Comparing images

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mjnaleva
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Comparing images

Post by mjnaleva » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:37 am

Hi there,

I have been reading about how GdPicture can compare images and also overlay images on top of each. But, I am wondering if there is a way using the API to overlay images and highlight the differences perhaps with a different color. I'm dealing with mostly B/W images and need a way to highlight differences between images. I see API with the Automatic Document Recognition add-in that will say to what degree files are the same, but is there a visual interpretation currently available or being planned for in the future?

Thanks,
Mark

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Re: Comparing images

Post by Loïc » Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:45 pm

Hi Mark,

No need ADR for that, there is already a lot of function in GdPicture to get difference between 2 pictures. Here a way to do that (compatible with bitonal and colour image).

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      Dim oGdPictureImaging As New GdPictureImaging
      oGdPictureImaging.SetLicenseNumber("XXX")
      Dim Image1 As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("c:\image1.png")
      Dim ImageHeight As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.GetHeight(Image1)
      Dim ImageWidth As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.GetWidth(Image1)
      Dim Image2 As Integer = oGdPictureImaging.CreateGdPictureImageFromFile("c:\image2.png")

      oGdPictureImaging.DrawGdPictureImageOP(Image1, Image2, 0, 0, ImageWidth, ImageHeight, Operators.OperatorXor, Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.NearestNeighbor)
      oGdPictureImaging.ConvertTo1Bpp(Image2)
      oGdPictureImaging.FxNegative(Image2)
      oGdPictureImaging.SaveAsPNG(Image2, "c:\image3.png")

      oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(Image1)
      oGdPictureImaging.ReleaseGdPictureImage(Image2)
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Re: Comparing images

Post by mjnaleva » Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:03 pm

Thanks. I will play around with it some more to see what all the capabilities exist.

On a related note, when overlaying images, is there a way to quickly turn on/off the display of the second image without extensive image processing needing to be done? For example, I am thinking of allowing the user to add markups perhaps to a second image that overlays on the original image but when doing a CopyToClipBoard() operation I would only like the original image contents to be copied. Hope that makes sense.

Mark

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