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 Introducing the ImageEn Color Frequency Analysis Demo Application
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PeterPanino

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Posted - Jun 05 2024 :  14:07:37  Show Profile  Reply
I have now published the ImageEn Color Frequency Analysis Demo Application on my Blog:

https://pa-soft-blog.blogspot.com/2024/06/imageen-color-frequency-analysis-demo-application.html

This demo application uses an improved algorithm to extract the n most frequent colors in an image. This powerful tool is designed to analyze the most frequent colors in an image and allows users to manipulate these colors in various ways. Whether you're a developer looking to integrate color analysis into your own applications or just someone interested in exploring the color properties of images, this application provides a robust platform to meet your needs.

You can download the source code for this Demo Application, including a compiled and signed executable.
All this is completely free, so please support me as I am in an extremely difficult situation right now, so I can continue to provide more advanced source code for you:
https://pa-soft-blog.blogspot.com/p/please-support-this-blog.html
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=SL4VM4UNMVZM4

xequte

38541 Posts

Posted - Jun 05 2024 :  19:04:24  Show Profile  Reply
Nice one, Peter

Does your GetMostFrequentColors() method return the same results as GetDominantColor()?

http://www.imageen.com/help/TImageEnProc.GetDominantColor.html


Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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PeterPanino

926 Posts

Posted - Jun 06 2024 :  07:11:33  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Nigel,

Thank you for asking me. GetDominantColor is about ten times faster and the results seem to be the same! I will update the Blog article.

I use this overload:
function GetDominantColor(var DominantColors: array of TColor; Count: Integer): Integer; overload;

However, with this overload returning var DominantColors: array of TColor; from my requirements I need to exclude colors that are DARKER or LIGHTER than a specific value:

function GetDominantColor(
  var DominantColors: array of TColor; 
  Count: Integer;
  // luminance or lightness (Byte or Double):
  ExcludeColorsDarkerThan: Byte;
  ExcludeColorsLighterThan: Byte
  ): Integer; overload;


Can you implement this overload? Many users will find it very helpful!

Reason: Imagine you analyze this image:



With the current overload I get this huge number of dominant dark colors:



This is the reason I need to exclude dark colors.
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xequte

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Posted - Jun 06 2024 :  21:52:05  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Peter

I have added ExcludeLighterThan/ExcludeDarkerThan in the latest beta. You can email me for it.

Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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PeterPanino

926 Posts

Posted - Jun 07 2024 :  03:16:16  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Nigel

Thank you for your fantastic support!
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PeterPanino

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Posted - Jun 09 2024 :  16:51:15  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Nigel,

in the new GetDominantColor function, the ExcludeLighterThan and ExcludeDarkerThan calculations use a simple mean value of R, G, and B, which leads to undesired results.

Please see my Blog article about LUMINANCE VS. LIGHTNESS and their calculation formulas:

https://pa-soft-blog.blogspot.com/2024/06/luminance-vs-lightness.html

Please use these better calculations to process ExcludeLighterThan and ExcludeDarkerThan calculations instead. You could determine in the ImageEn Global Options if ExcludeLighterThan and ExcludeDarkerThan use the LUMINANCE or the LIGHTNESS calculation method (they are declared as Double type).

Thank you for your support!

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xequte

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Posted - Jun 09 2024 :  23:52:50  Show Profile  Reply
OK, we have changed it to use the HSL lightness value.

If you would prefer the YCbCr luminance value instead, then use IEGetDominantColor() directly.

Nigel
Xequte Software
www.imageen.com
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