IlvQuantizer Class Reference

Quantizer base class. More...

#include <ilviews/bitmaps/quantize.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlvQuantizer:

Public Member Functions
virtual IlvColorMap *	computeColorMap (const IlvBitmapData *data, IlUInt numcols)=0
	Computes the colormap from the original true color bitmap data. More...
virtual IlBoolean	hasDithering () const
	Returns whether the instance uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering. More...
virtual IlvIndexedBitmapData *	quantize (const IlvBitmapData *data, IlUInt numcols)
	Creates indexed bitmap data from true color bitmap data using the requested number of colors (this number can be ignored by the actual quantizer). The default implementation calls computeColorMap and then remap. More...
virtual IlvIndexedBitmapData *	remap (const IlvBitmapData *data, const IlvColorMap *colormap, IlBoolean fsdither=IlTrue)
	Remaps the true colors to the indexed colors. More...
void	setDithering (IlBoolean dither)
	Sets whether the instance uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering. More...

Detailed Description

Quantizer base class.

Library: xviews or winviews or mviews (mutually exclusive)

This class provides methods to convert true color images to indexed images. This is a virtual class that must be subclassed. This class knows how to remap true colors to indexed colors using a dithering method called Floyd-Steinberg diffusion, leading to high quality images, even with few colors.

See also

IlvFixedQuantizer, IlvQuickQuantizer, IlvWUQuantizer, IlvNetscapeQuantizer

Member Function Documentation

computeColorMap()

virtual IlvColorMap* IlvQuantizer::computeColorMap ( const IlvBitmapData *  data, IlUInt  numcols  )

pure virtual

Computes the colormap from the original true color bitmap data.

Parameters

data	The original true color bitmap data.
numcols	The requested number of colors.

Returns

The computed colormap.

Implemented in IlvFixedQuantizer, and IlvWUQuantizer.

hasDithering()

virtual IlBoolean IlvQuantizer::hasDithering ( ) const

virtual

Returns whether the instance uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering.

Returns

IlTrue if the instance uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering.

quantize()

virtual IlvIndexedBitmapData* IlvQuantizer::quantize ( const IlvBitmapData *  data, IlUInt  numcols  )

virtual

Creates indexed bitmap data from true color bitmap data using the requested number of colors (this number can be ignored by the actual quantizer). The default implementation calls computeColorMap and then remap.

Parameters

data	The true color bitmap data.
numcols	The requested number of colors.

Returns

The computed indexed bitmap data.

remap()

virtual IlvIndexedBitmapData* IlvQuantizer::remap ( const IlvBitmapData *  data, const IlvColorMap *  colormap, IlBoolean  fsdither = IlTrue  )

virtual

Remaps the true colors to the indexed colors.

Parameters

data	The original true color bitmap data.
colormap	The colormap to remap the bitmap data to.
fsdither	An IlBoolean value to indicate whether or not to use Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion.

Returns

The computed indexed bitmap data.

Reimplemented in IlvQuickQuantizer.

setDithering()

void IlvQuantizer::setDithering

(

IlBoolean

dither

)

Sets whether the instance uses Floyd-Steinberg dithering.

Parameters

dither

An IlBoolean indicating whether dithering is performed.