose() 
End Sub 
 
Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS 
   Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images" 
End Class

c#[Silverlight C# Example] 
using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Examples; 
using Leadtools.ImageProcessing; 
using Leadtools.Windows.Media; 
 
public void GrayscaleCommandExample(RasterImage image, Stream destStream8, Stream destStream12, Stream destStream16) 
{ 
   RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs(); 
   RasterImage temp = image.Clone(); 
 
   // Check the grayscale mode 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode of original image = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
 
   // Convert to 8-bit grayscale 
   GrayscaleCommand command = new GrayscaleCommand(); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 8; 
   command.Run(image); 
 
   // Check the grayscale mode 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 8 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
   Debug.Assert(image.GrayscaleMode == RasterGrayscaleMode.OrderedInverse || image.GrayscaleMode == RasterGrayscaleMode.OrderedNormal); 
 
   // Save it to disk 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2; 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream8, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 8); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // this time grayscale to 12-bits/pixel 
   image = temp.Clone(); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 12; 
   command.Run(image); 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 12 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2; 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream12, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 12); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // this time grayscale to 16-bits/pixel 
   image = temp.Clone(); 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 16; 
   command.Run(image); 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 16 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode); 
 
   // When saving 16-bit jpegs, you must use lossless quality factor 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 0; 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream16, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 16); 
   image.Dispose(); 
 
   // Clean Up 
   temp.Dispose(); 
} 
vb[Silverlight VB Example] 
Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
Imports Leadtools.ImageProcessing 
Imports Leadtools.Windows.Media 
 
Public Sub GrayscaleCommandExample(ByVal image As RasterImage, ByVal destStream8 As Stream, ByVal destStream12 As Stream, ByVal destStream16 As Stream) 
   Dim codecs As RasterCodecs = New RasterCodecs() 
   Dim temp As RasterImage = image.Clone() 
 
   ' Check the grayscale mode 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode of original image = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
 
   ' Convert to 8-bit grayscale 
   Dim command As GrayscaleCommand = New GrayscaleCommand() 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 8 
   command.Run(image) 
 
   ' Check the grayscale mode 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 8 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
   Debug.Assert(image.GrayscaleMode = RasterGrayscaleMode.OrderedInverse OrElse image.GrayscaleMode = RasterGrayscaleMode.OrderedNormal) 
 
   ' Save it to disk 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream8, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 8) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' this time grayscale to 12-bits/pixel 
   image = temp.Clone() 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 12 
   command.Run(image) 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 12 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 2 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream12, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 12) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' this time grayscale to 16-bits/pixel 
   image = temp.Clone() 
   command.BitsPerPixel = 16 
   command.Run(image) 
   Debug.WriteLine("Grsyscale mode after grayscale command with 16 bpp = {0}", image.GrayscaleMode) 
 
   ' When saving 16-bit jpegs, you must use lossless quality factor 
   codecs.Options.Jpeg.Save.QualityFactor = 0 
   codecs.Save(image, destStream16, RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 16) 
   image.Dispose() 
 
   ' Clean Up 
   temp.Dispose() 
End Sub

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Reference

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