IG_IP_color_reduce

This function reduces the image to a fewer number of Bits Per Pixel, using a Bayer dithering algorithm.

Declaration:

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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_IP_color_reduce_bayer ( HIGEAR hIGear, UINT nToBits, LPAT_RGBQUAD lpPalette );

Arguments:

Name	Type	Description
hIGear	HIGEAR	HIGEAR handle of image of which to reduce bit depth.
nToBits	UINT	Number of bits per pixel after reduction (4 or 1).
lpPalette	LPAT_RGBQUAD	This argument is currently not used.

Return Value:

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

Supported Raster Image Formats:

Indexed RGB – 4, 8 bpp;
Grayscale – 4, 8 bpp;
RGB – 24 bpp.

Sample:

None

Example:

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HIGEAR hIGear; /* HIGEAR handle of 4, 8, or 24 bit image / / Reduce image to 1-bit black-and-white: */ IG_IP_color_reduce_bayer ( hIGear, 1, NULL );

Remarks:

The target bit depth is specified by argument nToBits. In general, a color image will be reduced to a fewer number of colors, and a grayscale image will be reduced to a fewer number of shades of gray. Note that setting nToBits = 1 will reduce the image to monochrome or black-and-white.

The input number of Bits Per Pixel must be greater than nToBits, or an error will result.

See also the section in entitled Color Reduction.