Convert Images upto 31 Formats using FreeImage.dll

[Fazi]

Convert images upto 31 formats

This is a small tutorial on how to convert images using the FreeImage.dll. The project attached only shows 2 type conversions. but if you understand the example project, its very easy to do all the other conversions by yourself.

supported formats

FIF_UNKNOWN = -1
FIF_BMP = 0
FIF_ICO = 1
FIF_JPEG = 2
FIF_JNG = 3
FIF_KOALA = 4
FIF_LBM = 5
FIF_IFF = FIF_LBM
FIF_MNG = 6
FIF_PBM = 7
FIF_PBMRAW = 8
FIF_PCD = 9
FIF_PCX = 10
FIF_PGM = 11
FIF_PGMRAW = 12
FIF_PNG = 13
FIF_PPM = 14
FIF_PPMRAW = 15
FIF_RAS = 16
FIF_TARGA = 17
FIF_TIFF = 18
FIF_WBMP = 19
FIF_PSD = 20
FIF_CUT = 21
FIF_XBM = 22
FIF_XPM = 23
FIF_DDS = 24
FIF_GIF = 25
FIF_HDR = 26
FIF_FAXG3 = 27
FIF_SGI = 28
FIF_EXR = 29
FIF_J2K = 30
FIF_JP2 = 31

Download the attached project to see a working example. but be sure to copy the freeimage.dll mentioned in the below steps in to project path

Here you go :

1. http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/

2. Click Download form the left navigation menus.

3. Click Download FreeImage 3.11.0 [WIN32]

4. After download completed. Open the extract the zip and open the folder FreeImage3110Win32

5. Now open the sample Test vb6 project form this folder
...\FreeImage3110Win32\FreeImage\Wrapper\VB6\test

6. Now attached the module found inside
..\FreeImage3110Win32\FreeImage\Wrapper\VB6\mfreeimage to the test project.

7. Now copy the FreeImage.dll found under
..\FreeImage3110Win32_2\FreeImage\Dist\

Thats all, you now have a working sample project that converts a TIF to PNG

Option Explicit
' NOTE :
' To run this test program, you will have to copy the FreeImage.dll file
' in this directory.
' Change also the "test.tif" file name with a path to any tif file on your
' hard disk
'
Private Sub btnTest_Click()
  Dim dib As Long
  Dim bOK As Long
  ' Load a tif image
  dib = FreeImage_Load(FIF_TIFF, "test.tif", 0)
  
  ' Save this image as PNG
  bOK = FreeImage_Save(FIF_PNG, dib, "test.png", 0)
  
  ' Unload the dib
  FreeImage_Unload (dib)

End Sub

To set the various file type options in conversion (exampe jpg quolity etc) Read the freeiamge.dll pdf documentaion fond here http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fre...eImage3110.pdf
Also the Module itself is very descriptive. example,

Public Enum FREE_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS
FISO_SAVE_DEFAULT = 0
FISO_BMP_DEFAULT = BMP_DEFAULT
FISO_BMP_SAVE_RLE = BMP_SAVE_RLE
FISO_EXR_DEFAULT = EXR_DEFAULT ' save data as half with piz-based wavelet compression
FISO_EXR_FLOAT = EXR_FLOAT ' save data as float instead of as half (not recommended)
FISO_EXR_NONE = EXR_NONE ' save with no compression
FISO_EXR_ZIP = EXR_ZIP ' save with zlib compression, in blocks of 16 scan lines
FISO_EXR_PIZ = EXR_PIZ ' save with piz-based wavelet compression
FISO_EXR_PXR24 = EXR_PXR24 ' save with lossy 24-bit float compression
FISO_EXR_B44 = EXR_B44 ' save with lossy 44% float compression - goes to 22% when combined with EXR_LC
FISO_EXR_LC = EXR_LC ' save images with one luminance and two chroma channels, rather than as RGB (lossy compression)
FISO_JPEG_DEFAULT = JPEG_DEFAULT ' for saving this is a synonym for FISO_JPEG_QUALITYGOOD
FISO_JPEG_QUALITYSUPERB = JPEG_QUALITYSUPERB ' save with superb quality (100:1)
FISO_JPEG_QUALITYGOOD = JPEG_QUALITYGOOD ' save with good quality (75:1)
FISO_JPEG_QUALITYNORMAL = JPEG_QUALITYNORMAL ' save with normal quality (50:1)
FISO_JPEG_QUALITYAVERAGE = JPEG_QUALITYAVERAGE ' save with average quality (25:1)
FISO_JPEG_QUALITYBAD = JPEG_QUALITYBAD ' save with bad quality (10:1)
FISO_JPEG_PROGRESSIVE = JPEG_PROGRESSIVE ' save as a progressive-JPEG (use 'OR' to combine with other save flags)
FISO_JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_411 = JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_411 ' save with high 4x1 chroma subsampling (4:1:1)
FISO_JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_420 = JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_420 ' save with medium 2x2 medium chroma subsampling (4:2:0) - default value
FISO_JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_422 = JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_422 ' save with low 2x1 chroma subsampling (4:2:2)
FISO_JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_444 = JPEG_SUBSAMPLING_444 ' save with no chroma subsampling (4:4:4)
FISO_PNG_Z_BEST_SPEED = PNG_Z_BEST_SPEED ' save using ZLib level 1 compression flag (default value is 6)
FISO_PNG_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION = PNG_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION ' save using ZLib level 6 compression flag (default recommended value)
FISO_PNG_Z_BEST_COMPRESSION = PNG_Z_BEST_COMPRESSION ' save using ZLib level 9 compression flag (default value is 6)
FISO_PNG_Z_NO_COMPRESSION = PNG_Z_NO_COMPRESSION ' save without ZLib compression
FISO_PNG_INTERLACED = PNG_INTERLACED ' save using Adam7 interlacing (use | to combine with other save flags)
FISO_PNM_DEFAULT = PNM_DEFAULT
FISO_PNM_SAVE_RAW = PNM_SAVE_RAW ' if set the writer saves in RAW format (i.e. P4, P5 or P6)
FISO_PNM_SAVE_ASCII = PNM_SAVE_ASCII ' if set the writer saves in ASCII format (i.e. P1, P2 or P3)
FISO_TIFF_DEFAULT = TIFF_DEFAULT
FISO_TIFF_CMYK = TIFF_CMYK ' stores tags for separated CMYK (use 'OR' to combine with compression flags)
FISO_TIFF_PACKBITS = TIFF_PACKBITS ' save using PACKBITS compression
FISO_TIFF_DEFLATE = TIFF_DEFLATE ' save using DEFLATE compression (a.k.a. ZLIB compression)
FISO_TIFF_ADOBE_DEFLATE = TIFF_ADOBE_DEFLATE ' save using ADOBE DEFLATE compression
FISO_TIFF_NONE = TIFF_NONE ' save without any compression
FISO_TIFF_CCITTFAX3 = TIFF_CCITTFAX3 ' save using CCITT Group 3 fax encoding
FISO_TIFF_CCITTFAX4 = TIFF_CCITTFAX4 ' save using CCITT Group 4 fax encoding
FISO_TIFF_LZW = TIFF_LZW ' save using LZW compression
FISO_TIFF_JPEG = TIFF_JPEG ' save using JPEG compression
End Enum

Drawback : You need to distribute a 1.9 MB Weight dll with your project

The attached project to work, you need to copy the freeimage.dll in to the project path.

Edited : Convertion form bmp to gif and gray scale formats http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...94&postcount=5

[Edgemeal]

Your subject title seems very misleading, I was expecting at least a combo box to select one of the 31 output formats.

[Fazi]

Your subject title seems very misleading, I was expecting at least a combo box to select one of the 31 output formats.

yes i have not shown all the 31 formats coversions.
coz i thought that basic example with the steps will give you almost what you needed. also The title only tell here this dll has so much power !

Any way ill put a note that the example shows only two type of coversions.

[vijy]

i am really developing the same one but for me os is MAC thats much challenging with the domains scripts. anyway thanks fazi for the article..

[Fazi]

Convert to gif

dib = FreeImage_LoadEx(AppDataPath & "\" & "test.bmp")
If (dib) Then
   Call FreeImage_SaveEx(dib, AppDataPath & "\" & "test.gif")
   Call FreeImage_Unload(dib)
End If

Convert to Grayscale

dib = FreeImage_LoadEx(AppDataPath & "\" & "test.bmp")
dibGray = FreeImage_ConvertToGreyscale(dib)
bOK = FreeImage_Save(FIF_GIF, dibGray, AppDataPath & "\" & "test.gif", 0)

[UnderTheSea]

Is there any way at all that I can include freeimage.dll with Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition?

I just get this error message when I try and incldue it:


If there is no way of getting it to work, are there any alternatives that can convert png to pcx?

[fotonut]

Bad thing about this Visual Basic 6 FreeImage example is the 3 lines of code included here are the only online examples I can find anywhere using FreeImage from VB6. It looks like the developer must have spent ages composing the wrapper and a pity that there is no example calls online anywhere to utilize his hard work from MFreeImage.bas.

[Edgemeal]

Bad thing about this Visual Basic 6 FreeImage example is the 3 lines of code included here are the only online examples I can find anywhere using FreeImage from VB6. It looks like the developer must have spent ages composing the wrapper and a pity that there is no example calls online anywhere to utilize his hard work from MFreeImage.bas.

[VB6] Picture/Video Viewer by MartinLiss

http://www.google.com/search?q=FreeImage.dll+VB6

[fotonut]

Thanks, with the above post to this forum, the google search now works LOL.

But seriously thank you for a really nice example of using FreeImage from Visual Basic 6. Here are more example calls to FreeImage & VB6:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fre.../topic/4752688
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fre.../topic/4754832

P.S. Don't you just love www.bigresource.com? I wonder when I will learn to stop clicking on that link? It lists everyone else who has asked the same question as you since the beginning of time, but never anyone who answered it ;-)

[k_zeon]

Does anyone know how to load a Byte array to a Freeimage Dib

instead of loading a file ie.
dib = FreeImage_Load(FIF_TIFF, "test.tif", 0)

would like to load a Byte Array, something like below

dib = FreeImage_Load(FIF_TIFF, ByteArray() , 0)

thanks

[gwittlock]

I used the following code and it works ok except lighter colors such as yellow are hard to see in grey scale.

IS there a way to get true B/W?


dib = FreeImage_LoadEx(App.Path & "\" & "printout0.bmp")

dibGrey = FreeImage_ConvertToGreyscale(dib)

bOK = FreeImage_Save(FIF_GIF, dibGrey, App.Path & "\" & "test.gif", 0)