How to get individual pixel colors ?

[mahesh_chavan]

I want to know alph, red, blue, and green values of pixels in buffered image. Following displays the picture correctly, But all red blue and green values are always zero. Can anybody guide me how to get actual values :

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class BuffIt {
  public static void main (String args[]) {
    // Get Image
    ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(args[0]);
    Image image = icon.getImage();
    int totval = 0;
    int picval;
        int rd, bl, gr;
    picval = 0;
        int i,j,w,h, clr;


    // Create empty BufferedImage, sized to Image
    BufferedImage buffImage =
      new BufferedImage(
          image.getWidth(null),
          image.getHeight(null),
          BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        w = image.getWidth(null);
        h = image.getHeight(null);
        System.out.println("width : " + Integer.toString(w));
        System.out.println("height : " + Integer.toString(h));

        for (j=0;j<h;j++) {
        for (i=0;i<w;i++) {
        clr = buffImage.getRGB(i,j);
    rd   = (clr & 0x00ff0000) >> 16;
      gr = (clr & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
      bl  =  clr & 0x000000ff;
        picval = ( picval + rd + gr + bl);
        if ( rd > 0 || gr > 0 || bl > 0 ) {
        System.out.println("red : " + Integer.toString(rd));
        System.out.println("green : " + Integer.toString(gr));
        System.out.println("blue : " + Integer.toString(bl));
        System.exit(0);
        }
    }
        }
        System.out.println("picval : " + Integer.toString(picval));
        totval = (totval + picval ) & 0xffffffff;
        System.out.println("totval: " + Integer.toString(totval));



    // Draw Image into BufferedImage
    Graphics g = buffImage.getGraphics();
    g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);

    // Show success
    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(buffImage));
    frame.getContentPane().add(label);
    frame.pack();
    frame.show();
  }
}

Please help

[Fubarable]

Look at the order that you do things:

• When do you create the BufferedImage?
• When do you extract the numeric data from the BufferedImage?
• When do you draw to the BufferedImage?

[Norm]

Also posted at Can not get individual pixel values using getRGB

[Fubarable]

Posted today and he never replied to my post. I must thank him for allowing me to waste my time on him.

[DarrylBurke]

It's all over the net:
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thr...readID=2403002
Can not get individual pixel values (Swing / AWT / SWT / JFace forum at JavaRanch)

And the code is adapted from a 12 year old sample:
http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=53328

db

[mahesh_chavan]

Sorry Fuberble, I dd not reply to your querry
First ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(args[0]);
Then I create buff image BufferedImage buffImage =
new BufferedImage(
image.getWidth(null),
image.getHeight(null),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
w = image.getWidth(null);
After that I rey to read pixel data.
Then I draw image.
Actually, drawing of image has nothing to do wuth getRGB.
In my other app i capture image from webcam without showing it ( no gui) and save it in jpg format.
When buff image is created using Image all data is lready there
I shall see other sources mentioned above

[mahesh_chavan]

Dear DarryBurke,
I am sorry to post the same question on diff. forums. But the reason is that I am till not getting the answer. The old code you have mentioned is just for display. For getting pixels values I have adopted code from RoseIndia. Despite my best efforts, I am unable to get the values and I need them to write a geiger counter program.
Please show me the way how to do it.

[DarrylBurke]

... I have adopted code from RoseIndia.

Don't. I'm yet to see any halfway decent code that came from that site.

db

[Norm]

With changes as per Fubarable post#2 I get:
width : 55
height : 68
clr=ffb8b8b0, j=1, i=40
red : 184, green : 184, blue : 176
clr=ff706868, j=1, i=41
red : 112, green : 104, blue : 104
clr=ff202428, j=2, i=40
red : 32, green : 36, blue : 40
clr=ff201018, j=2, i=41
red : 32, green : 16, blue : 24
clr=ff383030, j=2, i=42
red : 56, green : 48, blue : 48
clr=ff505850, j=3, i=39
red : 80, green : 88, blue : 80
clr=ff181010, j=3, i=40
red : 24, green : 16, blue : 16
clr=ff201818, j=3, i=41
red : 32, green : 24, blue : 24
clr=ff282028, j=3, i=42
red : 40, green : 32, blue : 40
clr=ff181010, j=4, i=39
...

[mahesh_chavan]

When instead of
BufferedImage buffImage =
new BufferedImage(
image.getWidth(null),
image.getHeight(null),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
I used
File file= new File(args[0]);
buffImage = ImageIO.read(file);
It worked and gave me correct values of red, green blue !

[Norm]

The important thing was to have some image with colors in the buffImage variable. Your earlier code didn't.

[mahesh_chavan]

Dear Norm.
Thanks you.
I did not understand how the program works for you.
First two lines of my program create image by accepting file name on command line.
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(args[0]);
Image image = icon.getImage();
That is why the image is displayed, but with BufferImage it still gives me all zeros ifI do not use
File file= new File(args[0]);
buffImage = ImageIO.read(file);
I have tried by first displaying values and then using getRGB but it did not help.
Will you please show me the entire code which shows you correct pixel values ?
Thanking you once again.
-Mahesh Chavan

[Norm]

I followed the suggestions made in post#2 by moving lines 50-51 to after line 22.