MagickCore, C API: Image Methods @ ImageMagick
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AcquireImage • AcquireImageInfo • AcquireNextImage • AppendImages • CatchImageException • ClipImagePath • CloneImage • CloneImageInfo • CopyImagePixels • DestroyImage • DestroyImageInfo • GetImageClipMask • GetImageException • GetImageInfo • GetImageInfoFile • GetImageMask • GetImageChannels • GetImageVirtualPixelMethod • InterpretImageFilename • IsHighDynamicRangeImage • IsImageObject • IsTaintImage • ModifyImage • NewMagickImage • ReferenceImage • ResetImagePage • SetImageBackgroundColor • SetImageChannels • SetImageColor • SetImageStorageClass • SetImageClipMask • SetImageExtent • SetImageInfoBlob • SetImageInfoFile • SetImageMask • SetImageOpacity • SetImageVirtualPixelMethod • SmushImages • StripImage • SyncImageSettings

## AcquireImage

AcquireImage() returns a pointer to an image structure initialized to default values.

The format of the AcquireImage method is:

    Image *AcquireImage(const ImageInfo *image_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  Many of the image default values are set from this structure. For example, filename, compression, depth, background color, and others.

## AcquireImageInfo

AcquireImageInfo() allocates the ImageInfo structure.

The format of the AcquireImageInfo method is:

    ImageInfo *AcquireImageInfo(void)

## AcquireNextImage

AcquireNextImage() initializes the next image in a sequence to default values. The next member of image points to the newly allocated image. If there is a memory shortage, next is assigned NULL.

The format of the AcquireNextImage method is:

    void AcquireNextImage(const ImageInfo *image_info,Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  Many of the image default values are set from this structure. For example, filename, compression, depth, background color, and others.
image
  the image.

## AppendImages

AppendImages() takes all images from the current image pointer to the end of the image list and appends them to each other top-to-bottom if the stack parameter is true, otherwise left-to-right.

The current gravity setting now effects how the image is justified in the final image.

The format of the AppendImages method is:

    Image *AppendImages(const Image *images,const MagickBooleanType stack,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

images
  the image sequence.
stack
  A value other than 0 stacks the images top-to-bottom.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## CatchImageException

CatchImageException() returns if no exceptions are found in the image sequence, otherwise it determines the most severe exception and reports it as a warning or error depending on the severity.

The format of the CatchImageException method is:

    ExceptionType CatchImageException(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  An image sequence.

## ClipImagePath

ClipImagePath() sets the image clip mask based any clipping path information if it exists.

The format of the ClipImagePath method is:

    MagickBooleanType ClipImagePath(Image *image,const char *pathname,
      const MagickBooleanType inside)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
pathname
  name of clipping path resource. If name is preceded by #, use clipping path numbered by name.
inside
  if non-zero, later operations take effect inside clipping path. Otherwise later operations take effect outside clipping path.

## CloneImage

CloneImage() copies an image and returns the copy as a new image object.

If the specified columns and rows is 0, an exact copy of the image is returned, otherwise the pixel data is undefined and must be initialized with the QueueAuthenticPixels() and SyncAuthenticPixels() methods. On failure, a NULL image is returned and exception describes the reason for the failure.

The format of the CloneImage method is:

    Image *CloneImage(const Image *image,const size_t columns,
      const size_t rows,const MagickBooleanType orphan,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
columns
  the number of columns in the cloned image.
rows
  the number of rows in the cloned image.
detach
  With a value other than 0, the cloned image is detached from its parent I/O stream.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## CloneImageInfo

CloneImageInfo() makes a copy of the given image info structure. If NULL is specified, a new image info structure is created initialized to default values.

The format of the CloneImageInfo method is:

    ImageInfo *CloneImageInfo(const ImageInfo *image_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.

## CopyImagePixels

CopyImagePixels() copies pixels from the source image as defined by the geometry the destination image at the specified offset.

The format of the CopyImagePixels method is:

    MagickBooleanType CopyImagePixels(Image *image,const Image *source_image,
      const RectangleInfo *geometry,const OffsetInfo *offset,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the destination image.
source_image
  the source image.
geometry
  define the dimensions of the source pixel rectangle.
offset
  define the offset in the destination image.
exception
  return the highest severity exception.

## DestroyImage

DestroyImage() dereferences an image, deallocating memory associated with the image if the reference count becomes zero.

The format of the DestroyImage method is:

    Image *DestroyImage(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## DestroyImageInfo

DestroyImageInfo() deallocates memory associated with an ImageInfo structure.

The format of the DestroyImageInfo method is:

    ImageInfo *DestroyImageInfo(ImageInfo *image_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.

## GetImageClipMask

GetImageClipMask() returns the clip path associated with the image.

The format of the GetImageClipMask method is:

    Image *GetImageClipMask(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## GetImageException

GetImageException() traverses an image sequence and returns any error more severe than noted by the exception parameter.

The format of the GetImageException method is:

    void GetImageException(Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  Specifies a pointer to a list of one or more images.
exception
  return the highest severity exception.

## GetImageInfo

GetImageInfo() initializes image_info to default values.

The format of the GetImageInfo method is:

    void GetImageInfo(ImageInfo *image_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.

## GetImageInfoFile

GetImageInfoFile() returns the image info file member.

The format of the GetImageInfoFile method is:

    FILE *GetImageInfoFile(const ImageInfo *image_info)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.

## GetImageMask

GetImageMask() returns the mask associated with the image.

The format of the GetImageMask method is:

    Image *GetImageMask(const Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## GetImageChannels

GetImageChannels() returns the number of pixel channels associated with the specified image.

The format of the GetChannels method is:

    size_t GetImageChannels(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## GetImageVirtualPixelMethod

GetImageVirtualPixelMethod() gets the "virtual pixels" method for the image. A virtual pixel is any pixel access that is outside the boundaries of the image cache.

The format of the GetImageVirtualPixelMethod() method is:

    VirtualPixelMethod GetImageVirtualPixelMethod(const Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## InterpretImageFilename

InterpretImageFilename() interprets embedded characters in an image filename. The filename length is returned.

The format of the InterpretImageFilename method is:

    size_t InterpretImageFilename(const ImageInfo *image_info,Image *image,
      const char *format,int value,char *filename)

A description of each parameter follows.

image_info

the image info..

image

the image.

format

A filename describing the format to use to write the numeric argument. Only the first numeric format identifier is replaced.

value

Numeric value to substitute into format filename.

filename

return the formatted filename in this character buffer.

## IsHighDynamicRangeImage

IsHighDynamicRangeImage() returns MagickTrue if any pixel component is non-integer or exceeds the bounds of the quantum depth (e.g. for Q16 0..65535.

The format of the IsHighDynamicRangeImage method is:

    MagickBooleanType IsHighDynamicRangeImage(const Image *image,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## IsImageObject

IsImageObject() returns MagickTrue if the image sequence contains a valid set of image objects.

The format of the IsImageObject method is:

    MagickBooleanType IsImageObject(const Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## IsTaintImage

IsTaintImage() returns MagickTrue any pixel in the image has been altered since it was first constituted.

The format of the IsTaintImage method is:

    MagickBooleanType IsTaintImage(const Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## ModifyImage

ModifyImage() ensures that there is only a single reference to the image to be modified, updating the provided image pointer to point to a clone of the original image if necessary.

The format of the ModifyImage method is:

    MagickBooleanType ModifyImage(Image *image,ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## NewMagickImage

NewMagickImage() creates a blank image canvas of the specified size and background color.

The format of the NewMagickImage method is:

    Image *NewMagickImage(const ImageInfo *image_info,const size_t width,
      const size_t height,const MagickPixelPacket *background)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
width
  the image width.
height
  the image height.
background
  the image color.

## ReferenceImage

ReferenceImage() increments the reference count associated with an image returning a pointer to the image.

The format of the ReferenceImage method is:

    Image *ReferenceImage(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## ResetImagePage

ResetImagePage() resets the image page canvas and position.

The format of the ResetImagePage method is:

    MagickBooleanType ResetImagePage(Image *image,const char *page)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
page
  the relative page specification.

## SetImageBackgroundColor

SetImageBackgroundColor() initializes the image pixels to the image background color. The background color is defined by the background_color member of the image structure.

The format of the SetImage method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageBackgroundColor(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## SetImageChannels

SetImageChannels() sets the number of pixels channels associated with the image.

The format of the SetImageChannels method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageChannels(Image *image,const size_t channels)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
channels
  The number of pixel channels.

## SetImageColor

SetImageColor() set the entire image canvas to the specified color.

The format of the SetImageColor method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageColor(Image *image,
      const MagickPixelPacket *color)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
background
  the image color.

## SetImageStorageClass

SetImageStorageClass() sets the image class: DirectClass for true color images or PseudoClass for colormapped images.

The format of the SetImageStorageClass method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageStorageClass(Image *image,
      const ClassType storage_class)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
storage_class
  The image class.

## SetImageClipMask

SetImageClipMask() associates a clip path with the image. The clip path must be the same dimensions as the image. Set any pixel component of the clip path to TransparentOpacity to prevent that corresponding image pixel component from being updated when SyncAuthenticPixels() is applied.

The format of the SetImageClipMask method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageClipMask(Image *image,const Image *clip_mask)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
clip_mask
  the image clip path.

## SetImageExtent

SetImageExtent() sets the image size (i.e. columns & rows).

The format of the SetImageExtent method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageExtent(Image *image,const size_t columns,
      const size_t rows)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
columns
  The image width in pixels.
rows
  The image height in pixels.

## SetImageInfoBlob

SetImageInfoBlob() sets the image info blob member.

The format of the SetImageInfoBlob method is:

    void SetImageInfoBlob(ImageInfo *image_info,const void *blob,
      const size_t length)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.
blob
  the blob.
length
  the blob length.

## SetImageInfoFile

SetImageInfoFile() sets the image info file member.

The format of the SetImageInfoFile method is:

    void SetImageInfoFile(ImageInfo *image_info,FILE *file)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.
file
  the file.

## SetImageMask

SetImageMask() associates a mask with the image. The mask must be the same dimensions as the image.

The format of the SetImageMask method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageMask(Image *image,const Image *mask)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
mask
  the image mask.

## SetImageOpacity

SetImageOpacity() sets the opacity levels of the image.

The format of the SetImageOpacity method is:

    MagickBooleanType SetImageOpacity(Image *image,const Quantum opacity)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
opacity
  the level of transparency: 0 is fully opaque and QuantumRange is fully transparent.

## SetImageVirtualPixelMethod

SetImageVirtualPixelMethod() sets the "virtual pixels" method for the image and returns the previous setting. A virtual pixel is any pixel access that is outside the boundaries of the image cache.

The format of the SetImageVirtualPixelMethod() method is:

    VirtualPixelMethod SetImageVirtualPixelMethod(const Image *image,
      const VirtualPixelMethod virtual_pixel_method)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.
virtual_pixel_method
  choose the type of virtual pixel.

## SmushImages

SmushImages() takes all images from the current image pointer to the end of the image list and smushes them to each other top-to-bottom if the stack parameter is true, otherwise left-to-right.

The current gravity setting now effects how the image is justified in the final image.

The format of the SmushImages method is:

    Image *SmushImages(const Image *images,const MagickBooleanType stack,
      ExceptionInfo *exception)

A description of each parameter follows:

images
  the image sequence.
stack
  A value other than 0 stacks the images top-to-bottom.
offset
  minimum distance in pixels between images.
exception
  return any errors or warnings in this structure.

## StripImage

StripImage() strips an image of all profiles and comments.

The format of the StripImage method is:

    MagickBooleanType StripImage(Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image
  the image.

## SyncImageSettings

SyncImageSettings() syncs image_info options into per-image attributes.

The format of the SyncImageSettings method is:

    MagickBooleanType SyncImageSettings(const ImageInfo *image_info,
      Image *image)
    MagickBooleanType SyncImagesSettings(const ImageInfo *image_info,
      Image *image)

A description of each parameter follows:

image_info
  the image info.
image
  the image.