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290 <li><a href="../www/api/module.html">Loadable Modules</a></li>
291 <li><a href="../www/api/signature.html">Compute a Message Digest for an Image</a></li>
292 <li><a href="../www/api/registry.html">The Image Registry</a></li>
293 <li><a href="../www/api/exception.html">Dealing with Exceptions</a></li>
294 <li><a href="../www/api/memory.html">Memory Allocation</a></li>
295 <li><a href="../www/api/resource.html">Monitor or Limit Resource Consumption</a></li>
296 <li><a href="../www/api/monitor.html">Monitor the Progress of an Image Operation</a></li>
297 <li><a href="../www/api/version.html">Get the Version and Copyrights</a></li>
298 <li><a href="../www/api/deprecate.html">Deprecated Methods</a></li>
299 <li><a href="../www/exception.html">Error and Warning Codes</a></li>
300</ul>
301
302<p>After you write your MagickCore program, compile it like this:</p>
303
cristyeed6cb62012-01-28 19:38:34 +0000304<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $ </span><span class='crtin'>cc -o core `pkg-config --cflags --libs MagickCore` core.c</span></p>
305<p>Set the <kbd>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</kbd> environment variable if ImageMagick is not in your default system path:</p>
306<p class='crt'><span class="crtprompt"> $ </span><span class='crtin'>export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig</span></p>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000307<p>Here is a example program that utilizes the MagickCore API to get you started, <a href="../www/source/core.c">core.c</a>. It reads a GIF image, creates a thumbnail, and writes it to disk in the PNG image format.</p>
308
309<div class="viewport">
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000310 #include &lt;stdio.h>
311 #include &lt;stdlib.h>
312 #include &lt;string.h>
313 #include &lt;time.h>
314 #include &lt;magick/MagickCore.h>
315
316 int main(int argc,char **argv)
317 {
318 ExceptionInfo
319 *exception;
320
321 Image
322 *image,
323 *images,
324 *resize_image,
325 *thumbnails;
326
327 ImageInfo
328 *image_info;
329
330 if (argc != 3)
331 {
332 (void) fprintf(stdout,"Usage: %s image thumbnail\n",argv[0]);
333 exit(0);
334 }
335 /*
336 Initialize the image info structure and read an image.
337 */
338 MagickCoreGenesis(*argv,MagickTrue);
339 exception=AcquireExceptionInfo();
340 image_info=CloneImageInfo((ImageInfo *) NULL);
341 (void) strcpy(image_info-&gt;filename,argv[1]);
342 images=ReadImage(image_info,exception);
343 if (exception-&gt;severity != UndefinedException)
344 CatchException(exception);
345 if (images == (Image *) NULL)
346 exit(1);
347 /*
348 Convert the image to a thumbnail.
349 */
350 thumbnails=NewImageList();
351 while ((image=RemoveFirstImageFromList(&amp;images)) != (Image *) NULL)
352 {
353 resize_image=ResizeImage(image,106,80,LanczosFilter,1.0,exception);
354 if (resize_image == (Image *) NULL)
355 MagickError(exception-&gt;severity,exception-&gt;reason,exception-&gt;description);
356 (void) AppendImageToList(&amp;thumbnails,resize_image);
357 DestroyImage(image);
358 }
359 /*
360 Write the image thumbnail.
361 */
362 (void) strcpy(thumbnails-&gt;filename,argv[2]);
363 WriteImage(image_info,thumbnails);
364 /*
365 Destroy the image thumbnail and exit.
366 */
367 thumbnails=DestroyImageList(thumbnails);
368 image_info=DestroyImageInfo(image_info);
369 exception=DestroyExceptionInfo(exception);
370 MagickCoreTerminus();
371 return(0);
372 }
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000373</div>
cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000374<p><a id="image-view"></a>Now lets perform the same contrast enhancement while taking advantage of our dual or quad-core processing system by running the algorithm in parallel utilizing wand views. The <a href="../www/source/core/sigmoidal-contrast.c">sigmoidal-contrast.c</a> module reads an image, applies sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control, and writes the result to disk just like the previous contrast enhancement program, but now it does its work in parallel (assumes ImageMagick is built with OpenMP support).</p>
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000375
376<div class="viewport">
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000377#include &lt;stdio.h>
378#include &lt;stdlib.h>
379#include &lt;math.h>
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000380#include &lt;magick/MagickCore.h>
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000381
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000382static MagickBooleanType SigmoidalContrast(ImageView *contrast_view,
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000383 const ssize_t y,const int id,void *context)
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000384{
385#define QuantumScale ((MagickRealType) 1.0/(MagickRealType) QuantumRange)
386#define SigmoidalContrast(x) \
387 (QuantumRange*(1.0/(1+exp(10.0*(0.5-QuantumScale*x)))-0.0066928509)*1.0092503)
388
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000389 RectangleInfo
390 extent;
391
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000392 register IndexPacket
393 *indexes;
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000394
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000395 register PixelPacket
396 *pixels;
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000397
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000398 register ssize_t
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000399 x;
400
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000401 extent=GetImageViewExtent(contrast_view);
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000402 pixels=GetImageViewAuthenticPixels(contrast_view);
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000403 for (x=0; x &lt; (ssize_t) (extent.width-extent.x); x++)
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000404 {
cristy29c5c992011-06-25 13:58:49 +0000405 SetPixelRed(pixels,RoundToQuantum(SigmoidalContrast(GetPixelRed(pixels)));
406 SetPixelGreen(pixels,RoundToQuantum(SigmoidalContrast(GetPixelGreen(pixels)));
407 SetPixelBlue(pixels,RoundToQuantum(SigmoidalContrast(GetPixelBlue(pixels)));
408 SetPixelOpacity(pixels,RoundToQuantum(SigmoidalContrast(GetPixelOpacity(pixels)));
cristyacc04882011-05-04 23:03:43 +0000409 pixels++;
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000410 }
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000411 indexes=GetImageViewAuthenticIndexes(contrast_view);
412 if (indexes != (IndexPacket *) NULL)
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000413 for (x=0; x &lt; (ssize_t) (extent.width-extent.x); x++)
cristy29c5c992011-06-25 13:58:49 +0000414 SetPixelIndex(indexes+x,RoundToQuantum(SigmoidalContrast(GetPixelIndex(indexes+x))));
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000415 return(MagickTrue);
416}
417
418int main(int argc,char **argv)
419{
420#define ThrowImageException(image) \
421{ \
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000422 \
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000423 CatchException(exception); \
424 if (contrast_image != (Image *) NULL) \
425 contrast_image=DestroyImage(contrast_image); \
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000426 exit(-1); \
427}
428#define ThrowViewException(view) \
429{ \
430 char \
431 *description; \
432 \
433 ExceptionType \
434 severity; \
435 \
cristydcca3fa2010-12-29 21:50:07 +0000436 description=GetImageViewException(view,&amp;severity); \
cristyc3ebda22010-06-27 17:11:57 +0000437 (void) fprintf(stderr,"%s %s %lu %s\n",GetMagickModule(),description); \
438 description=DestroyString(description); \
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000439 exit(-1); \
440}
441
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000442 ExceptionInfo
443 *exception;
444
445 Image
446 *contrast_image;
447
448 ImageInfo
449 *image_info;
450
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000451 ImageView
452 *contrast_view;
453
454 MagickBooleanType
455 status;
456
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000457 if (argc != 3)
458 {
459 (void) fprintf(stdout,"Usage: %s image sigmoidal-image\n",argv[0]);
460 exit(0);
461 }
462 /*
463 Read an image.
464 */
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000465 MagickCoreGenesis(*argv,MagickTrue);
466 image_info=AcquireImageInfo();
467 (void) CopyMagickString(image_info->filename,argv[1],MaxTextExtent);
468 exception=AcquireExceptionInfo();
469 contrast_image=ReadImage(image_info,exception);
470 if (contrast_image == (Image *) NULL)
471 ThrowImageException(contrast_image);
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000472 /*
473 Sigmoidal non-linearity contrast control.
474 */
475 contrast_view=NewImageView(contrast_image);
476 if (contrast_view == (ImageView *) NULL)
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000477 ThrowImageException(contrast_image);
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000478 status=UpdateImageViewIterator(contrast_view,SigmoidalContrast,(void *) NULL);
479 if (status == MagickFalse)
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000480 ThrowImageException(contrast_image);
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000481 contrast_view=DestroyImageView(contrast_view);
482 /*
483 Write the image then destroy it.
484 */
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000485 status=WriteImages(image_info,contrast_image,argv[2],exception);
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000486 if (status == MagickFalse)
cristy73b7d4c2010-06-27 00:31:00 +0000487 ThrowImageException(contrast_image);
488 contrast_image=DestroyImage(contrast_image);
489 exception=DestroyExceptionInfo(exception);
490 image_info=DestroyImageInfo(image_info);
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000491 MagickCoreTerminus();
492 return(0);
493}
cristy10c87152010-06-26 16:12:21 +0000494</div>
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