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Convert an image file into another file type
Usage: convert infile outfile

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/*               Copyright 1998-2002 by Ullrich Koethe                  */
/*       Cognitive Systems Group, University of Hamburg, Germany        */
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/*    This file is part of the VIGRA computer vision library.           */
/*    ( Version 1.2.0, Aug 07 2003 )                                    */
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#include <iostream>
#include "vigra/stdimage.hxx"
#include "vigra/impex.hxx"

using namespace vigra; // MSVC doesn't support Koenig lookup


int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
    if(argc != 3)
    {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " infile outfile" << std::endl;
        std::cout << "(supported formats: " << vigra::impexListFormats() << ")" << std::endl;
        
        return 1;
    }
    
    try
    {
        // read image given as first argument
        // file type is determined automatically
        vigra::ImageImportInfo info(argv[1]);
        
        if(info.isGrayscale())
        {
            // create a gray scale image of appropriate size
            vigra::BImage in(info.width(), info.height());
            
            // import the image just read
            importImage(info, destImage(in));
            
            // write the image to the file given as second argument
            // the file type will be determined from the file name's extension
            exportImage(srcImageRange(in), vigra::ImageExportInfo(argv[2]));
        }
        else
        {
            // create a RGB image of appropriate size
            vigra::BRGBImage in(info.width(), info.height());
            
            // import the image just read
            importImage(info, destImage(in));
            
            // write the image to the file given as second argument
            // the file type will be determined from the file name's extension
            exportImage(srcImageRange(in), vigra::ImageExportInfo(argv[2]));
        }
    }
    catch (vigra::StdException & e)
    {
        // catch any errors that might have occured and print their reason
        std::cout << e.what() << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }
    
    return 0;
}

© Ullrich Köthe (koethe@informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Cognitive Systems Group, University of Hamburg, Germany

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