IG_image_bits_per_channel

This function gets the number of bits allocated for each pixel channel in an image: 8, 16, or 32.

Declaration:

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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_image_bits_per_channel_get( HIGEAR hIGear, AT_INT* lpBitsPerChannel );

Name	Type	Description
hIGear	HIGEAR	HIGEAR handle of image.
lpBitsPerChannel	AT_INT*	Returned number of allocated bits for each pixel channel.

Returns the number of ImageGear errors that occurred during this function call. If there are no errors, the return value is IGE_SUCCESS.

All pixel formats supported by ImageGear for C and C++.

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AT_ERRCOUNT nErrcount; /* Number of errors on stack / HIGEAR hImage; / Handle of image / AT_INT nBits; / Number of bits per channel */ nErrcount = IG_image_bits_per_channel_get(hImage, &nBits);

This is not the same as the bit depth of a channel. The number of bits used for a pixel channel may be less than the number of bits allocated.