IG_image_resolution

This function retrieves the current resolution settings of the HIGEAR image.

Declaration:

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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_image_resolution_get( HIGEAR hIGear, LPLONG lpXResNumerator, LPLONG lpXResDenominator, LPLONG lpYResNumerator, LPLONG lpYResDenominator, LPAT_MODE lpnUnits );

Arguments:

Name	Type	Description
hIGear	HIGEAR	HIGEAR handle to the image.
lpXResNumerator	LPLONG	Pointer to a LONG variable that receives the x resolution numerator.
lpXResDenominator	LPLONG	Pointer to a LONG variable that receives the x resolution denominator.
lpYResNumerator	LPLONG	Pointer to a LONG variable that receives the y resolution numerator.
lpYResDenominator	LPLONG	Pointer to a LONG variable that receives the y resolution denominator.
lpnUnits	LPAT_MODE	Pointer to an AT_MODE variable that receives the resolution units. See enumIGResolutionUnits for possible values.

Return Value:

Returns the number of ImageGear errors that occurred during this function call.

Supported Raster Image Formats:

All pixel formats supported by ImageGear Professional.

Example:

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HIGEAR hIGear; AT_RESOLUTION res; AT_ERRCOUNT nErrCount; // Load the image nErrCount = IG_load_file("picture.tif", &hIGear); if (nErrCount == 0) { // Obtain the image's resolution nErrCount = IG_image_resolution_get(hIGear, &res.xResNumerator, &res.xResDenominator, &res.yResNumerator, &res.yResDenominator, &res.nUnits); // Change the current resolution setting to INCHES if (nErrCount == 0) nErrCount = IG_util_resolution_units_convert(&res, IG_RESOLUTION_INCHES); // Set the modified resolution if (nErrCount == 0) nErrCount = IG_image_resolution_set(hIGear, res.xResNumerator, res.xResDenominator, res.yResNumerator, res.yResDenominator, res.nUnits); // ... // Delete the image IG_image_delete(hIGear); }

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HIGEAR hIGear;
AT_RESOLUTION res;
AT_ERRCOUNT  nErrCount;

// Load the image
nErrCount = IG_load_file("picture.tif", &hIGear);

if (nErrCount == 0)
{
        // Obtain the image's resolution
        nErrCount = IG_image_resolution_get(hIGear, &res.xResNumerator, &res.xResDenominator,
                &res.yResNumerator, &res.yResDenominator, &res.nUnits);

        // Change the current resolution setting to INCHES
        if (nErrCount == 0)
                nErrCount = IG_util_resolution_units_convert(&res, IG_RESOLUTION_INCHES);

        // Set the modified resolution
        if (nErrCount == 0)
                nErrCount = IG_image_resolution_set(hIGear, res.xResNumerator, res.xResDenominator,
                res.yResNumerator, res.yResDenominator, res.nUnits);

        // ...

        // Delete the image
        IG_image_delete(hIGear);
}

Remarks:

This function returns the resolution values and units of the HIGEAR image.

ImageGear stores resolution as a pair or rational numbers and a unit specification. This is the method used by several image file formats, which allows storing precise resolution values, rather than their double or float approximations. To set the X resolution of the image to 300 DPI, the numerator can be 300 and the denominator 1 (900 and 3 would also work).

Use IG_image_resolution_set to set image resolution.

Use IG_util_resolution_units_convert to convert resolution to different units.

An alternative way to obtain the image resolution is to get its DIB information using IG_image_DIB_info_get, and then get the resolution using IG_DIB_resolution_get.