[APBeta] AP and graphics processing

[RPEHLM]

To be quite honest I'm not quite sure what I'm thinking off either! :)  
ImageMagick looks 'interesting' to me and I like pushing the boundaries 
just to see what happens.  I'm definately NOT trying to replicate* 
something like IRIS (which is free anyway).  What is more is more likely 
are scripts that would be run against multiple image files; 
batch-processing if you will.  For example, a thumbnail generator or an 
image titler.

The command-line ImageMagick utilities are easy to access from 
APScript.  So they are definately first on the hit list.  The DLL 
version (what would be the Mac equivalent?) might be more tricky to 
communicate with.  A standalone 'helper' app, controllable for AP, is 
definately a possibility but a little further down the road.

Regards
Robin
*not yet anyway :-D

Paul Rodman wrote:
>
> On Oct 18, 2008, at 02:30 PM, RPEHLM wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of building a set of graphics libraries and/or scripts for
>> AP using the ImageMagick library (available on those weird Mac OSX
>> thingies as well as glorious Windows).  There are so many things that
>> could be done that I'm finding it a little difficult to get started!
>> Hence the following question:
>>
>> IF you could do graphics operations from within AP what sort of thing
>> would you like to be able to do?
>>
>> The following are a few of the ideas I have had:
>>
>> 1: Image conversion (including to/from FITS)
>> 2: Image titling
>> 3: Adding a copyright watermark (similar process to adding a title)
>> 4: Making a thumbnail copy of an image
>> 5: Simple transformations (rotate, flip, lighten/darken etc)
>>
>> The major constraint (at the moment) is the process is not particularly
>> 'interactive'.  The user would run a script, set a few parameters, check
>> the result and retry until the desired result is achived.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> My thoughts are that APv2 is primarily a tool for _visual_ observers 
> to plan and log. However, I have added and will be adding features to 
> include astro-imaging planning and "logging". However, that would be 
> more organisational rather than image processing (for which there are 
> other apps by the bin-full). In the latest release (as yet 
> unreleased...) I have added the ability to read FITS files (probably 
> not all conceivable formats, but I'm working on it) and the ability to 
> flip and rotate said images.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you have in mind, unless it's a 
> separate app controlled via an AP script in some way. Or perhaps the 
> command-line ImageMagick interface. As I mentioned in a private 
> e-mail, I do have access to a library of image routines.
>
> Also, there is an ImageMagick library for REALbasic available:
>
> <http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/plugin-imagemagick.shtml>
>
> for Euro 20.
>
> Paul R.
>
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