libcucul bitmap dithering


Functions

cucul_dither_t * cucul_create_dither (unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)
 Create an internal dither object.
void cucul_set_dither_palette (cucul_dither_t *, unsigned int r[], unsigned int g[], unsigned int b[], unsigned int a[])
 Set the palette of an 8bpp dither object.
void cucul_set_dither_brightness (cucul_dither_t *, float)
 Set the brightness of a dither object.
void cucul_set_dither_gamma (cucul_dither_t *, float)
 Set the gamma of a dither object.
void cucul_set_dither_contrast (cucul_dither_t *, float)
 Set the contrast of a dither object.
void cucul_set_dither_invert (cucul_dither_t *, int)
 Invert colors of dither.
void cucul_set_dither_antialias (cucul_dither_t *, char const *)
 Set dither antialiasing.
char const *const * cucul_get_dither_antialias_list (cucul_dither_t const *)
 Get available antialiasing methods.
void cucul_set_dither_color (cucul_dither_t *, char const *)
 Choose colours used for dithering.
char const *const * cucul_get_dither_color_list (cucul_dither_t const *)
 Get available colour modes.
void cucul_set_dither_charset (cucul_dither_t *, char const *)
 Choose characters used for dithering.
char const *const * cucul_get_dither_charset_list (cucul_dither_t const *)
 Get available dither character sets.
void cucul_set_dither_mode (cucul_dither_t *, char const *)
 Set dithering method.
char const *const * cucul_get_dither_mode_list (cucul_dither_t const *)
 Get dithering methods.
void cucul_dither_bitmap (cucul_canvas_t *, int, int, int, int, cucul_dither_t const *, void *)
 Dither a bitmap on the canvas.
void cucul_free_dither (cucul_dither_t *)
 Free the memory associated with a dither.

Detailed Description

These functions provide high level routines for dither allocation and rendering.

Function Documentation

cucul_dither_t* cucul_create_dither (  unsigned int  bpp,
unsigned int  w,
unsigned int  h,
unsigned int  pitch,
unsigned int  rmask,
unsigned int  gmask,
unsigned int  bmask,
unsigned int  amask
) 
 

Create a dither structure from its coordinates (depth, width, height and pitch) and pixel mask values. If the depth is 8 bits per pixel, the mask values are ignored and the colour palette should be set using the cucul_set_dither_palette() function. For depths greater than 8 bits per pixel, a zero alpha mask causes the alpha values to be ignored.

Parameters:
bpp Bitmap depth in bits per pixel.
w Bitmap width in pixels.
h Bitmap height in pixels.
pitch Bitmap pitch in bytes.
rmask Bitmask for red values.
gmask Bitmask for green values.
bmask Bitmask for blue values.
amask Bitmask for alpha values.
Returns:
Dither object, or NULL upon error.

void cucul_set_dither_palette (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
unsigned int  red[],
unsigned int  green[],
unsigned int  blue[],
unsigned int  alpha[]
) 
 

Set the palette of an 8 bits per pixel bitmap. Values should be between 0 and 4095 (0xfff).

Parameters:
d Dither object.
red Array of 256 red values.
green Array of 256 green values.
blue Array of 256 blue values.
alpha Array of 256 alpha values.

void cucul_set_dither_brightness (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
float  brightness
) 
 

Set the brightness of dither.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
brightness brightness value.

void cucul_set_dither_gamma (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
float  gamma
) 
 

Set the gamma of dither.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
gamma Gamma value.

void cucul_set_dither_contrast (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
float  contrast
) 
 

Set the contrast of dither.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
contrast contrast value.

void cucul_set_dither_invert (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
int  value
) 
 

Invert colors of dither

Parameters:
d Dither object.
value 0 for normal behaviour, 1 for invert

void cucul_set_dither_antialias (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
char const *  str
) 
 

Tell the renderer whether to antialias the dither. Antialiasing smoothens the rendered image and avoids the commonly seen staircase effect.

  • "none": no antialiasing.
  • "prefilter": simple prefilter antialiasing. This is the default value.
Parameters:
d Dither object.
str A string describing the antialiasing method that will be used for the dithering.

char const* const* cucul_get_dither_antialias_list (  cucul_dither_t const *  d  ) 
 

Return a list of available antialiasing methods for a given dither. The list is a NULL-terminated array of strings, interleaving a string containing the internal value for the antialiasing method to be used with cucul_set_dither_antialias(), and a string containing the natural language description for that antialiasing method.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
Returns:
An array of strings.

void cucul_set_dither_color (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
char const *  str
) 
 

Tell the renderer which colours should be used to render the bitmap. Valid values for str are:

  • "mono": use light gray on a black background.
  • "gray": use white and two shades of gray on a black background.
  • "8": use the 8 ANSI colours on a black background.
  • "16": use the 16 ANSI colours on a black background.
  • "fullgray": use black, white and two shades of gray for both the characters and the background.
  • "full8": use the 8 ANSI colours for both the characters and the background.
  • "full16": use the 16 ANSI colours for both the characters and the background. This is the default value.
Parameters:
d Dither object.
str A string describing the colour set that will be used for the dithering.

char const* const* cucul_get_dither_color_list (  cucul_dither_t const *  d  ) 
 

Return a list of available colour modes for a given dither. The list is a NULL-terminated array of strings, interleaving a string containing the internal value for the colour mode, to be used with cucul_set_dither_color(), and a string containing the natural language description for that colour mode.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
Returns:
An array of strings.

void cucul_set_dither_charset (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
char const *  str
) 
 

Tell the renderer which characters should be used to render the dither. Valid values for str are:

  • "ascii": use only ASCII characters. This is the default value.
  • "shades": use Unicode characters "U+2591 LIGHT SHADE", "U+2592 MEDIUM SHADE" and "U+2593 DARK SHADE". These characters are also present in the CP437 codepage available on DOS and VGA.
  • "blocks": use Unicode quarter-cell block combinations. These characters are only found in the Unicode set.
Parameters:
d Dither object.
str A string describing the characters that need to be used for the dithering.

char const* const* cucul_get_dither_charset_list (  cucul_dither_t const *  d  ) 
 

Return a list of available character sets for a given dither. The list is a NULL-terminated array of strings, interleaving a string containing the internal value for the character set, to be used with cucul_set_dither_charset(), and a string containing the natural language description for that character set.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
Returns:
An array of strings.

void cucul_set_dither_mode (  cucul_dither_t *  d,
char const *  str
) 
 

Tell the renderer which dithering method should be used. Dithering is necessary because the picture being rendered has usually far more colours than the available palette. Valid values for str are:

  • "none": no dithering is used, the nearest matching colour is used.
  • "ordered2": use a 2x2 Bayer matrix for dithering.
  • "ordered4": use a 4x4 Bayer matrix for dithering.
  • "ordered8": use a 8x8 Bayer matrix for dithering.
  • "random": use random dithering.
  • "fstein": use Floyd-Steinberg dithering. This is the default value.
Parameters:
d Dither object.
str A string describing the method that needs to be used for the dithering.

char const* const* cucul_get_dither_mode_list (  cucul_dither_t const *  d  ) 
 

Return a list of available dithering methods for a given dither. The list is a NULL-terminated array of strings, interleaving a string containing the internal value for the dithering method, to be used with cucul_set_dither_dithering(), and a string containing the natural language description for that dithering method.

Parameters:
d Dither object.
Returns:
An array of strings.

void cucul_dither_bitmap (  cucul_canvas_t *  cv,
int  x,
int  y,
int  w,
int  h,
cucul_dither_t const *  d,
void *  pixels
) 
 

Dither a bitmap at the given coordinates. The dither can be of any size and will be stretched to the text area.

Parameters:
cv A handle to the libcucul canvas.
x X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the drawing area.
y Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the drawing area.
w Width of the drawing area.
h Height of the drawing area.
d Dither object to be drawn.
pixels Bitmap's pixels.

void cucul_free_dither (  cucul_dither_t *  d  ) 
 

Free the memory allocated by cucul_create_dither().

Parameters:
d Dither object.