problem with pixel values of an image

[SreerajSarma]

i am writing a code to encrypt/decrypt image files.
first i am reading pixel values from the source image
then converting it into alpha array,red array,green array,blue array
then after manipulating the arrays
i am writing the pixel values to get encrypted image
//i am printing the pixel values which i am writing to file
all is well till here(image gets encrypted)
but when i am reading the encrypted image again(for decryption)
the pixel values are different from what i have stored during encryption
as i am not able to read the original pixel values which were stored during encryption phase
i am not able to decrypt the image correctly

part of the code i am is attached

please help

[SreerajSarma]

no replies??

still facing the same problem....

[SreerajSarma]

do i need to move it to java 2d forum..

[m00nchile]

The problem you are having, is that screen coordiantes and array indexes don't work the same way, if you have a table like this:

0,0,0,0
0,0,1,0
0,0,0,0

the position of the 1 would be expressed as following:
array index = table[1][2]
that is, 2nd row, 3rd collumn
on screen coordinates: 2,1

The gist of this is, in arrays, the first number represents which array to search in a 2d table (top to bottom), while the first number of on screen coordinates describes the amount of right shift (x coordinate). So, if you store image info in an array, be prepared for the fact that the array will need to be mirrored along the diagonal.

[SreerajSarma]

thanks for replying

i changed the code replaced i,j loops for getting the mirror values about diagonal

but still i am getting diiferent values for pixel when i read the file later.

     int pixel;
   BufferedImage img=new BufferedImage(320, 240, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);


  // inter changed  the i ,j loop
      for ( j = 0; j < 320; j++) 
   {
        for ( i = 0; i < 240; i++)
   {
        System.out.println("x,y: " + j + ", " + i);
       
      pixel = (alphArray[j][i]<<24)|(redarray[j][i]<<16)|(greenarray[j][i]<<8)|bluearray[j][i];
    
     //used 2d array for manipulation
    
    int alpha = (pixel >> 24) & 0xff;
    int red = (pixel >> 16) & 0xff;
    int green = (pixel >> 8) & 0xff;
    int blue = (pixel) & 0xff;
    
    System.out.println("argb: " + alpha + ", " + red + ", " + green + ", " + blue);
    
    //printing pixel values to check which values are bieng stored in file 

    img.setRGB(j,i,pixel1);
    }
    }


	File f = new File("encrypt.jpg");
     		try {
        		         ImageIO.write(img, "jpg", f);
  				
                    }
                         catch (IOException ex)
                        {
       			     ex.printStackTrace();
        		}

code used for reading encrypted file

BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(this.getClass().getResource("encrypt.jpg"));
//reading file in decryption phase
    int w = image.getWidth();
    int h = image.getHeight();
   

    for (int i = 0; i < h; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < w; j++) {
        System.out.println("x,y: " + j + ", " + i);
        int pixel = image.getRGB(j, i);
        int alpha = (pixel >> 24) & 0xff;
    int red = (pixel >> 16) & 0xff;
    int green = (pixel >> 8) & 0xff;
    int blue = (pixel) & 0xff;
    
    System.out.println("argb: " + alpha + ", " + red + ", " + green + ", " + blue);

//printed values are different from what i have stored during encryption phase

[JosAH]

Isn't the jpeg format a (lossy) compressed format of an image? If I'm correct that implies that the information is not written as you think it is and (of course) won't be read back indentical as how you thought you wrote it before. Try the .png format instead.

kind regards,

Jos

[SreerajSarma]

does png images also have the argb format??
can the pixel values be converted into alpha, red ,green, blue array in png images??