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A-Shell Development History

The IMGOP_INFO (5) opcode now returns the percent black for B&W TIF images. The calculation eliminates some noise (individual floating bits) and also ignores an outer margin equal to 1/40th of the width and/or length, and may be useful as a way of detecting blank (or perhaps too-light or too-dark) pages during scanning.

The updated layout for the IMGINFO parameter is:

MAP1 IMGINFO              ! Image info packet

MAP2 IMG'OWIDTH,F     ! Original image width (pixels)

MAP2 IMG'OLENGTH,F    ! Original image length (pixels)

MAP2 IMG'DWIDTH,F     ! Display width (pixels)

MAP2 IMG'DLENGTH,F    ! Display length (pixels)

MAP2 IMG'BPP,F        ! Bits per pixel

MAP2 IMG'NA,F         ! not used

MAP2 IMG'TYPE,B,2     ! type: 1=tif,2=bmp,3=jpg,4=pcx,5=tga,6=gif,7=png

MAP2 IMG'BW'BLKPCT,F  ! % black pixels (B&W TIF only)