ThresholdingEffects.vb
''
'' This code is part of Document Solutions for Imaging demos.
'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Numerics
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Drawing
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Text
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging
Imports GCTEXT = GrapeCity.Documents.Text
Imports GCDRAW = GrapeCity.Documents.Drawing

'' This sample demonstrates how to use different grayscale effects.
'' See also MatrixEffects1 and MatrixEffects2.
Public Class ThresholdingEffects
    Function GenerateImage(
        ByVal pixelSize As Size,
        ByVal dpi As Single,
        ByVal opaque As Boolean,
        Optional ByVal sampleParams As String() = Nothing) As GcBitmap

        opaque = False
        Dim bmp = New GcBitmap(pixelSize.Width, pixelSize.Height, opaque, dpi, dpi)
        Using origBmp = New GcBitmap()
            '' Load a sample photo:
            Dim imagePath = Path.Combine("Resources", "Stock", "bw-hiking.jpg")
            Using stm = New FileStream(imagePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 4096, FileOptions.RandomAccess)
                origBmp.Load(stm)
            End Using

            origBmp.SetAlphaTo255()
            origBmp.Opaque = False

            '' Resize the original photo so we can place 4 samples of it
            '' on the resulting bitmap:
            Dim w = pixelSize.Width / 2
            Dim h = pixelSize.Height / 2
            Using sizedBmp = origBmp.Resize(w, h, InterpolationMode.Cubic)
                '' Copy the resized original into 4 quadrants of the resulting bitmap:
                bmp.BitBlt(sizedBmp, 0, 0)
                bmp.BitBlt(sizedBmp, w, 0)
                bmp.BitBlt(sizedBmp, 0, h)
                bmp.BitBlt(sizedBmp, w, h)
            End Using

            Dim lineh = 2

            '' Keep the pixels in top left quadrant intact,
            '' apply effects to the other 3 quadrants
            '' (these effects make sense for grayscale images only, so we do it before adding captions):
            bmp.ApplyEffect(OtsuThresholdingEffect.Get(), New Rectangle(w + lineh, 0, w - lineh, h - lineh))
            bmp.ApplyEffect(BradleyThresholdingEffect.Get(), New Rectangle(0, h + lineh, w - lineh, h - lineh))
            bmp.ApplyEffect(BradleyThresholdingEffect.Get(16, 6), New Rectangle(w + lineh, h + lineh, w - lineh, h - lineh))

            '' Add borders between the quadrants, And captions for each
            Using g = bmp.CreateGraphics(Nothing)
                Dim foreColor = Color.Yellow
                Dim backColor = Color.Blue
                Dim fnt = GCTEXT.Font.FromFile(Path.Combine("Resources", "Fonts", "cour.ttf"))
                g.DrawLine(w, 0, w, h * 2, New GCDRAW.Pen(foreColor, lineh * 2))
                g.DrawLine(0, h, w * 2, h, New GCDRAW.Pen(foreColor, lineh * 2))
                Dim tf = New TextFormat() With {.Font = fnt, .FontSize = 18, .ForeColor = foreColor, .BackColor = backColor, .FontBold = True}
                g.DrawString(" Original image ", tf, New PointF(0, 0))
                g.DrawString(" OtsuThresholdingEffect ", tf, New PointF(w + lineh, 0))
                g.DrawString(" BradleyThresholdingEffect ", tf, New PointF(0, h + lineh))
                g.DrawString(" BradleyThresholdingEffect(16,6) ", tf, New PointF(w + lineh, h + lineh))
            End Using
        End Using
        '' Done
        Return bmp
    End Function
End Class