Re: Grabbing the pixels of a bmp

From:
"Jack" <jl@knight.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 27 May 2006 11:58:13 +0800
Message-ID:
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"Tim Roberts" <timr@probo.com>
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"Jack" <jl@knight.com> wrote:

The problem I am having now is the bitmap pointer is byte-based.
I want to read 24 to 32 bit bitmaps
Any comments?


"Pointer is byte-based" doesn't really mean anything. Every bitmap is
just
a string of bytes. It just so happens that, in a 24-bit DIB, a pixel is
spread across three bytes.

doesn't work either
 pBitmap->GetBitmap(&bmpX);
 BYTE* bmpBuffer = (BYTE *)GlobalAlloc (GPTR,
bmpX.bmWidth*bmpX.bmHeight);


You don't need to allocate any space. The BITMAP structure contains a
pointer to the bytes of the bitmap.

 for (int i = 0; i < ds.dsBm.bmHeight; i) {
  for (int j = 0; i < ds.dsBm.bmWidth; j) {


How much C experience do you have? Both of those for loops are infinite
loops. You aren't bumping your loop counter. Plus, in the second one,
you're testing the wrong variable.

   if (bmpBuffer[i*ds.dsBm.bmHeight] == RGB(255,255,0))
       AfxMessageBox ("Hit it", MB_OK, NULL);
  }
 }
}


Every pixel in a 24-bit DIB occupies three bytes. So, pixel X,Y is at

 ((Y * width) + X) * 3

However, there may be padding at the end of each scanline. The actual
distance from the start of one scanline to the start of the next is in
bmWidthBytes.

 pBitmap->GetBitmap(&bmpX);
 BYTE* bmpBuffer = bmpX.bmBits;
 for (int i = 0; i < bmpX.bmHeight; i++) {
  for (int j = 0; j < bmpX.bmWidth; j++) {
   int iPixelOffset =
       j * bmpX.bmWidthBytes +
       i * bmpX.bmBitsPixel / 8;
   unsigned long pixel = *(unsigned long *)(bmpBuffer + iPixelOffset) &
0xffffff; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< AV Error

   if (pixel == RGB(255,255,0))
       AfxMessageBox ("Hit it", MB_OK, NULL);
  }
 }


Dear Tim,
I still got a access violation error on the line shown above (accessing
image 0x01800000 + offset 0xe1000)
Thanks
Jack

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