Thread: Loading an image as a matrix

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    Loading an image as a matrix

    I want to load an image as a matrix, and perform sparse matrix arithmetic.
    The relevant libraries I found for this are:

    Image operations (load, resize):
    GitHub - nothings/stb: stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

    Sparse matrix arithmetic:
    GSL - GNU Scientific Library - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

    Are there other libraries that can save the pain of adding a translation between these two libraries formats (the loaded image, and the matrix type)?

    thanks

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    I ended up doing the below, I would be happy to get any tips for writing it in a more clean\ "right" way, I've been writing python for a few years and the transition is confusing for me.
    Code:
    #define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdint.h>
    #include <stddef.h>
    #include <stdbool.h>
    #include <gsl/gsl_sf.h>
    #include "stb_image.h"
    #define STB_IMAGE_WRITE_IMPLEMENTATION
    #include "stb_image_write.h"
    
    void slice_image(unsigned char *from_image, unsigned char *to_image, int width,
                     int height, int original_channels, int target_channel);
    void image2matrix(gsl_matrix * matrix, unsigned char *image, int width,
                      int height);
    
    int main()
    {
      printf("Starting\n");
    
      // Load Image
      int width, height, channels;
    
      const char path[] =
          "/mnt/c/Users/alexf/Desktop/Projects/3D_Line_Dithering/test_images/sunflowers.jpg";
      unsigned char *image = stbi_load(path,
                                       &width,
                                       &height,
                                       &channels,
                                       STBI_rgb);
    
      if (image == NULL) {
        printf("Error in loading the image\n");
        exit(1);
      } else {
        printf("Loaded Image\n");
      }
    
    
      printf("Image Params:\n");
      printf("Height: %d ; Width: %d ; Channels: %d\n", width, height, channels);
      // Slice Image
      unsigned char *image_r = malloc(sizeof(int) * height * width);
      if (image_r == NULL) {
        printf("Error allocating space for the image slice\n");
        exit(1);
      }
      printf("Slice Image:\n");
    
      slice_image(image, image_r, width, height, channels, 0);
    
      printf("Allocate Matrix:\n");
      gsl_matrix *matrix = gsl_matrix_alloc(height, width);
      if (matrix == NULL) {
        printf("Error allocating space for the image slice\n");
        exit(1);
      }
      printf("Image to Matrix:\n");
      image2matrix(matrix, image_r, width, height);
    
      // FREE ALL
      printf("Free All:\n");
      gsl_matrix_free(matrix);
      free(image_r);
      stbi_image_free(image);
      printf("Finished\n");
    
      return 0;
    }
    
    void slice_image(unsigned char *from_image, unsigned char *to_image, int width,
                     int height, int original_channels, int target_channel)
    {
      unsigned char *p;
      for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
        for (int k = 0; k < width; k++) {
          p = &from_image[original_channels * (j * width + k)];
          to_image[(j * width + k)] = p[target_channel];
    
          printf("%u\n", p[target_channel]);
        }
        printf("\n");
      }
    };
    
    int print_matrix(FILE * f, const gsl_matrix * m)
    {
      int status, n = 0;
    
      for (size_t i = 0; i < m->size1; i++) {
        for (size_t j = 0; j < m->size2; j++) {
          if ((status = fprintf(f, "%g ", gsl_matrix_get(m, i, j))) < 0)
            return -1;
          n += status;
        }
    
        if ((status = fprintf(f, "\n")) < 0)
          return -1;
        n += status;
      }
    
      return n;
    
    }
    Last edited by Salem; 01-03-2020 at 04:16 AM. Reason: Removed crayola - please use copy/paste as text - not the eyebleed colour scheme of your IDE

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    You didn't post image2matrix.

    > printf("Height: %d ; Width: %d ; Channels: %d\n", width, height, channels);
    What do you get printed for channels?

    3 maybe, one for each of R,G,B

    > unsigned char *image_r = malloc(sizeof(int) * height * width);
    I would think you would need channels, not sizeof(int) here.

    > p = &from_image[original_channels * (j * width + k)];
    original_channels is your limit value.
    If you're trying to extract say channel x out of a y-channel image, you need a different expression.
    It might be fine for your special case of channel 0 - I don't know.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    my bad,
    Code:
    void image2matrix(gsl_matrix * matrix, unsigned char *image, int width,
                      int height)
    {
      for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
        for (int k = 0; k < width; k++) {
          matrix->data[j * matrix->tda + k] = image[j * width + k];
        }
      }
    
    };
    Last edited by Salem; 01-03-2020 at 05:31 AM. Reason: Removed crayola

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    Please pay attention to posting code.
    Don't include all the HTML nonsense from your IDE.
    Use copy-as-text and/or paste-as-text.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    copy that, I will remove HTML nonsense next time

    "
    What do you get printed for channels?
    3 maybe, one for each of R,G,B
    "
    Yea I get three

    "
    > unsigned char *image_r = malloc(sizeof(int) * height * width);
    I would think you would need channels, not sizeof(int) here.
    "
    I want to take a slice, meaning only one channel from the original image.

    "
    > p = &from_image[original_channels * (j * width + k)];
    original_channels is your limit value.
    If you're trying to extract say channel x out of a y-channel image, you need a different expression.
    It might be fine for your special case of channel 0 - I don't know.
    "
    The format that the image is loaded is an array, where the 3 first values are the RGB values of the first pixel.
    because I'm slicing one channel, I want to jump over the other channel values while iterating

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