imagesave

imagesave — Save a previously created image.

Description

Plugin opcode in image. This opcode is part of the plugin repository and has to be installed separately. The plugin repository can be found here: https://github.com/csound/plugins

Save a previously created image. An empty image can be created with imagecreate and its pixel RGB values can be set with imagesetpixel. The image will be saved in PNG format.

Syntax

imagesave iimagenum, filename

Initialization

iimagenum -- the reference of the image to be save. It should be a value returned by imagecreate.

filename -- The filename to use to save the image.

Examples

Here is an example of the imagesave opcode. It uses the file imageopcodes.csd and imageOpcode01.png.

Example 467. Example of the imagesave opcode.

<CsoundSynthesizer>
<CsOptions>
; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform
-n ;no sound output
</CsOptions>
<CsInstruments>

sr = 44100 
ksmps = 32 
0dbfs  = 1 
nchnls = 2

; by Cesare Marilungo 2008
; additions by Menno Knevel 2021
; image opcodes need a black canvas- black = no sound!

giimage1 imageload "imageOpcode01.png"              ; load this image
giimagew, giimageh imagesize giimage1               ; get dimensions of imageOpcode01.png
giimageNEW imagecreate giimagew,giimageh            ; and use those same dimensions for the new image            

instr 1 ; copies imageOpcode01.png and changes it

kndx = 0
kx linseg 0, p3, 1
prints "\nwidth = %d pixels, heigth = %d pixels\n\n", giimagew, giimageh

myloop:
ky = kndx/(giimageh)                                ; y-axis
krd, kgn, kbl imagegetpixel giimage1, kx, ky        ; get pixels from 'old' image
imagesetpixel giimageNEW, kx*.9, ky*.5, krd, kgn, kbl; redesign the image
loop_lt kndx, 0.5, giimageh, myloop
endin

instr 2
imagesave giimageNEW, "imageOUT.png"                ; save this new image
endin

instr 3
imagefree giimage1                                  ; unload images
imagefree giimageNEW
endin

</CsInstruments>
<CsScore>

i1 1 1
i2 2 1
i3 3 .1
e
</CsScore>
</CsoundSynthesizer>
 


This is what the saved image imageOUT.png looks like:

See also

Image processing opcodes

Credits

Author: Cesare Marilungo

New in version 5.08