Imagemon

LXtImageMonitorPacket

struct st_LXtImageMonitorPacket

The selection packet for the image monitor is an ILxImageID or ILxFrameBufferID buffer index pair and an optional image source name. The ILxImageID is the image to be analyzed by the monitor; if NULL, then the buffer index within the ILxFrameBufferID is to be used. The image source allows different monitors to look at different images from different parts of the system. For example, one viewport might be set to only monitor clip items, while another might be set to analyse images selected in the render window. x1, y1, x2 and y2 define an area within the image to be analyzed. An extent of 0,0 to 1,1 indicates that the entire image should be analyzed. The packet also contains an optional ILxImageProcessing object, which clients can use to set image processing operations that the image source will apply to the image for display to the user. The image processing object has its identifier set to the image source, which means that setting its properties will automatically send a notification to the image source, which in turn will apply said processing to the image. If the source doesn’t support processing, this will be NULL. Note that although this is a read/write obejct, clients should really only use this for reading unless they are executing a command.

For speed, the packet may also contain a thumbnail image. This image already has image processing applied to it, and is large enough to be useful for monitor analysis. For example, render window sources provide a 256 pixel wide image. Clients should be able to handle cases where the thumbnail is NULL.

Public Members

ILxImageID image
ILxFrameBufferID frameBuffer
int bufferIndex
double x1
double y1
double x2
double y2
ILxImageProcessingID imageProc
ILxImageID processedThumbnail
char imageSource[256]

ILxImageMonitor

class ILxImageMonitor

modo supports an extensible set of image analysis monitors. These are essentially blank canvases into which the plug-in can draw a monitor displaying an analysis of the image provided. Common monitors include histograms and vectorscopes.

Public Functions

LxResult Image(LXtObjectID self, LXtObjectID imageToAnalyze, LXtObjectID frameBufferToAnalyze, int bufferIndex, double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, LXtObjectID imageProcessingRead, LXtObjectID processedThumbnail)

This is called with the image (ILxImageID) or frame buffer (ILxFrameBufferID) to be analyzed. The new image may be NULL if there is not currently an image to be analyzed, and it may be the same image as previously passed in if the image has changed for some reason. If imageToAnalyze is NULL, frameBufferToAnalyze may be non-NULL, in which case bufferIndex is the index of the specific buffer within the frame buffer to be analyzed. If both imageToAnalyze and frameBufferToAnalyze are NULL, no image is selected and the monitor should draw in a default or disabled style. x1, y1, xc2 and y2 define a region within the image to analyze. If these are 0,0 and 1,1, then the entire image should be analyzed; otherwise, only the specified region should be analyzed. The ILxImageProcessingRead object is also provided, although this may be NULL if processing options are not available. Clients should use this to read the properties in case they want to apply the effects of said options to the monitor’s display; they should use commands to change the properties. It is important to note that the image/frame buffer will be a “clean”, unprocessed image, and will not have any image processing options applied to it. To avoid needing to process the full-sized image repeatedly on an ImageProcChanged() event, this method is also called with a smaller thumbnail image that already has processing applied. The image is large enough to be suitable for image analysis. Note that this may be NULL.

LxResult ImageProcChanged(LXtObjectID self)

This method is called when the properties of the ILxImageProcessingRead object have changed. Monitors can use this to refresh themselves using image/frame buffers and the ILxImageProcessingRead object provided to them through their Image() method. Note that Image() is also called with an updated processed thumbnail suitable for analysis whenever the image processing object changes.

LxResult AspectRange(LXtObjectID self, double *minAspect, double *maxAspect, double *idealAspect)

This returns the minimum and maximum aspect ratio for the monitor. The image provided (to draw the monitor into) will never exceed this aspect. This is useful for monitors like histograms that look better when laid out horizontally, but don’t look like much when stretched vertically. If not implemented or if one of the values is set to 0, the aspect is unconstrained.

LxResult Draw(LXtObjectID self, LXtObjectID imageForDrawing)

This is called to draw the monitor into the ILxImageWriteID provided.

LxResult ImageSource(LXtObjectID self, const char *source)

Image monitors accept images from an image source. The image source is set through the viewport, and is provided to the monitor through this method. Clients can use the image source string to execute commands that target the image source, respond to monitor-specific commands (like setting ranges for display) based on image source, and so on. For example, a histogram monitor for the clip items image source might be embedded in the clip item’s properties. A command to change the channels shown in the histogram might include the image source as an argument, so that just that monitor’s channel option can be changed, without affecting the other histogram monitors, such as the one used by the Render Window histogram. This argument would also be used when querying the command for a value. This method will be called whenever the image source changes. The server should make a copy of the string for future reference.

LxResult MouseDown(LXtObjectID self, int startx, int starty, int w, int h)

We support limited mousing support through the use of the Mouse…() methods. We have a down/move/up cycle that occurs when the mouse button is clicked over the montior. The server is provided with the down x/y as well as the current x/y of the mosue relative to the top-left corner of the monitor. Only the left mouse button is supported at this time. The dimensions of the drawing monitor are also passed to each method.

LxResult MouseMove(LXtObjectID self, int startx, int starty, int cx, int cy, int w, int h)
LxResult MouseUp(LXtObjectID self, int startx, int starty, int cx, int cy, int w, int h)
LxResult MouseTrackEnter(LXtObjectID self)

We also support tracking, which is when the mouse is moving over the view but is not being clicked. TrackEnter() is called when the mouse moves into the monitor, and TrackExit() is called when the mouse leaves the monitor. Track() is moved while the mouse moves over the view with the current mouse coordinates and the size of the monitor.

LxResult MouseTrack(LXtObjectID self, int cx, int cy, int w, int h)
LxResult MouseTrackExit(LXtObjectID self)
LxResult ToolTip(LXtObjectID self, int cx, int cy, int w, int h, char *buf, unsigned len)

Tooltips are also supported. As usual, the tooltip should be composed from a message table lookup. Returning LXe_NOTIMPL or any other failure code will result in no tooltip being displayed.

ILxImageMonitorService

class ILxImageMonitorService

The global image monitor service provides a few utility functions to clients.

Public Functions

LxResult ScriptQuery(LXtObjectID self, void **ppvObj)

As with all globals, the first method gets the ILxScriptQueryID interface for the system. This is not currently implemented.

LxResult ServerCount(LXtObjectID self, int *count)

These methods allow the server list to be walked, and allow a server to be looked up by name. When a COM object is returned, the client is responsible for releasing it as usual.

LxResult ServerByIndex(LXtObjectID self, int index, void **ppvObj)
LxResult ServerLookup(LXtObjectID self, const char *name, void **ppvObj)
LxResult ServerNameByIndex(LXtObjectID self, int index, const char **name)

These methods return the name and username of a server given an index.

LxResult ServerUserNameByIndex(LXtObjectID self, int index, const char **name)
LxResult SourceCount(LXtObjectID self, int *count)

These can be used to get a list of image sources names, as defined through the config system.

LxResult SourceNameByIndex(LXtObjectID self, int index, const char **name)
LxResult SourceUserNameByIndex(LXtObjectID self, int index, const char **username)
LxResult SetImage(LXtObjectID self, const char *imageSource, LXtObjectID image, LXtObjectID frameBuffer, int bufferIndex, double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, LXtObjectID imageProc, LXtObjectID processedThumbnail)

Clients can use this to change the current image in an image source. This in turn will ask associated views to analyze the new image. Either the image (ILxImageID) or frameBuffer (ILxFrameBufferID) and bufferIndex should be set; if they’re NULL, then no image is to be analyzed. x1/y1 and x2/y2 define a window into the image to the analyzed; if 0,0 and 1,1, the entire image is analyzed. Images are set for a specific image source, and thus only affects views monitoring that source. Note that imageProc is an object with an ILxImageProcessing interface, and is optional. processedThumbnail is also optional, but is recommended.

LxResult GetImage(LXtObjectID self, const char *imageSource, void **ppvObj_image, void **ppvObj_frameBuffer, int *bufferIndex, double *x1, double *y1, double *x2, double *y2, void **ppvObj_imageProc, void **ppvObj_processedThumbnail)

Clients can use this to get the current image from an image source. If a pointer is NULL, that property won’t be returned.

LxResult GetImagePacket(LXtObjectID self, const char *imageSource, const LXtImageMonitorPacket **packet)

This can also be returned as a packet.

LxResult RefreshViews(LXtObjectID self, const char *imageSource, int immediate)

Sometimes image analysis can take a while. This utility can be used to tell all views with a particular image source to ask their server to redraw their view. If immediate is true, the view will be redrawn immediately. This is useful for interaction operations using the mousing methods of the monitor. If false, the view will be updated during at the normal redrawing time.

LXsIMAGEMONITOR_SOURCE_NOTIFIER

We also define a notifier, “notifier.imagemonitor.source”, which sends a notification whenever the image source (as provided through the notifier’s argument string) changes with the flags provided. For example, “renderWindow+vd” will send DISABLE and VALUE notifications when the “renderWindow” image source changes.

LXsIMAGEPROC_NOTIFIER

Another notifier is used to listen for changes to an ILxImageProcessing object, as described in lx_rndjob.hpp. The notifier’s argument format is: <identifier> <attribute>+vdlt <identifier> is the identifier string (often the an image source) set in the processing object. <attribute> is the specific attribute to listen for, as defined in the text hitns array below. +vdlt are any combination of the LXfCMDNOTIFY_ hints, indicating that when the specific attribute changes, it should send a value, label, disable or datatype invalidation to the UI.

  • LXfIPEVENT_EVENT

  • LXfIPEVENT_FLAGS

  • LXxIPEVENT_EVENT