thumbnailer 1.3.0 → 1.4.0

data/lib/thumbnailer.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ require 'exifr'
 #  f.puts ThumbNailer.box_with_background('happytree.jpg', 125, 0.8, 0.2, 0.7)
 #  f.close
 #
+# Whatever colour is used for transparancy there is always a chance that
+# it is used in a picture and that the resulting thumbnail will look like
+# Swiss Cheese. The alternative is to use the box_calc_transparancy method
+# which will search the image for an unused colour to use for the transparancy
+# colour. As this is extra work over and above that done by box_with_transparancy
+# the method is a little slower. However the search is conducted over the scaled
+# image and not the original source so if your thumbnails are small (125 pixels
+# or less) then you can still use this method on the fly.
+#
 # A few extra function that I have found useful have been added to the 
 # package just so everything is in one place.
 #
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ require 'exifr'
 # image if either width or height is larger than +size+.
 
 class ThumbNailer
-  VERSION = '1.3.0'
+  VERSION = '1.4.0'
 
   # The default colour, an impure black to be used for
   # transparency or background
@@ -82,6 +91,35 @@ class ThumbNailer
 	  return create_output(thumbnail, source)
   end
 
+  # Like box_with_transparancy this method scales the image within
+  # a box of +size+ width and height. This method searhes the image
+  # for an unused color and selects that for transparency. If no
+  # unused colour is found then it uses the default or given colour.
+  # 
+  # Given that it must find all the colours that are used in an image
+  # to find just one unused colour this is much slower than the plain
+  # box_with_transparancy. However the search for an unused colour is
+  # conducted against the scaled image so it will not necessarily be
+  # as bad as you might imagine.
+  def self.box_calc_transparancy(source, size, r = @@r, g = @@g, b = @@b)
+    image = GD2::Image.import(source)
+
+    dstX, dstY, dstW, dstH, image = resize_source(image, size)
+
+    r, g, b = find_unused_color(image, r, g, b)
+
+    thumbnail = GD2::Image.new(size, size)
+    thumbnail.transparent = GD2::Color[r, g, b, GD2::ALPHA_TRANSPARENT]
+    thumbnail.draw do |canvas|
+	    canvas.color = GD2::Color[r, g, b]
+	    canvas.point(1,1)
+	    canvas.fill()
+	  end
+	  thumbnail.copy_from(image,dstX,dstY,0,0,dstW,dstH)
+
+	  return create_output(thumbnail, source)
+  end
+
   # Given the filename of an image and the required size
   # of the thumbnail this will scale and center the image 
   # to fit within the box against the background colour.
@@ -206,14 +244,14 @@ class ThumbNailer
 
   def self.resize_source(image, size)
     # Save us from having to put to_f on the end all the time
-      iw = image.width.to_f
-      ih = image.height.to_f
-      is = size.to_f
+    iw = image.width.to_f
+    ih = image.height.to_f
+    is = size.to_f
 
-      dstX = 0
-      dstY = 0
-      dstW = 0
-      dstH = 0
+    dstX = 0
+    dstY = 0
+    dstW = 0
+    dstH = 0
 
   	if iw < is and ih < is
   		# Image is smaller than the box
@@ -277,4 +315,40 @@ class ThumbNailer
   def self.degrees_to_rad(degrees)
 	  return (degrees * (Math::PI / 180.0))
   end
+  
+  # Convert the rgb into an integer
+  def self.rgb_to_i(r, g, b)
+  	return (r * 65536) + (g * 256) + b
+  end
+
+  # Convert an integer into rgb
+  def self.i_to_rgb(i)
+  	b = i % 256
+  	i -= b
+  	i /= 256
+  	g = i % 256
+  	i -= g
+  	i /= 256
+  	r = i
+
+  	return r,g,b
+  end
+  
+  def self.find_unused_color(image, r, g, b)
+    x = Array.new(256*256*256,0)
+
+    image.each do |row|
+    	row.each do |pixel|
+    		rgb = image.pixel2color(pixel)
+    		x[rgb_to_i(rgb.r, rgb.g, rgb.b)] += 1
+    	end
+    end
+
+    y = x.index(0)
+    if y != nil
+      return i_to_rgb(y)
+    else
+      return r, g, b
+    end
+  end
 end

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: thumbnailer
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 1.3.0
+  version: 1.4.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Peter Hickman
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00 +00:00
+date: 2009-01-12 00:00:00 +00:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []