/// <summary>
/// Converts an image to an bitmap.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="img">Input image.</param>
/// <returns>Bitmap</returns>
public static Bitmap ToBitmap(this Bgra <short>[,] img)
{
Bitmap bmp = null;
using (var uImg = img.Lock())
{
bmp = toBitmap(uImg, PixelFormat.Format64bppArgb);
}
return(bmp);
}
/// <summary>
/// The blending filter is able to blend two images using a homography matrix.
/// A linear alpha gradient is used to smooth out differences between the two
/// images, effectively blending them in two images. The gradient is computed
/// considering the distance between the centers of the two images.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="im">Image.</param>
/// <param name="overlayIm">The overlay image (also called the anchor).</param>
/// <param name="homography">Homography matrix used to map a image passed to
/// the filter to the overlay image specified at filter creation.</param>
/// <param name="fillColor">The filling color used to fill blank spaces. The filling color will only be visible after the image is converted
/// to 24bpp. The alpha channel will be used internally by the filter.</param>
/// <param name="gradient">A value indicating whether to blend using a linear
/// gradient or just superimpose the two images with equal weights.</param>
/// <param name="alphaOnly">A value indicating whether only the alpha channel
/// should be blended. This can be used together with a transparency
/// mask to selectively blend only portions of the image.</param>
/// <returns>Blended image.</returns>
public static Bgra <byte>[,] Blend(this Bgra <byte>[,] im, Bgra <byte>[,] overlayIm, MatrixH homography, Bgra <byte> fillColor, bool gradient = true, bool alphaOnly = false)
{
Bgra <byte>[,] resultImage = null;
using (var uOverlayIm = overlayIm.Lock())
{
Blend blend = new Blend(homography, uOverlayIm.AsBitmap());
blend.AlphaOnly = alphaOnly;
blend.Gradient = gradient;
blend.FillColor = fillColor.ToColor();
resultImage = im.ApplyBaseTransformationFilter <Bgra <byte>, Bgra <byte> >(blend);
}
return(resultImage);
}
/// <summary>
/// The blending filter is able to blend two images using a homography matrix.
/// A linear alpha gradient is used to smooth out differences between the two
/// images, effectively blending them in two images. The gradient is computed
/// considering the distance between the centers of the two images.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="im">Image.</param>
/// <param name="overlayIm">The overlay image (also called the anchor).</param>
/// <param name="homography">Homography matrix used to map a image passed to
/// the filter to the overlay image specified at filter creation.</param>
/// <param name="fillColor">The filling color used to fill blank spaces. The filling color will only be visible after the image is converted
/// to 24bpp. The alpha channel will be used internally by the filter.</param>
/// <param name="gradient">A value indicating whether to blend using a linear
/// gradient or just superimpose the two images with equal weights.</param>
/// <param name="alphaOnly">A value indicating whether only the alpha channel
/// should be blended. This can be used together with a transparency
/// mask to selectively blend only portions of the image.</param>
/// <returns>Blended image.</returns>
public static Bgra<byte>[,] Blend(this Bgra<byte>[,] im, Bgra<byte>[,] overlayIm, MatrixH homography, Bgra<byte> fillColor, bool gradient = true, bool alphaOnly = false)
{
Bgra<byte>[,] resultImage = null;
using (var uOverlayIm = overlayIm.Lock())
{
Blend blend = new Blend(homography, uOverlayIm.AsBitmap());
blend.AlphaOnly = alphaOnly;
blend.Gradient = gradient;
blend.FillColor = fillColor.ToColor();
resultImage = im.ApplyBaseTransformationFilter<Bgra<byte>, Bgra<byte>>(blend);
}
return resultImage;
}
