PHP: imagecolorsforindex

imagecolorsforindex

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagecolorsforindex -- Get the colors for an index

Description

array imagecolorsforindex ( resource image, int index )

This returns an associative array with red, green, blue and alpha keys that contain the appropriate values for the specified color index.

Example 1. imagecolorsforindex() example

<?php // open an image $im = imagecreatefrompng('nexen.png'); // get a color $start_x = 40; $start_y = 50; $color_index = imagecolorat($im, $start_x, $start_y); // make it human readable $color_tran = imagecolorsforindex($im, $color_index); // what is it ? echo '<pre>'; print_r($color_tran); echo '</pre>'; ?>
This example will output :
Array ( [red] => 226 [green] => 222 [blue] => 252 [alpha] => 0 )

User Contributed Notes
imagecolorsforindex

strozek(a)deas()harvard()edu
25-Jun-2004 03:32


Regarding m4551's method of conversion -- the actual CCIR-approved RGB-to-grayscale conversion is as follows:



grayscale component = 0.2125*R + 0.7154*G + 0.0721*B



(cf. CCIR Recommendation 709 for modern monitors)

m4551 at abasoft dot it
23-Apr-2004 11:23


here's a function to greyscale an image even from a truecolor source (jpeg or png).



slightly poor quality, but very fast...



function imagegreyscale(&$img, $dither=1) {    

    if (!($t = imagecolorstotal($img))) {

        $t = 256;

        imagetruecolortopalette($img, $dither, $t);    

    }

    for ($c = 0; $c < $t; $c++) {    

        $col = imagecolorsforindex($img, $c);

        $min = min($col['red'],$col['green'],$col['blue']);

        $max = max($col['red'],$col['green'],$col['blue']);

        $i = ($max+$min)/2;

        imagecolorset($img, $c, $i, $i, $i);

    }

}