Image effects

[varsha_acharya]

Hi all,
I have to apply various visual effects on different images in JPEG and GIF formats. User can browse any image in the phone and once the image is opened IF provides lots of menu options to apply visual effects on the image as “Punch”, “Swirl” e.t.c. The application engine applies the effects by changing the RGB data of the image based on some specific algorithms. Also the application provides GIF animation to be displayed on the screen which is not possible with the existing decoders present in the phone by default.


I have started to learn symbian now.. To start with i have taken an assignment(Stated above)
As Per above requirement i have to learn to
1. Browse images in the moblile
2. decode it
3. Apply the effect
4. Encode it back

Thank you.. hoping to get a start!!!

[wizard_hu_]

1: Check MGFetch API (MG=Media Gallery)
2: CImageDecoder
3: CFbsBitmap::LockHeap/DataAddress/UnlockHeap
4: CImageEncoder

You can find several getting started pages in this site, check the Docs section above (select Symbian C++), and the Wiki (like http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph..._Symbian_OS%3F).
Example codes are also there, like the ones revealed by this search: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.ph...=gif+animation (however encoding animated .gif files is not supported in particular).

[Sorcery-ltd]

Also the application provides GIF animation to be displayed on the screen which is not possible with the existing decoders present in the phone by default.

GIF animations are supported - you'll find an article in the Wiki. Which S60 platform (edition) are you working on?

1. Browse images in the moblile

Use RFs & RFile or possibly the MGFetch API in the API plug-in packs (again search the wiki).

2. decode it

Use CImageDecoder.

3. Apply the effect

Get the DataAddress() from the CFbsBitmap and run your algorithms on the data directly.

4. Encode it back

Use CImageEncoder.

Hope that helps,
Sorcery

[Sorcery-ltd]

Beaten to the post by the wizard again! And he's right, you can't encode your own GIF animation with the built-in encoders but you can display an existing animation to show that you're doing something (which was what I assumed, maybe wrongly).